New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
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Window Washers
Strip Rich Home,
Of $4,000 in Gem,
Stolen Fortune Sold fe|
$1,000, Suspects In.
form Police
No Pay for Labor
Pals Which Admitted NJ.
Apartments Left as
Keepsakes

Two window cleaners, who. acco,s.
to their confession, scrubbed tbe -
dows of the wealthy for nothing -,
then departed, leaving their pals - =.
implements behind, in exchange for - ~
the jewelry in the establishments : - =
held on a charge os grand larceny i
the Fourth Branch Detective Bure.,
Altogether, the police estimate ~
have stolen jewelry worth about sss| m
600 in the last month.
= The men are oning Manoukin .. d
East Ihirty-first Street, and his ss,;s az
anr, Charles Daniels, of 238 East ss,s 1sns
street. Both are Armenians. III
ponce have also arrested sero.j
hsayian, second hand jewelry deaI.'I
Of 465 Second Avenue, who is cbssa @
by the window cleaners" with barss
purchased their loot. A'''l
For some time the Third and For..]
Branch detective bureaus have ~ ha.s|
assailed By complaint after comnIs;s. I.'
from residents in expensive ans,. nan
ments who have had their win9on.
cleaned at the price Of all the fam;ls Is
Jewels.
Recently acting Captain aDiekn MI
Kenna of the 4th Branch rece;vs
word that he might be able to solsl
the mystery Of the thefts by havin,
talk with certain Manoukin. who al
peared in the Armenian quarter \
costly clothing at night, but who ws|
tc work each day in the gineb,J
Jumper of a window cleaner.
Late last night Detectives Fill
patrick, Love, Tierney and Finan n
rested Manoukin. lie broke dor|
under questioning, and implicated DsA
iels, who took his American name
cause his Armenian title was unp,I
nounceable
The pair then swore that KsayI
acted as fence" for them. Detecta
arrested him yesterday. He denied !
completely and none of the loot co'
be found in his establishment.
according to the story that DsniI
and Manoukin told the police N
would wait for cold day when ID
knew that window cleaners would III
work. Then they would 90 to an ana
ment, the owner Of which had a
tract with one Of the window cIeasJ
companies, all ready for work in Inn
cloths. '''@,
Usually they arrived at II oss
worked for an hour, and then. Lear
pals and cloths behind them. left i,
lunch. \ little later cries OF alanmS
distress would sound from the yaes
signifying that miladv had Just dissl
cred that she had unwittinglv swan
all her Jewels for couple OF pals A
chamols cloths and a partly cleaned u
O. windows. b
Among those who suffered from D
pair, according to the detectives. Nh
Mrs Hamilton Fish Benjamin. $40 E
Avenue, who lost jewelry worth s19
gGo on February 6; William BayIl
Hale. writer. Of 362 riverside n
$1,000, on February 5; William Beets
$50 West End Avenue. s.. 600 ON Il,
ary 26; Frederick Z. Church so p
avenue. $500, on January 1s;
rose "yeaan, $50 West End Ave
81 800. on February !, ana DR.. Hal
90 :" est End Avenue, $500, on Feb
This, detectives say. IS only an
coMplete list, and it is believed
/ many more similar thefts will be trss
TO the suspects. Representatives. Il.
the households mentioned idental
Daniels and Manoukin at the FouysI
Branch headquarters Yesterday
ne PAR assert that they receiul
only Sl,20O from Ksayian for al. y
their loot. Ksayian. the police say, NJ
fuses to tell ANYTHING.