The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-30
POLICE ARREST TWO;
FIND $4,000 LOOT
Many Harlem Flat Burglaries
Charged to "Crazy Odessa"
and "Tillie.",
SOME OBJECTS CLAIMED

Locked up in Police Headquarters yes
terday afternoon were Morris kuttler'
alias Crazy Odessa. alias Greenberg,
alias Chamowi,z. and a young woman
known as Title. who has passed as
Kettlers wife for several months. ny
his arrest the Bronx and Harlem divisions
of the detective bureau believe they have
cured a plague OF fiat burglaries which
has been epidemic In the upper part OF
the town for several rDonths.
Enough goods of various descriptions
were found In q Nat AT o67 southern
Boulevard. where the couple was arrested,
TO stock n pawnshop. There were four
trunks Of jewclry. silverware. clothing
and other articles. valued by the police
a; between $4,000 and $4,000, and said
70 be what is left Of the loot OF more than
one hundred burglafies.
The arrests were made at ! o'clock
yesterday afternoon by Detectives Finan.
Mccartney and Riley Of the Harlem de-
tectlve bureau who heard three weeks
ago through stool pigeons that Kuttler
was the man respons bic for practically
all the Hat burglaries in Harlem and The
Bronx in which the thief used fire
wanted TO rob. Usually two or three Of
'hese burglaries were committed the same
night.
Since receiving this tip the detectives
have been trailing Kuttler and his wife
eve.y moment In the daytime they
watched a shop at SOS Prospect avenue.
where kuttler made and repaired baby
carriages. A. night they followed him
about the town. Sometimes they hos. him
in these night trips and when they did
there would almost always he report
OF burglary the next morning
Friday night Detective Finan followed
kuttler to an apartment house at 1913
Faile street and when he came out. F'au
says. kuttler handed a package to Title.
and then went into the hatnouse next
door. At l04i Faile street He soon
emerged with another bundle, and Fiuan
trailed them home. The next morning
occupants of both fats reported burg
laries.
Finaa was alone. or he would have mr.
rested them then. Yesterday afternoon
the detective got his partners. and the
three men, with drawn tevolvers-Kutt-
Ter mas a reputation OF always being
arred-broke into tho apartment
occupied by Kuttier. They found the
man and the woman there. and placed
them under arrest.
In the room were mons suits and over
coat valued at $500 more than 200 pieces
of silverware with different mouoCrams
and some that showed evidence that the
monograins had been scratched Oft silver
pCcketknlvcs and cigarette ca ses silver
cups and picture frames. phonograph rec
ords. cum buttons, silver umbrella ham
dies, silver spectacle cases more than two
dozen plain gold rings. watches pins
brooches. furs and many other kinds OF
articles. The lot was taken TO the Bronx
detective bureau. i62 East i5sth street
and is now on display There wer. also
a number 81 pawnticke;s for valuable
diamond rings. watches and brooches.
The residents Of the Faile street houses
which were robbed saturday morning
Identified some OF the articles Th,v were
Prof. T. w. krlnkegay. who Identified a
coat. a penknife, a fountain pen some
tapestry and a leather table cover and
Joseph Weber. the police tailor who
identified fur coat. gray suit. two
watches. fountain pen and other cloth
ing.
kuttler is a small wiry sharp faced
Russian who looks older than the % years
he gives as his agc. Title says she is 49,
but looks older. She is no neatcr or moro
prepossessng than he is Kuttlers pic
ture is In tine rogues' gallery and the
police say that this is his record
To the House oc Refuge IN 1904 fpr dis
orderly conduct Ctho old charg. against
plckpocketS VINO wc-" not cAuglt red
handed). arrested and paroled for dlsor-
derby conduct In 1906. sent 10 E,mira for
seven years for burglary ON November -
ls07 f. transferred to panucmo~a and then
again transferred To Mattcavar in 1910.
released In 1911. II was his Maitcawau
experience that gained him his nickname
OF Graz" Odessa.
The police found letters IN Kuttlor'-
trunk which indicated that he was dc
ported 10 Russia last fall. The letters
were sent from the Tombs and from Glas-
gov 10 the woman. In the Tombs letter
he wrote p plea to Judge Foste. 20 he
written and sen, by her Apparently the
plea had 40 effect. for the usNt letter was
dated January, 1914. and came from Glas-
gov. II narrates how he beat his way
from Russia TO Glasgow, being arrested
several times for vagr7,ncy but always
helped out OF trouble by the American
Consul.
This letter asked Tillie 20 borrow
citizenship papers and business cards from
friend. 40 that he could prove that he
was an American. The next letter was
also from Glasgow. and gave details as
10 how he would reach America: what
name he would use and what story of hit
past life he would tell the immigration
officials. Police Headquarters has no rec
ord OF his deportation,