New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
Two Methodical Burglars
Cause Reign of Terror
in West Hath Street.
WOMAN BEATEN. LEFT
UNCONSCIOUS IN HOME
Both Men Piled Their Trade In
Daylight, but Always
Eluded Capture.

Methodical burglars. who keep bank
crs' hours and reap greater profits than
most fnanciers, have Melted something
more than 1000 day through their
operations in IVES. l14th Street apart
ments in the last week. Moreover, they
have brought, about a reign Of terror
in the neighborhood that has kept
most OF the inhabitants Of the district
behind bolted and chaineed doors for
several days.
Two men. one five feet five inches
toll. the other two or three inches
taller. arc believed to be responsible
for the daring deprcdatious. Although
they have been seen by almost every
body in the neighborhood nobody has
been able to get in touch with po-
liceman in time 70 cause their arrest.
Mrs. Henrietta Heikowitz, who lives
with her husband and five sons a, II
West Hath Street. il the most seri-
ously injured OF the victims OF the bur
glars. She returned from call on a
neighbor across the hall Tuesday af-
tcrnoon when, on entering the kitchen,
an arm shot out from behind door
and she was struck down by blow
from a blackjack
Woman Beaten in Home.
The dazed woman arose TO her feet
and was kicked, slapped and beaten
until she fell again. Her earrings
were torn from her ears and she was
forced TO tell the hiding place OF other
jewelry and cash amounting 70 $500.
The men then escaped, leaving her an
conscious on the floor OF her apart
ment. Il was said last night that she
might be permanently crippled as
result OF her injuries.
In spite of the excitement caused By
the assault upon Mrs. keikowliz, the
burglars continued 10 work apartments
in the district, apparently acting on
information collected previous 70 this
visit. Two days later they were seen
coming out Of the apartment Of Louis
Goddard, on the main floor Of the
same building. Cut glass and S25 were
taken.
The two men were ransacking the
apartment Of Samuel Drucker, ~ West
Hath Street. Friday evening. when Miss
Florence Drucker entered. They sprang
at her, but she escaped to the aail and
raised an alarm. The men had escaped
with but a part OF their loo. when
she returned.
Henry Clausen. four years old, was
standing in the dining-room OF h.s par
ents' apartment on the first floor Of
the building at 1l9 l1ith Street. when
the men entered and asked him where
they would find his fathers Wa oh. He
told them, but even his youthful 7uspi-
cions were aroused when thev asked
for his mother's Jewels. He began TO
cry, and they departed with the watch.
Heights Negroes Arrested.
Burglsries that have cost occupants
q apartments in University Heights a
fortune within few weeks are be-
heved 10 have been ended by the arrest
yesterday Of two negroes after chase
through the streets Of that district.
Patrolman Thomas McMann, OF the
Kingsbridge station, saw the men first
a. they emerged from an apartment
house on Burnside Avenue. He called
e them to halt. but only succeeded IN
frightening them into fight. lie pur-
sued, fired several shots. fell through
a barbed wire fence and finally cap
tured them after a struggle.