The evening world., 1914-04-16
INGENIOUS LOCKS
FOIL PURSUIT Of
BOY|SH ROBBER
Bars Doors With Canvas and
Chain and Flees With
$4,000 in Jewelry.
POLICE ARE AMAZED.
Youthful Thief Breaks Win
dow on Broadway While
Z. 'Windstorm RACES.
POLICE ARE AMAZED.

N.Dstscttves are searching all over
- olty to-day for . youth % short
anA - slender as to be almost girlish
- aopsarancs who proved himself one
. - most daring thieves The police
AaWO ever had 70 dsal With when he
snnshsd the window Of Rossnthars
osaosAty shop. No. 1855 Broadway.
asas Thirty-sixth street., 1t Ao
0uaeek last night and stols between
e0eoo and $4,000 worth Of diamond
5swslsy. They ars looking for . GEO.
"a man thought 70 have bean ths
you1A's oonfedsrats, but Of him they
Aa0o almeet no dssos1ption.
d - ~ early hour Broadway
~ almose dssertsd WHEN the rob.
~ Was s6sctsd. 4 driving rain
- . hiSA wind sent svery one sous.
Ming TOR cover q beating along b.
$500 he peotsctioo az oloss-hsld IN
0UoaiaA HiahAAl RosenthA, ths
psopristos: HAIRY Rossnthal. his
naphsw: Meyer Cohsn. . clerk. and
Q youns woman, the nanoes Of young
Zoo Rossnthal. Michaars son. were
IN tbs store 4 customer who.
Nosenthal says. was Nat Goodwin.
bad Just Lett.
The robbsr stepped Up 70 he closed
feont door md alipped . chain over
tns knob, carried into IN iron
stanohion 70 whict he iron gates ars
attached q night and made It fast
thArs 70 tha& the door could not b
opsnsd from The inside. Then he
tapped Q brick. wrapped In tire tape.
against the window. Three blows
made Q hole - big - . pumpkin.
and through this the youth rsach9d
into ths show window.
The Girl screamed ct the top Of her
voice IN vain. The nasn yenksd II
thA door. but the thief went on
calmly about his work. He took q
diamond necklace. . diamond brace.
lst and scores Of loose stones and
rings. Just ~ the men succeeded In
bending the bar to which the chain
was attached 20 that 1t slipped out OF
it, socket and released the door, the
thief, bis pockets jammed with loot
ran . few steps to the Sheridan
Building at Thirty-sixth street and
Broadway.
Inside the vesubule he slipped q
double loop of canvas over the door.
knobs 20 that the door could not be
opened from the outside. and then
rushed up the stairs. A passage leads
70 an exit on Sixth avenue, and 1t II
supposed he made his escape there
How carefully the whole robbery had
bean planned was revealed by the
locked Rosenthals door and the looy
Of canvas which hindered pursuit.
Policeman Burdick ran up anc
ratified tho doors. but could not oper
thAm. Then he saw q second mar
rush into q taxicab and drive of q
top speed He could not overtak'
him. Finally he ran to sixth avenue
but the thief had disappeared.
Meantime . crowd had gatheret
around the store and the young girl
he coolest OF any ono concerned. bur
Rid out and stood In front Of tn
broken window, keeping the crow
away. A beggar came along present
IL and found q diamond ring In tn
broken glass which cluttered the side
walk. He carried 1t into the store
Tho Rosepthals do not expect t
recover their tewelry. They wer
robbed several time In their fort
yeArp on tho Bowery, though yester
Days was the first robbery since the
oamo to Broadway. twelve years age
I'VE never recovered anything yet.
said young Joe Rosenthal, land W
don't expect to now. It's a big loss
but We can stand 1t. Why. sometime
~ have had $l25,000 worth OF dia
mnnds In that window.
II was In a cafe nearby whom tn
robbery occurred. I didn't know any
thing about 1t until Miss-er-m
fiancee telephoned me. She ddn
want to shock me, so she Just said
Joe. your fathers sick But whe
saw the crowd outside the store
know what had happened"
Hugh Battersby. who keeps a cut
lery store, and Mrs. Annie Shut
who keeps a stationery store. both nd
Joining the curiosity shop. have bee
robbed recently. Both saw the THE
yesterday but neither was in time
catch him, though Battersby chase
him to the Sheridan Building. Ac
cording to Battersby. a rough gan
letters about the neighborhood an
the police SO far have seemed power
V>.~ to pravepf THAR frauuant denrf