New-York tribune., 1920-05-21
Eight Seized
In $l,0OO,OOO
Safe Thefts
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eiough cg led Detective Sergeant James ].
and Irving O'Hara to a ramshsck jloJ1e ~
house at 56S Columbia Street. in the
lonely Red Hook section Of BROOKLYN
bafaclongh had revealed. accord;no 70
me poi1ce, that he, Armstrong and
Armstrong's girl" Mrs. Nellie Loyd'
had hFlaad roomed at that address with John
r:isls and his wife. He said the securj-
eles stoien from Deering & Deerinc
ana much of the other loot was in the
Lloyd woman's trunk in the attic TbnI. ,n
i0Tnd the trunk empty, however
1hen Baraclough took the nolico n
a stable IN the rear. Grasping nitch-
fork he dug into pile of refuse am
unearthed tin pail He removed the
cover and disclosed number of ar
ticIes OF small value taken from va
rlous Offices
How Pair Worked
Further questioning Of Baraclouch.
according to the police. brought 70
hight the methods he and Armstrong
used. Neither, 50 far as can be as
ceftalned, has any previous criminal
record. Armstrong is twenty-three
years ola and was born in Brooklyn,
liVlh% uhtll recently at 1853 South
second Street. Baracough is twenty
eight
haraclough, he is said to have ad-
mltted. would obtain job as porter
IN building picked out by Armstrong;
armstrong chose the location bv OBJ
tanning information from Wall Street
runners with whom he had worked in
regard TO firms that had valuable Sc
Urities.
Additional information concerning
these Offices and what members or en-
moves Of ho
Safes was obtained. the detectives saw.
by women who went about cleaning
windows. Baraclough, il is said. would
MotfN Armstrong when the coast was
clear and aid his entrance to the build
ing and the designated office.
lhereupon Armstrong, who couldn't
nave blown or ripped" a safe TO
save his life, whose fingers were
equipped to roll dice, but never to de-
tect the click of tumbier would pro
ceed to rifle the strongboX. He did il
by the simple means Of ''jimmying"
open the desk of the man he learned
haG access to the safe. ransacking his
papers until he came upon the COM
bination and then turning the knob in
accordance with it, Sometimes the
coordination was not found, in which
case the thieves contented themselve.
with such valuable as they found in
NNSh7 A'SN CI q VI lIie WllUOW
cleaners. in whose names pawn tickets
found on Armstrong were taken out
are under surveillance.
Wants SUSPENDED Sentence
When Armstrong was arraigned be-
fore Judge Rosalsky. yesterday. his
attorney, Samuel Liebowitz, sought to
bargain with the court for a suspended
sentence. Judge Rosalsky told Arm
strong he would have to plead without
condition, but might look for some
consideration if he aided in recovering
the stolen property. He was remand
ed to the Tonabs for sentence next
Friday.
1t was said that Armstrong is an ac
Quaintance Of Frank De r. Storey, now
out under $4,000 bail on charge Of
receiving some of the securities stolen
from the Cans Steamship Company,
10 Broadway.
Nellie Lloyd. Armstrong's sweetheart.
and John Elsis, owneu OF the house
al 500 Columbia Street. Brooklyn. are
held at the House Of Detention as
material witnesses
William and John White, who live at
269 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, were ar
ralgned before Judge Mcmahon in thai
borough Yesterday on charges of bur
glary. Each was held in $4,000 bail.