The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
FIVE BURGLARS GET
$500 IN A THEATRE
canitor and Wife, Waterman
and S%crubwoman Bound
and Gagged.
EoLD ROBBERY AT STAR

Z, was A few minutes after 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning that persons in the
,.shbcrhcod Of Lexington avenue and
,o-,h stree, who had stayed up very
Ia, .r who had arisen very early were
.,,rly startled by a rushing something
,hat looked In the dim light rather like
a ghost and sounded like a calliope out
OF tune.
,on behind which drifted shrieks.
sro,ns and piercing cries for help. ma
,,rialized at the East 1O4th street police
station as Abe Doresky. yanitor OF the
scar Theatre at Lexington avenue and
io;,h street. At the moment Mr.. Dore-
.,v was chad simply In a nightsown and
.o.ks There were excellent reasons Tor
Sic spccd. his cries and his undress.
with three other employees of the thea
IRE he had been trussed and gagged for
Two hours by Ave burglars who Ripped
s,sn the theatre safe and robbed II OF
400. Christmas Day and Sunday re-
ceipts.
81 much the police OF the East 10lth
..ree, station and acting Captain Jones
A, II,rlem's own detective bureau. the
Third branch, in East 1l6th street, were
shle to dlstill from Doresky's excited
Variability. Other interesting details
we're learned presently when six detec-
,iyes visited the theatre and interviewed
poresky's companions In suffering. espe-
siaily Mrs. Fannie Simons. scrubwoman.
,ho could not reconcile herself to the
TACT that the cracksmen had received her
ord had ''poked their fun at a respect
shls working woman" The burglars
ce-. ies,ful persons. very Qcippish at
,h.'r crookedness. and this popularity
"A not appeal TO Mrs. Simons at all. II
ID nor correspond to her sense Of the
fitness ~ things.
No Jokes with Honest People.
Crooks is CROOKS" she told Capt.
ZONES. sand they have no right to Joke
with honest people
II "A 40 A. NJ. yesterday. when
Morris Kline. night watchnIan Of the
theatre, was making his rounds. that
three men who had hidden themselves in
the gloom of the balcony sprang upon
him. clapped hands over his mouth and
bore him 10 the floor.
We can stand a lot Of silence from
YOU one warned him gruf,y. Keep
your face closed and you're safe. Let
out a cheep and it will be a Coroner's
case"
They led him unreslsting. for Kline
saw no reason 10 doubt their possible
deadly intentions. to the room where Abe
parysky was fast asleep.
Talk 10 him" whispered n OF the
Burglars. kid him along. Say, Merry
Christmas. Abe | wan TO speak to you
outside a moment.
Kline oheyed orders, and Doresty ap.
pearcd. blinking. upon the threshold. In
Q minute they had shoved him backward
into the room and were wrenching tho
hanging wires from Mr.. and Mrs. Dore.
sky's pictures. In another minute they
had tied up the Doreskys securely anC
lad laid them in bed. side by side. They
even threw a comfort over them with
the ironical comment
We wouldn't nav you catch cold fol-
the world"
They roped Kline TO a chair ant
gagged him. and when they left the room
th'ig parting jest was:
Make yourself at home. old boy. II
there's anything We can do. boiler
hollcr as loud as you can."
They We're testing the strength OF tn
safe when Mrs. Simons, the scrub
woman. appeared At the front door am
raped for admittance. Presently sh'
saw he the foyer a dark figure whicl
vavci her away and called out.
"Doresky says YOU are to get in by tn,
sag door We're having a Little part,
md We won't forget you Come right In.
q ma Is bound, TOO.
No one except Mrs. Simons can pos
sbly express her indignation when a
the stage loo she was suddenly seized
Slammed into a chair and bound wit
li.tnrc wire. They even pressed tn
rgzz'c OF a revolver against her tempt
tud one Of them had the impudence I
81 her upon the head.
sit quiet. little girl" he said, IAN
think OF Santa Claus"
In the nex two hours It wasn't Sant'
Claus that Mrs. Simons or Kline or IN
noroskys summoned to mind. The,
wished ardently for big. rough policemen
With clubs ana revolyers and blackjacks
but all they could do was to writlhe an
TWIST and hope somebody woul discove
them. But nobody did. and II was no
Until two hours had passed that Dorcsk,
managed to wrigg.c free of the pictur
wires and then pull the gag out of hi
mouth. Without stopping TO release hi
companions he darted out of the thoatr
and headed for the police station.
The detectives found that the safe ha'
been Jimmied open. The Jimmy itself,
potent tool four feet long, had been lef
behind with three small drills. The man
age OF tho theatre told the detective
NAT 500 In cash had been stolen. !
finger print man from the detective bu
feau photographed fngertip smears o.
tafe and walls and these are about tn
only clues the police have. Capt. Jone
sdid las, night. however. that he believe
be could make a guess AT the identit
Of one or two of the burglars and tina
t' expected TO arrest them before man
hours.