George Fike burglarizes the tailor store of Morris Kowalsky
- Title of event
- George Fike burglarizes the tailor store of Morris Kowalsky
- Type of event
- Burglary (Business)
- Address of event
- George Fike burglarizes the tailor store of Morris Kowalsky Happened Primarily at 32, E 130th St
- George Fike burglarizes the tailor store of Morris Kowalsky Happened Secondarily at E 132nd St & 5th Ave
- Report on event
- George Fike burglarizes the tailor store of Morris Kowalsky Main report referencing event Morris Kowalsky against George Fike
- Start date / time
- June 9, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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After locking his tailor shop for the evening, the deponent [Kowalsky] returned the following day to find a plate glass window broken and ten suits of clothing missing. One William Brown, investigating the scene after hearing a crash of glass, saw an “unknown man go into said tailor store and come out with said suits of clothing and [the] defendant… standing across the street.” A police officer later arrested the defendant [Fike], at 132nd Street and Fifth Avenue, in possession of “about 5 suits of clothing… identified [by the deponent] as part of the proceeds of the burglary.”