The evening world., 1922-05-17
eamo, W. fe,, certain N. core would

game, We felt certain the COPS would
give IL up sooner or later
When the hours passed and we
saw them still on the job We got un-
easy and decided to make break
when the street lights went out and
there would be more darkness, They
out guessed us and found our hiding
place just as were ready"
The capture was the eliminating
feature Of uine-hour siego OF n
whole city block. during which It was
impossible for any one to get into or
out Of the area bounded by Firth
Avenue. broadway, 18th and goth
Streets without police permission
The police knew that several loft
burglars were trapped somewhere in
the block, and for many hours more
than 500 uniformed and plain clothes
men had maintained Gordon about
the block while the buildings were
searched. The hunt had been so long
and thorough their flashlights gave
out and a whole wagon load OF new
ones had been sent 70 the scene.
BURGLARS SOUGHT $4,000 IN
CAoH.
The main thing the burglars are
believed to have been after was 1920,
900 reported to be every Tuesday
night In a safe in the dry goods house
OF Calhoun, Robbins g. Company, run
ming from 18th to goth streets with an
IL" into broadway. There Is only
ono part Of the Calhoun, Robbins
building not protected by burglar
alarm wires, and that is the top Of
new addition.
From the fifth or top floor OF No.
o01 II Is possible to cut through the
wall into the unprotected part OF the
Calhoun. Robbins building The de-
tectivcs allowed the band to have
plenty of time for work, meanwhile
sending for enough men to surround
the block
Late last night they thought It was
time TO spring the trap and get the
burglars red handed and jimmied into
the ground floor of No. 9ol. On the
top 6oor they found partly bored
tunnel in tho wall. Abandoned was u
complete burglar outfit. including dy-
Mantle. nitro-glycerine. storage ba:
teries with wires. crowbars. large and
small Jimmies. blackjack hammers,
gloves and one Iun. One stick
OF dynamite had been inserted
into a hole bored into the wall
with the evident intention OF speed
ing up the tunnel by blasting the
most astonishing piece Of burglary
daring for such locality OF which the
police have any recollection.
There were blood stains near where
the dynamite had been inserted. indi-
eating that one OF the crooks had hurt
his hand while at work. There were
also several caps such as are used to
explode dynamite. 1t is believed the
nitro-glycerine and storage battery
we're TO have been used on the safe.
GONE WHEN THE POLICE
SMASHED IN.
The detective says that although ths
gang hod only three minutes time
from the instant the police smashed in
on the street level until they got to
where they we're At work. they had
disappeared. Despite the fact that the
block was covered, there was no trace
Of what became Of them after they
hastily abandoned their tunnel and
tools.
When, after nine hours search,
the quarry had not been located, the
police announced tho Gordon would
be kept around the block until such
time as they were satisfied the crooks
were not hiding in one of the hun
dreds of available places that could
not be explored until after daylight.
During the exciting hours. when