New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-30
BURGLARS LOOT 6
HOUSES IN BLOCK
LeisureIy Ransack Closed
Homes on Same Side
of 9th St.
LOSSES WILL RUN
INTO THOUSANDS
Woman in from Country Makes
DisCOvery-Thievcs Leave
Just Ahead of Police.

Burglars. working as comfortably a.
# they enjoyed police protection. il
was discovered yesterday, have cleared
every portable thing OF value out OF
six houses IN one block, all on the
same side of the street, lls. 1870, !34.
l62. 164 and l66 West 18th st. The
houses were closed and boarded up for
the summer. The tenants were away
at their country homes.
The neighborhood was bordering on
panic last night. Residents. afraid
TO go TO sleep. were sitting on their
stoops on guard. Four policemen were
on watch on the block.
About $3.50 o'clock yesterday after
noon Mrs. Leopold Barzagh, wife of
the proprietor Of the Maresi restau-
rants, motored up 10 her home at 1870
West 18th ST. The family has been
in the country for six weeks. but every
second week Mrs. Barzaghi has come
into the city and inspected her house.
When she opened the door yesterday
she was astonished al seeing the cleo
trio lights turned on.
Mrs. Barzaghi took one look at ;he
interior and sent her chauffeur 10 her
next door neighbor, Mrs. Frank Byrne,
at 1872, whose servant ran for the po-
lice.
Find First House Ransackcd.
Several patrolmcn ran up. 1hcy
found that Mrs. Bsrzsghi's home had
been ransackcd from cellar TO roof by
burglars, who had forced skylight.
In the dining room were signs that
the thieves had not hurried them.
selves. The table and floor we're lit
tered with empty wine bottles, re-
mains Of eatables and burned cigars
and cigarettes.
The police telephoned 10 their sta
ton house, West 6sth ST., and twentY-
five patrolmen. the entire force Of re-
serves, were sent on the run. They
brought with them crowd OF more
than a thousand. The block was sur
rounded and search begun.
1t was found that 1874, the home OF
Thomas Smith. was in even worse
condition than Mrs. Barzaghi's. There
the beds showed that the burglars had
rested from their toll.
The home OF Jacob Doll, the piano
manufacturer, at 1872, bore marks
which disclosed that the burglars we're
no less daring than luxurious. Hlv-
ing broken through the skylight, only
10 find themselves baked by an ieebox
door which neither crowbar nor hand
lack would shift, they mad lowered
themselves TO an upper window at the
rear, pred open an iron grating ard
entered.
At 1914 home Of Thomas ]. Mcbride,
merchant the thieves had dined and
wincd. There must have been quite a
party Of them. They had feasted on
lobster. shad roe and chicken and other
luxuries.
Find Cigarette Burning.
No. 1853 is the home of Leo II. Some
born. Broadway lace dealer. Like the
other houses, it had been cleared out.
but the burglars must have been in
side when the police began their
search. A smoking cigarette was lying
on an ashtray when they police broke
in.
The last house found rsnsacked was
i1s tho home Of Mrs. James II. Doty,
widow.
What the total loss Will prove 10 be
cannot be estimated. but :he police
said the haul must have been an I'M
mense ono. Mrs. Barzaghi told the
police her loss would run into thou
sands of dollars.
At $50, three hours after the first
discovery. Detective Lieutenant Bon
nojl and Detectives Mccormick and
Sharp visited the scene, and, having
lacked over the houses, went away
again. Two hours .ater they told the
reporters there was nothing IN the
story of the robberies.
at any rate" said Lieutenant Bon
ro;I 81 have not yet had a report OF 1t
made to me by McCormick."
About Q O'Clock Mr.. Mcbride nap
pcncd TO 90 10 his home TO d0h evcn-
ING clothes for dinner: Tic tnen
learned of the robbery. ono woman
said she had telephoned SIX tunes 70
Tho West 6sth st. station that a Sus.
nicious character had appeared pu,
,hat M notice was taken OF her. ~
a.as said there have been more than
.h;r,y burplaries lately in the section