The sun., 1919-09-07
SIX SAFES BLOWN
INLOFT BUILDING
ysUs of Many Other Robberies
Gets Out Despite Police
Censorship.
$4,000 BONDS STOLEN
whitehall Building Looted
Brooklyn Silk Thieves
Use Trucks.
100000 BONDS STOLEN

,.,r,,s efffforts Of officials Of the de-
...,,v. bureau at Police Headquarters to
.n.h all reports OF robberies and extern,
onsratIons of a band OF safe blow
vbo have been operating for weeks
..,.ssfully. details relating to half a
,..., such crimes came to light yester-
4, The loft building at 214-1e West
ro,rtsenth street went on the police rec
"A, in the morning when hals dozen
:, thu occupants besieged the CfAcses
....., nollce station and reported that
.,v safes belonging to firms in the build
n, had been blown and robbed.
,nvsstieation revealed that the burg
,..s gathered UP several thousand dollars
T. cssh and Liberty bonds and had blown
~ .ofes. three Of which contained no
,oo. hut business papers and records.
VT The ground floor is occupied by Dag
~, 4 Ransdall, a toilet article con-
ssrn which also has the two upper floors.
mo n their strong boxes were robbed.
IN the fifth floor the gang timmied the
oa,ce door of the Perfumers and Jewel
isrs Box Company. and after ripping the
cafe secured considerable cash. On the
sI0b,h floor, in the rooms Of the Boals
Rolls Company, three safes were shot
~ and when the thieves had finished
thsv found all three of the security draw
srs empty. The men apparently hid In
tbe building before closing time on FRI
Sav night and worked all evening. The
rsichborhood is we'll crowded with people
AZ all hours. The heavy fireproof glass
vindoys easily withstood the shock OF
the explosions.
Down at the Old Slip police station,
which covers the financial district. de-
t4ctiyes the last few days have been
fretting over the reported loss OF APP
nroximately $4,000 in cash and $4,000
IN negotiable securities, principally Lib
srty bonds, from the Lloyd Shipping
Register Company, II Battery place.
The LLOYD concern has elaborate offices
on the twelfth floor of the Whitehall
Building, and last Wednesday they re-
ported the loss to the police. They con-
sider the robbery an inside job and
state that the concern is having the
affair handled by a private agency. AL
though the officers of the company were
reticent and somewhat indefinite when
questioned by reporters, it became
known that the robber had a duplicate
Key 10 lIc anu was ehcAoeoAaas
conversant with the combination Of the
big safe in the place.
Over In Brooklyn silk valued at $780,
900 was carried off by burglars who
visited the X & F. Silk Waist Company
at 235 South First street Arthur Klein
man. a member of the concern. told the
police his "establishment looked as II a
cyclone had struck it." Late Friday
evening large truck drove up in front
Of the factory and a man and a woman
Who came with It went into the building.
A short time after they appeared carry
ing out rolls of silk and drove of. Sew
sral children who were playing in the
street told the police about the truck
with the man and woman. About three
weeks ago burglars made a $4,000 silk
haul In the same neighborhood and the
robbery is still being investigated" by
Williamsburg detectives.
$4,000 Express Robbery.
A $4,000 robbery from the American
Railway Express Company was disclosed
yesterday when a general alarm was
sent out for George Notice. a messenger,
who is said to have disappeared. from
Long Island Railroad train somewhere
between Jamaica and Port Jefferson,
l. l., last Thursday morning. He was
employed to collect money received at
the cypress Offices at the various sta
tons along the road and bring 1t back
with him to the main office. officials
OF the company admitted that several
thousand dollars and valuable papers"
were missing. Estimates of the amount
usually collected at the several offices
Notice visited fix the sum taken at ap-
proximately $4,000.
The last definite trace of Notice was at
lhe Northport station, where he Is known
70 have received $4,000 from the ex-
press agent 1t is believed he left Port
Jeneson on train at noon Thursday.
Notice had been in the express COM
panys employ at intervals for nearly a
year. He obtained his position last fall
and resigned after four months service.
rhree months ago he returned and was
given his old job again.