New-York tribune., 1920-07-10
Burglaries Of
$4,000 Barred;
Police Silent
Woman Who Is Robbed Of
$50, 600 in Jewels From
Madison Avenue Flat Is
Warned TO Say Nothing
$16, 600 in Furs Stolen
Robbers Enter Shop Here by
Cutting Hole in Floor;
Many Others Victims

Numerous burglaries, totaling nearly
$4,000, came to light yesterday.
though not bv police aenouncemnt or
through any action taken by the police.
Some of the victims said the police
had warned them to keep their losses
secret. Among the latter was Miss
Laura Walker, who was surprised to
learn that news of the burglary in her
home at $50 Madison Avenue had got
abroad
The police had told her particularly
not to mention it to anybody, she said.
and she had obeyed their instructions.
Burglars got into her apartment San-
day night and stole jewelry valued at
$4,000 from strong box. The jewels
were heirlooms and Miss Walker re-
garded them as priceless for senti-
mental reasons. They were insured for
$4,000 and detectives employed by the
Insurance company are working on the
case, as we'll as those of the East
Sixty-seventh Street police station.
About $4,000 worth of furs were
at 216 East Twenty-seventh Street, oc-
cupied by Schwartz & Lerner and Katz
& Zukerkandel. The burglars cut
their way through the floor from the
cellar, avoiding burglar alarm wires.
Says Thieves Infest Neighborhood
On June 19, while julius Pezenik
and his wife were inspecting their
new house, burglars got into their
apartment at 1925 Madison Avenue
and stole $500 in Liberty bonds and
$4,000 worth of jewelry and clothing.
Mr.. Pezenik said that he was glad he
was moving, as his present neighbor-
mood seemed to be alive with burglars.
house at 25 East Ninety-ninth
Street was plundered recently, he
said.
About a week ago, it was learned,
burglars entered the main office of the
Beck Shoe Company, 1926 Lafayette
Street. An officer of the company said
that only trifling sum of money was
stolen. An employee said that the
burglars got about $1,000.
Burglars cut their way through a
hallway wall at 295 Broadway, Brook
lyn, Monday night and stole $4,000
worth of silk shirts and other goods
from the haberdashery firm of Hirsch
& Hirsch. Although the store is be-
meath the Marcy Avenue elevated sta
tion and there are people passing at
almost any hour, the burglars loaded
their loot into an automobile or wagon
and got away without being discovered.
Try to Cut Through Ceiling
Thieves who tried to cut their way
through the ceiling of Isidor Birn-
baum's store st 180 Havemeyer Street,
Brooklyn, early yesterday morning,
were scared away when their saws
struck a burglar alarm wire. Four
men who are accused of trying to break
into Birnbaum's store on May 19 are
awaiting trial.
teenth Street, Brooklyn, who was
found at 3 a. m. yesterday in his stock
ing feet on the roof of Harry D. Barr's
home, at 1853 East Eighteenth Street.
Brooklyn, armed with q knife and an
electric torch, told the police he was
calling on Mrs. Barr's maid. Mrs. Barr
said that her maid was sixty years
old and Turner was locked up.
Thomas Farrell and his brother, Ed
ward, we're arraigned yesterday in the
Gates Avenue police court, Brooklyn.
on q CHarSe OF IODOefy. MIS-. mary
McGsrry, of 951 Nostrand Avenue,
Brooklyn. said that she discovered a
man at the cash register in her hus-
bands cafe July and called 20 Thomas
Farrell. who was in the place, to help
her catch him. Instead. she said,
Thomas helped the man to escape,
pushing him out the door while his
brother, Edward Farrell, stood By
Thomas was held on the robbery COM
plant, and his brother, who was dis
charged on that charge, was held on a
charge of disorderly conduct made by
the patrolman who arrested him.