New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Burglars Break
Wall to Reach
$4,000 in Loot
Pile Debris in the Hall and
/ Escape With Merchandise;
Bandit Gets $l,1OO Pay
Roll i'm Paterson Mill
SO, 900 Cloth Recovered
Police Investigating Rob-
berry of Four Safes in
Barclay Street; Little Lost

Burglars tore down part OF tho wall
Of the shirt manufacturing establish
ment of Weinberg & Halperin, at 1874
Spring Street, it was learned yester-
day, and removed merchandise valued
at more than $4,000. The robbery &C.
Cured Wednesday night, and appears
to have been the work Of men acquaint-
ed with the premises.
]. Weinberg, member Of the Arm
declared that the robbers must have
known that the place, which is on the
fourth floor, was protected by burglar
alarm system. In an effort to avoid the
wiring about the door to the establish
ment, they tore away the wall alongside
the door and piled the debris neatly in
an adjoining hallway.
"There were no frayed edges on
the remaining part of the WALL" COM
mented Mr.. Weinberg, "and the burg
lars. are to be congratulated for the
good masonry"
The stolen goods were the property
OF the American Shirt Company, Of Is
East Twenty-sixth Street, the Vein
berg Halperin firm doing the manu-
featuring on contract basis.
Police are investigating the ri1ine Of
four safes in the building at 54 Bar
clay Street. The amount of damage
TO- the safes far exceeds the plunder
taken. Besides large amount of ne
gotiable bonds they got only S175 in
cash and stamps. from the safe of
9. A.. Westerberg & Co., Inc, tool and
machinery manufacturers.
Police Have Clew
The police have what they regard as
a definite clew which NAV lead to the
arrest Of the men who executed the
Jobs. An official of the Acme Trading
Company, on the top floor of the build
ing went to Police Headquarters and
pointed out the picture of a man in
the Rogues' Gallery whom, he said, he
found lettering in the hall on Wednes-
day IN company with another man. The
men gave confused and conflicting rea-
sons for being there.
Inc men evidently worked their way
down from the top floor Of the building.
Locks and heavily guarded doors were
: ripped open like cardboard After get
ting $25 from the safe of the Acme
Company, they went to the floor below
and took $100 from the safe of the
Follett Time Recording Company. In
the Milwaukee Lace Paper Company, on
the 6oor below, they ripped off door,
but were unable to get through a con-
crete partition which guarded the com
partment where the valuables were
kept.
Bandit Gets $1,1O0
w. A. Stone, in the Office of C. H.
Westerberg Company, Inc, heard sew
eral men moving about Thursday even
ing, but thought them employees. Ten
ants reported their losses to the police
Friday morning, but the burglary was
not made public by the police and came
to light unofficially.
A masked bandit walked into the Bee
Hive Silk Mill at 81 Ryle Avenue, Pat
erson, n: d., yesteray noon, and held
up Eli Freed, bookkeeper, who was
arranging the pay roll. The bandit got
$l,1O0. Freed,s pay was the only thing
the bandit did not get. 1t fell to the
floor behind the counter when the rob-
Der pointed gun at the bookkeeper.
Detective Lieutenants Eggers and
Kelly, Of the Jersey City police. re-
covered fourteen rolls of gold and sill
yer cloth worth $4,000 which were
stolen in Newark two weeks ago.
When they approached an automo-
bile at the Erie station the driver
jumped from the machine and van
ished. Under a blanket in the rear Of
the car they found the cloth. They
arrested the boy and the man who
remained in the auto. The man said
he was Charles Wachman, of 1877 Jel-
life Avenue, Newark, and that the
man who had escaped was a stranger
to him. He said the boy James Nolan,
was his adopted son. The. pair were
turned over to the Newark police.