New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
DOUCHERTY GETS TOOLS
Of SIMPSON BURGLARS


NontlHufu 1Tou Hfst VdEf.
the bins for the Commissioner she came
10 the seventh. IL defied her EFFORTS
with the master key. The brand new
lock on the door was unlike any others
in the cellar. DouGhcrty became inter-
estcd at once. With kick of his boot
he burst in the door drowning the
murmured protests of the janitress an |
stalked within.
There was no coal i'm the bin. nut
there was barrel. the top covered vita
an old blanket. Inspector Faurot
ripped this off and peered into the bar
rel. He gave a grunt of satisfaction
and DOugherty also looked within.
Cleaning in the dull light from a
splutterng gas jet was an assortment
of burglars tools of the finest possible
quality. Everything in the kit COM
prisng more than eighty articles. vas
brand new, some even retaining tie
la bells. This will make it easy 10 trace
the date and place of their sale. Some
were purchased in New York, others in
New Jersey and Connecticut towns. A
complete list of all the articles found
follows:
one pickaXe. one lS-pound octagon
drill hammer one lO-pound mason )
hammer, one lO-pound sledge, one
pinch bar, one double safe hammer, six
long bolts, two cold chsels, three and
one-half pounds OF manila rope. nails.
pruning knife, four pound mason )
hammer. metal hack saw. three cog
wheels. two-inch pipe cutter, GASOLINE
torch. electric wire, machinists ham
mcr. ten-inch Stilson wrench, small
electric drill, tcn-pound sledgc, TWEEN
ty-two assorted drills, two hand ele--
trio drills 0arge), four awning hooks.
two portable electric wires, one half.
inch wood bit. rachel screwdriver. two
small rachel screwdrivers. small staple
bolts, small marble chisel, twenty-fOus
hacksaw blades, four-foot heavy cold
chisel. three smaller chisels. e-gallon
can of gasolene. eleven-foot ladder,
made of white pine. and two automatic
revolvers, one Smith & Wesson. D.
calibre. fully loaded. and one a German
Mauscr. .2J-calibre, loaded with nine
cartridges
All the tools were loaded into the
patrol wagon and taken TO Police Head
quarters 10 be placed with the other
tools found 10y the police on the scat
folding in the rear of simpsons pawn
shop which was used by the burglars
TO effect an entrance.
Tho nails. hammers, awning hooks
and pine lumber found in the tenement
house. were used by the burglars in
rigging up their swinging scaffold from
which they bored their way through the
brick wall In the rear of 30. 16i
Bowery.
The electric drill. valued 10y the po-
lice at SO. is absolutely noiseless in
operation &c. powerful enough TO drill
through steel walls of several feet IN
thickness. Inspector Faurot demon
strated its capacity ny drilling Il hole
an inch deep in the head of a large
siodgc hammer
The pruning knife had its own par
t.cular use. Inspector Faurot said il
was useful in cutting the insulation
of electric wiring without giving an
alarm The knife was attached 10 an
electric wired motor drill. with hand
clasp on either end. which was intend
cd 10 ground the wires and destroy
their power.
When Commissioner Dougherty was
asked whether he believed the four men
arrested on Sunday were responsible
FOR the burslarizing Of Simonss pawn
shop. al No. ~ Hester street, about d
month ago. he said the work done at
SIMPSONS place bore all the earmarks
of the lob done at Smons's. He re-
fused To he more explicit on the sub
icct. however.
The four prisoners. Pietro LaGatutto,
Giuseppe Mascara and Salvatore and
Giuseppe buInHt, were l'iu NiiloN'
bail for further examination by Magls-
tratc Butts. in the Tombs court. La
catutto pleaded guilty to carrying a
loaded revolver.
Lagatutto. according TO the police
has record as a bad man although
he said he had been in this country
only two weeks. Mascara. too, Is
known to the police as general bad
character. plying the trades of Kid
napper and blackmailer.
Commissioner Dougherty believes the
four prisoners are connected with a
series Of burglaries in this city. be-
ginning early in January l9l2. and
ending last month. These burGlaries
comprise the rpbbing of the bank oi
Gactano De Luca, AT Nos. - and -
Thompson street. on February T.. last
when more than $1,000 i'm cash was