Evening star., 1924-10-16
Blow Two Safes in Invasion
of Downtown Building
Without Disturbance.
GOLD SUPPLIES TAKEN
AT DENTAL LABORATORY
$4,000 to $4,000 Loss Estimated.
Police See Hand of Experts
in Theft Series.

Daring robbers armed with every
modern device known to their par
ticular branch of criminality entered
hve business Offices down town last
night and apparently undisturbed
made off with property valued at
about $50, 900 after blowing two safes.
The five robberies occurred in two
buildings, 1116 F street, and the Lin
coin Building, 514 Tenth street, just
two blocks apart. From the magni-
tude of the work police investigating
the case are certain that it was aC-
complished by at least three persons.
The office of Robert J. Rothstein. a
dental laboratory on the tenth floor
of the Lincoln Building, suffered most,
1t was there that the burglars brok"
open the safe and took away every
bit of dental gold that it held. Mr.
Rothstein stated this morning that
until an inventory was made he could
not tell what his losses really were.
but that he estimated that it was
from $4,000 to $4,000 A diamond
pin also was taken from one of the
safes.
Blast Wrecks Omce.
The force of the explosion literally
turned upside down his entire offic".
where during the day nearly 40 peo-
pie are employed. Tables, desks.
chairs and other furniture were
thrown together in mass. The door
leading into the hallway was practi-
caliy demolished by the forcing OF
the lock. But Mr. Rothstein's place
was not the only one to suffer ia the
building. On the seventh floor the
Office of Albert Won Steinner-Goltl.
head of the Capital Import Company.
was entered. There a collection OF
trinkets, jewelry and statues was
taken amounting to well over $4,000
Mr.. SteinnerGoltl had only occupied
the Office for two days, and, luckily.
had not moved in his safe. However,
the thieves made up for missing the
safe. for many of the imported col
lec.ions that could not be taken OF
were broken into bits. An inventory
of his entire stock is also being
taken.
The burglars next broke into an
Office next door, occupied by Won
Steinner & Baumgartner, manufac-
turing jewelers.. Mr.. Steinner-GOld
also is pember of that firm. Here
the thieves evidently made quick sur
vey of the room and grabbed up just
what they saw, having by this time
pretty nearly all they could carry.
The loss here was placed at $1,000.
An open window on the second floor,
an unoccupied floor, with a fire es-
cape leading up to it, told the story
of the arrival of the thieves. and an
open front door their departure.
George Adams, ianitor for the build
ing, said he left there last night Al
quarter of u, and at that time
everything was all right.
On the second floor of 1116 + street
the burglars broke through a win
dow into the former office Of Mr..
Steinncr Goltl, which he had given
up only last week Nothing was
there for them, the safe having beer.
removed and not yet delivered to his
new Offices. 1t is believed that this
vas the first place the thieves en-
tered. Seeing nothing there. they as
cended to the third floo~, where they
broke in the dressmakinG establish
ment of Miss Caudullo Agasta, the
firm being known as 'Agasta's." See
ing ore of the doors in that office
bearing the sign Private" the ban
dts forced their way In. evidently
hoping to find a safe there.
safe Not Located.
1t so happened that the safe wa%
in another room marked gowns
which the thieves did not enter. At
noon To-Day MISS AgaSta was check
ing up on her garments that werr
in the room the thieves entered A
fur coat, valued at $4,000, is MISSING
and other losses cannot be aScer-
tanned until the inventory is com
pleted. Marks from the inside of the
hall door of the building leading out
on F street indicate that thieves de-
parted that way.
Detectives Murphy and O'Day and
Finger Print Expert Sanford from head
quarters and Policeman Wilson from
the first precinct are investigating
the case. 1t is their belief that the.
robbers entered the + street building
first and then came to the Tenth
street offices.
All kinds of burglars tools were
found scattered through the building
there. The finding of what turned
out to be lipstcks caused much eX-
element in the Lincoln Building for
while. No one would touch them
believing them to be sticks of dyna-
mite.
The police are looking for experts.
as the ones that did the job seemed
well acquainted with that kind OF
work. 1t would also appear. accord
ing to them, that it was by some one
under the guidance of a person who
knew all about the Steinner-ColtI
firm. The fact that they first went
to the place he formerly occupied, in
hopes of finding a safe. and then pro-