Show when home is searched much loot is new york sept central office detectives late yesterday found large quantities of silver plate and jewelry in dingy rooms in a roosevelt street tenement occupied by antonio dellato and bis wife angela an aged compla who make their living by picking rags bank notes also found by the detectives show total deposits of nearly 0 in local savings banks the loot ia believed by the police to be worth i about and to cover a period of fifteen years I 1 the discovery of these valuables the detectives say throws light on many mysterious robberies in the district around maiden lane the protesting that they found all their treasures were locked up at police headquarters charged with grand larceny their arrest followed a complaint made b y J W of tho derby silver company maiden lane the batore was robbed between closing time on september and opening time on september of valuable silverware ver ware the detectives searched the place and found on the floor a scrap from an italian newspaper and a package of pins with these as clues the police decided to watch the italian rag pickers who swarm about the district at daybreak some of these are admitted to stores by porters to assist in clearing up taking the refuse as wages antonio and angela were most energetic of these rag pickers they had been known and trusted in the district for years the detectives watched tho old couple for several daya and finally followed them to the roosevelt street abode representing themselves as officers from the board of health on an inspection tour they made a search of the home and found plunder much of which has been identified by several jewelry merchants of the downtown down town district as their property |