The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-04
ARREST CLOTHIERl
ASPURCHASER0 OF
STOLEN PROPERTY:
Haberdasher is Held in Con.
/. 11ection With Arrest Of
Alleged Thieves.

Samuel Braham a widely known
bridgeport merchant who conducts e.
haberdashery at se5 Fairfield avenue,
was arrested this morning and releas-
ed In bonds Of $1,000, charged by the
police with being sfenee" forE the
band Of young Brooklyn thieves who
have robbed Bridgeport clothfers of
thousands ofIdoIlars worth Of mer-
chandises
Lieut.. E. O. Cronan alleges that
Braham's check books show that he
purchased part or whole of the 500,
worth of shirts and other articles of
clothing, from Morris Sagal, alias
1'Caruso" Frank Seegar the hayward
son Of d New York merchant Of great
wealth.. and Louis Monaskan, known
about this city as "Uddie,'' which the
three stole from the store Of Jacob
Klein, 563 East Main street. &
All threes>ef these youths are now
arrested charged with robbing stores
in this city. They >have confessed to
the footing of Klein's store. The
police are trying to determine where
they sold the 5000 worth of women's
silk waists and hosiery which it is al
legged they stole, frsm the exclusive
lingerie shop ofsJeannette Eadie, III
Fairfield avenue.
| Braham has been in business in
J Bridgeport for three years and is well
known here. He states that the
X youths drove up to his store in a mo-
| tortruck, containing merchandise, and
represented that they were statesmen
travelling for New York concern.
They had in the trunk, it now de-
! .velops, the stock valued at 500,
which they stole from Kleins clothing,
store One of them entered Bra
hams store. according to the pro-
prisror's story and laid goods down
(which he stated he wanted to sell
The stuff was worth about $50 ac-
cording tor Braham and. he, paid them
I that much for the goods.
When he made out a. check for the
amount he asked the supposed, sales
man If he would make the same pay
! able to the firm for which he worked.
The thief claimed he wanted to cash
1 the check as he was in need of money
SO it was made payable to cash. Bra
ham denies he bought any other
goods from the youths.
He was accompanied by Detective
I Feeley to a. Bridgeport bank, where
/ Braham drew 81. 900 which he put UP
i as cash bond to obtain his release.
The latter has always borne a good
reputation in this city and is married
and living at 1894 North avenue.
His friends declare that Braham is
innacent. of any wrong intent and a
number of them appeared at police
headquarters this morning in his in
terest. The defendant was formerly
engaged in the raincoat business, hav-
ing a store where his present bust
ness is located. This did not prove
a success and he branched into the
haberdashery business. 1t is under
stood that he contemplated opening
stores in several other cities.
The three youths under arrest spe-
cialized in the robbing of men and
women's clothing stores. They oper-
ated, according to Lieut.. Cronan all
the way from Brooklyn, New York, to
Boston, visiting cities along this
route, stealing lots of merchandise
from stores and making a hasty exit
A recent shirt robbery which stirred
Boston is attributed to them and the
police believe the goods were disposed
Of in this city.