New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
p Police Muffler
Put ON 100000.
Fur Robberies
$4,000 Haul in West I'D
St. and $4,000 Theft in
Lexington Ave. Believed
To Be Election Day Jobs
$4,000 Loot in 29th St.
Park Ave. Home Robbed of
$6,OOODiamond; So, 500
in Gems Stolen Uptown

Crooks enjoyed unmolested freedom
during the election period, it became
known yesterday, despite efforts of
the police to suppress official reports
of a series Of robberies. They looted
three fur firms of cloaks and skins
valued at $4,000 and made extensive
hauls in households. No arrests have
resulted.
The largest theft was reported by
the Shipman Company, Of 140 West
Seventy-second Street, from which
robbers took eighty sealskin coats
and other furs worth $4,000. The
robbery is believed to have been COM
mitted at o'clock Tuesday morning,
as an occupant Of the apartment above
the store heard san alarm buzzer ring
ing then. From his window he saw
three men placing bundles in an auto
mobile standing in front of the place.
He sent in call to Police Headuuar-
ters and more than one hundred po-
licemen were sent to the scene, but by
the time they arrived there was no
trace Of the robbers.
$4,000 in Furs on Models Como
An hour later A. Paul, proprietor of
Paul's Fur Store, Fifty-ninth Street
and Lexington Avenue, was awakened
by an electric alarm in his apartment,
block away from the store. He
reached his establishment in a few
minutes to find that thieves had broken
models of cloaks valued at $4,000. Ac-
cording to Paul, two policemen and a
private watchman passed the store
shortly before the alarm sounded.
Another robbery which the police at
tempted to keep quiet was that of the
fur shop of Cohen, Greenberg & Co.,
on the twelfth floor of 134 West
Twenty-ninth Street, which reported the
loss of fur cloaks and skins valued at
$4,000. The place was looted last Sun
day night, and apparently the thieves
worked for several hours without fear
of detection. How they gained entrance
to the building has not been disclosed.
After removing the door of the shop
into the fur rooms of Maynard Miller
& Co., on the floor below. A section of
the flooring was sawed out, but the in
truders gave up the attempt to get
into the Miller establishment when
their way was blocked by a pipe line.
1t is believed they made their way to
the roof, from which they tossed the
loot to the street, as several cloak
hangers were found on the stairway
leading to skylight. A dangling rope
indicated the thieves had departed by
the fire escape.
Woman Loses $4,000 Diamond
Other robberies which the police en-
deavored to keep secret were reported
by Mrs. F. f. Bright, of AIT Park Ave
nue., from whose apartment a diamond
valued at $4,000 was taken, and by A.
Kursman, of SIP West 151st Street, who
reported the theft Of jewelry worth
s2,500
A reward of $4,000 has been offered
by Edward E. Thalmann for the return
of jewelry valued at $4,000, which
was stolen October 10 from his home
at Irvington- n-the-H Hudson. The prop
erty consisted of thirty-four pieces of
jewelry, the most valuable being fex-
ible platinum bracelet set with sixty
square diamonds. The sjewelry was
taken while members of the family
were at dinner. Private detectives,
after questioning the servants, decided
the robbery was the work of expert