New-York tribune., 1920-02-07
Thieves Below
SDeadline' Get
100000 Haul
Lawyer i'll N. Y. Title Co.
Building Second Victim
i'll Two Days; Bonds
and Stocks Are Taken

Securities worth 100000 were stolen
from a safe in the private Office Of
James r. Deering, a lawyer with {
suite Of ten. rooms on the fifth floor o.
the New York Title Company's building
at 1876 Broadway, between .6 p. m
Thursday and a. IN. yesterday, it be.
came known yesterday afternoon. The
stocks and bonds, many Of which were
only recently acquired, were the prop
erty of Mr.. Deering.
This is the second time burglars
have dared the police Headline" be-
low Fulton Street within two days In
both instances, the methods employed
in affecting the robbery are believed
to have been identical. Offices of the
| Pittsburgh Steel Company in the Equi-
table Building diagonally across the
street from the New York Title Com
pany building, we're looted Thursday
The combination to the lock on the
safe in Mr.. behring's private Office
was evidently known to the culprits
who after rhing Mr. Deering's desk
but securing nothing of value, pro
ceeded to open the safe as deliberately
as they had gained access to the suite
of rooms, which was done by picking
elevator hallway.
Mr.. Deering said last night the com
bination of the safe was known only
to himself, so far as he knew, and he
thought no one had ever seen him use
it. A larger safe in the outer office
was untouched.
Lawyer Discovers Loss.
Scrubwomen who came to work Fri
day morning at o'clock had seen no
one at the Deering Offices and the su-
perintendent of the building who ques-
toned the night watchman, who also
acts as elevator man at night, was
able to obtain no information which
would indicate the exact hour of the
burglary or lead to an arrest. Detec-
tives from the Oak Street station are
working on the case.
There are several persons employed
in the Deering Offices, but none of them
who came. to work at 9 o'clock yester-
day morning had seen anything indi-
eating the Offices had been entered
by thieves. 1t was not until about
o'clock that Mr.. Deering discovered
his loss. He had just entered his pri-
vate Office and, espying a bundle of
papers on his roll top desk which did
not belong there but in his safe. began
an investigation. Nothing, however,
desk and the roll of papers left by the
burglars in sorting the loot suggested
the safe had been robbed.
Some of the securities stolen are
negotiable and some non-negotlable.
List of Securities.
The following is list of them:
Liberty Loan bonds, first issue, Nos.
956834 to 9568d2 inclusive, value $1,000
each
Liberty Loan bonds 155,398 and 1885,
399, value $500 each.
Liberty Loan bonds, first issue, con-
verted to second issue at a u per cent,
4467 to 4472 inclusive, value $1,000
each.
One $500 Liberty Loan bond, first is
sue, converted into third issue at Az
per cent, No. 1888.
One $4,000 Liberty Loan bond, fourth
issue, at AZ per cent, No. 14741.
Certificate No. 35 for ten shares of
Multiple Storage Battery common stock,
no numbers.
Four hundred shares of South Amer
lean Gold and Platinum Company.
Four certificates Of Prudential Oil
Corporation.
Certificate 518 for 100 shares Pru-
Dental Oil Corporation.
Certificate 519 for 100 shares Pru-
Dental Oil Corporation.
Certificate $50 for fifty shares Pru-
Dental Oil Corporation.
Certificate 521 for 100 shares Pru-
Dental Oil Corporation.
Four hundred shares of Manhattan
Shirt Company common stock.
Pennsylvania Company notes due De-
cember. 1921, at AZ per cent, Nos. 473.
474, ats, 476 and 7,2f5 of $1,000 each.
General Electric Company notes. due
December, 1920, Nos. veg for $4,000
and 9,a72 to 9,976 of $1,000 each.
Great Northern Company s per cent
collateral trust gold notes. due Dacem-