The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-27
YEGGS BLOW SAFES
IN TWO BOROUGHS
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7 ask that he be sentenced 10 forty
years in prison. said the District At
torney.
Phinney smiled as his bail was fixed
a $4,000 and the trial was set for next
Tuesday.
It became known YESTERDAY that, al
though the police have withheld the
report. the home OF Frank Fairchild at
iSf East Seventeeth street. BROOKLYN
was robbed early Wednesday Mr.
FairchiId said yesterday that kitchen
window had been forced and that about
$500 worth of silverware and other goods
had been taken. Mr.. and Mrs. FAR
child celebrated their wedding annlVer-
aary a fortnight ago, and 1t is thought
the burglars read of the observance IN
The papers Some of the anniversary
Gifts were stolen Two years ago, when
the Fairchilds lived in Clermont ave
nue.. their home was robbed of 1ewelry'
Seven additional burglaries. the news
of which has been suppressed by the po-
lice. came to light yesterday. Last Iues-
day night four safes were ripped open IN
the loft building at 40 West twenty
seventh street and three different nrms
we're burglarized The loot consisted OF
stamps and postage stamps and the loss
is said to approximate $1,000. TWO OF
the safes were in the office of Rubenstein
4 Co, and the loss there was between
$3.50 and $400. The other thefts were IN
the establishments of Karp Brothers and
Freedman Brothers & Rotenburg, both
manufacturers of cloaks and suits.
Thanksgiving night Herwit & Cohen.
furriers at 20 West Thirty-first street.
had their premises entered and furs
valued at $4,000 We're removed in a
motor truck. Details of the robbery
,-a,o rafnsad Dnwsua DRrn1en.
Silks worth $500 were stolen last
week from the High Glass Dress Com
pany at 26 West Seventeenth street.
The burglars entered by breaking the
glass in a window and bending the
iron bars which protected it on the
third floor. This is the third robbery
in the same building in six months.
Last Tuesday night $1,000 worth OF
waists were stolen by burglars who en-
tered the store of the Belgian Waist
Company at 20s Wooster street. A
similar haul also is reported from the
warehouse next door. at 2lO.
The number of robberics being re-
ported to the various burglary insurance
companies in New York city is so great
that it is at present impossible to send
out Investigators to check them up, in
surance men said yesterday, and most OF
them agreed that there was but little
chance of an Improvement as long as
present conditions in the police depart
ment continue.
In discussing the situation yesterday
John A. Kenny, general agent of the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, at rs William street, said
that conditions would not improve, in
his opinion. until New York had real
detective bureau" from which politics
was banished.
Robert German, superintendent or the
burglary department of the Massachu-
setts Bonding Company. at 10 Liberty
street. was inclined to blame Commits
sioner Enright's administration for the
increase in burglaries.
Comparatively small thefts by negro
servants, who disappear with silver
ware. are one of the greatest problems
which the insurance companies nave
10 face at present, according to A T.
Poonev. manager of the burglary in
surance department of the Maryland
casualty Company. 105 William street.