New-York tribune., 1922-03-21
Bandit Caught
After ShoOtino
Cafe Cashier,7 Is
Continued from page one,

VINO broke in between Saturday NIGHT
and Monday morning vented .ha;r n,E.. 49,
oy, destroying or carrying away oripi~
MAJ ana lrreplaceable manuscripts of
musical compositions by Rcethovor
hach, Schubert, Schumann and others
belonging to the music firm and b.
mutilating quantity of lace and .;li
In the office of the wholesale slk cnr
Germ. ''" eo"-
Securittes in the Breitkopf 4 Harte,
safe including Liberty bonds worth
about $4,000. were taken. The burg
iais 'nen tore into fragments large
nunoer or priceless manuscripts and
autograph letters of prominent W.,
slcians, which the firm had coll.ctod
since it establishment in 1719. Oth.r
records of inestimable artistic and his
toric Importance they denied and de-
stroyed and few they removed.
Cut Hole, Use Rope Ladder
On their excursion into tha .;,,,
firms quarters the thieves got bootv
the exact amount of which has not vet
neen determined. but it is probable
that the loss will be only about half as
much as that of the first victims. Here
the cracksmen tore up all of McGirnis
Ihomas's records and ruined a ouan-
t'ty of merchandise they could not
carry away: They gained access to this
once, which is directly below that Of
the music publishers, by cutting a hole
three feet by five in the floor and
using a rope ladder. Through This hole
they hauled up as much merchandise as
Itney conveniently could take, and left
the building as they had entered it.,
through the Brcitkopf e. Hartel Office.
The robbery was capably planned and
executed with much mechanical in
Igenuity. An electric torch was used to
cut into the two strong boxes, as we'll
as an outfit of burglars tools, which
was left behind and was said by detec-
tives to be of the latest model, and
also seventyfive feet of wire and doz-
ems OF small electric storage batteries.
Made H police Alarm"
TO safeguard themselves from inter
ruption in each case they connected a
large bell with the lighting system and
wired it to the outer door, enabling
them to perform a leisurely job.
Entrance was first made by forcing
Breitkopf & Harte's door from the
main hallway, in spite of watchman's
being on duty in the building, and when
the robbers left they replaced a pane
lof heavy glass they had removed from
the door frame. No clews were found
except some indistinct fingerprints on
y
Three we'll dressed men entered the
candy store of Jacob Wertr.. at 336
East 130th Street, late yesterday after
noon and waited politely until Werth
had finished a conversation with Ma
| than Popkin, salesman for the Metro
politan Tobacco Company, after which
the storekeeper inquired what he could
do for them. The trio promptly drew
revolvers and compelled him to hold
up his hands, while Popkin, who appar-
emily was being ignored, held his up
also to be on the safe side.
One Of the bandits searched Popkjn
and Werth. holding a cooked revolver
in one hand while ebstracting 5000
from Popkin's pockers and $37 from
those of Werth with the other. From
the cash register $13 was taken.
Werth and Popkin were then backed
| into rear room of the store and
locked in. They were unable to get
out TOR some time after the men had
escaped. Boys entering the shop to
make purchases heard Werth's shouts
for aid and called neighbors, who re-
leased the two men. Werth lives on
the second floor of a five-story tene-
ment next door to his store and
when word Of the holdup reached ten
ants they swarmed to the street. De-
tectives arrived from the East 126th
station TO md several thousand men
and women massed in front of the
candy store.
Miles Boucher, the youthful burglar
whose industry kept burlesque com
pany on the road, made a tour Of the
city yesterday with Detective Ditsch
and aided in the recovery of about
81 900 worth of stolen jewelry he had
pawned. That is only small portion
of his loot, but the rest probably will
not be found, as it was his thrifty
habit to sell the pawntickets soon after
pawning jewelry.
He was able also to point out to
Ditsch three more places he had robbed
which he had not been able to recall
offhand when he was arrested on Sun
day night at 470 Park Avenue. The
new places on the list are the apart
ments Of w. T. White and Carl Fischer,
at 251 West Seventy-ninth Street, and
that Of q Mrs. Clark, at Central Park
West and Ninetieth Street.
The house where he was arrested has