The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1905, Page 1

i “Alte Months of Paes Search ‘the Stolen _ Jewels Are Found Hidden Under the « Rocks Below Viaduct at Ter- minal of “L”’ Road, ‘COLEMAN, ALLEGED CROOK, ° PUT UNDER ARREST AGAIN, Suspected of the Crime the Daughter-in-Law Soon After Robbery of of Bishop Potter in ° Cooperstown, but Set at Liberty After a Few Days for Lack of Evidence. fer0LEN CLARK JEWELS RECOVERED UNDER VIADUCT, Ono pearl collar, with pearl pendant and s dtemond bow-knot, One ring set with two diamonds and a ruby, , “Oné small diamond ring. ‘One diamond solitaire ring, ‘Two rings with the diamonds set crosswise, One diamond bracelet, One diamond and pearl bracelet.: | After e! months of patient effort on the part of the Pinkerton Dey teclvé Agency and members of Inspector MoClusky’s staff, the $20,000 worth of jewelry stolen from the summer merly Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, in residence of Mrs, Bishop Potter, for Cooperstown, N. Y., has been recov- ered and the thief taken Into custody. They belonged to Mra, F’ Ambroep Clark, daughter-in-law of the Bishop's wife, "The gems were found bidden under a rock th a vacant lot under, the friaduct at One Hundred and Fitty-fifth street an Bighth avenue, and the 1, tory of the theft and the running down of the criminal {s one of the most remarkable to be found in the annale of crime. The alleged thief, who); fa in custody in. Police Headquarters, where he will, be held. to awalt the errival of the Cooperstown 'Shorit, aft NO. 210 Morningside avenue, Inspector MoClusky ‘ays that he te & noturious oredk and one of! the clav- @test in America, After jewels ‘were missed last June Mre, Potter en- gaged Pinkerton men to work on the case. The gema had been taken from 4 safe in the office of the agent for the Chark estate, The wafe had been opened without the ald: of tools or dynamite, whowing that it was the work of an expert safe broaker, Coleman was Suspected. _ A swarm of private and local de- ftectives were put on the case and toward the middle of June Coleman was under surveillance, He had been poen loitering about the town and Knowing what his record wae he was! his siudowers ah once suspected of the theft. Thaugh there was but scant evidence againat thim then he was ‘arrested in this city | i», and arraigned in the Tombs © Pollce Court, He was held by the Magistrate and taken to Cooperstown, The local po- Ice magistrate held him for the Grand Jury, Then, when a concrete case was needed against him, the feebleness of | $5.0 the evidenve obtained by the detectives ‘was shown, After a few hours’ hearing | the Grand Jurors threw out the case and the old man was roleased, Nevertheless, William Dougherty, of the Pinkerton Agency, was convinced that he was the thief and advised Mrs, Clark to continue the search, As there ‘were many valuable heirlooms among the stolen gems the family was eager to regain poagession of them and or- Wered that no expense or effort be ppared in running the criminal to earth. Detectives on Constant Watch, From then on Willlam Goleman could at walk without the shadow ot a der tective. Day and night Pinkerton men trniled him, and struggle as he would, he could not shake them off, It was not until a short time, ago, however, that he alsclosed, the hiding, place of his ‘plunder, All nlong’ the detectives were gure that he had buried (hem some- whore, for unoh his arrest last June a/ trowel, on which there was some fresh @irt, was found In his pocket. Though the Pinkerton men did not welax their vigilance they made their wurvelllance less marked and at last few weeks ago the old man went to the {9 William. Helpathe alxty yeare did, RO ena shetter ot fils loot. The detectives fol- lowed him at a distance, and from, the height: of. the Viaduet looked dowh on bim @a he made his way furtively to |the rock under which ‘ho find buried the Jewels. This rock is in the renr of the vacant lot opposite the Polo Groutids.' There are many boulders on {ts uneven slopes @nd it was undér one.of thede that the gems were hidden, Followed Ou Several ‘Trips, On tho frat. visit Coleman made to the rock he took. something out and then hurried away. At that time no at temp| was made to arrest him, as the Pinkerton men were anxious to clinch thelr rao dis inst him. He re] his Waits a! herve of a tem Base, lowing bim on each occasion, Finally Mr. Dougherty, of the Pinkerr ton Agency, advised the removal of me jewels, and this was done early pu weok, It was found that only a HANDICAP TAKEN}: . BY JUDGE HIMES Lengths in, Feature Event-at Hot Springs—Massa ‘Home a Head Before Van'Ness. HOT SPRINGS WINNERS, ' FIRST RACE—Woodlawn. (! SECOND RACE=Monet (8 to) 8) Iphie, (4) to'8)' 2, idle Hour a.” THIRD RACK Masse, (?'to NU) Vanivase ; (even) (2): ‘Halkiane ore Ae pate Ne jrcial Hor pain He dee fog hangs over the couthe noon mokiig (t’ most atitiauit the shoysed arolind the ‘trae wether’ still romaine’ ¢old* und Lig and everything. |§ gianed with, ide, the rain trepsings a6, saa it falls, ‘The gttendanca. wan. very 4! ‘the day ‘and the association is con| losing money solely because, of. weather, gonditions, Tho card today was ,fes- tureless, but the contests, were: / but, pronounced “mud ‘ane’ wep aanit to the post, Woodlawn J Woodlawn broke ft Dr, and Just apes @ herd fonat $5,000" worth jel wor she. had tan ot trl Included Dour! herty bald to-da hy tae iy entire yond ler would’ amount to ak beast. fow of the most coatly jewels removed by) the mt It pales ate “Wrote a Snrenstic Note. Aifter removing the jewels Mr, Dough- erty wrote a sarcastic letter to the ven- erable crook, placed it In a bottle and rd It under the rock. his. w yesterday, and the only ful bed te Found was to witness his chagrin w! nee he und the bottle and read the hi to place under arrest, Barly to- All he was. followed trom lowed the old Marl at @ divtanoe block, and when he olimbed down into the lot hid vonina . fence to watch bis discomfort, He took out his trowel and dug under the rock until he came upop the hottie, With am expression of dismay he ope: the hottle and drew out the note, After reading it he flung it from him with an oath and tumed around to face three devectives, When they walked up to him he struck at them and fought With all his strength to get free from thelr grusp. Whei they at last got the handcufts Jon him he reviled them with eloquent bibterness, nevertheless denying his wut, Deteotive-Sergeant Cooney took him straight to the Tombs Court, where he was remanded by Magistrate Flammer to Police Headquarters to await the ar- rival of the Cooperstown Sheriff. , The Pinkerton people declare that they’ have conclusive evidence against him, SCAFFOLD FELL; @ FATALLY HURT. Workmen Plunue 40, Féet | Nearly All Hones Are Broken =Will Probably Die, August Bkland, of No, 40 Ralph aver} faue, Brooklyn, and Peter Navity. of No, 131, East Thirty-second street, Man- hattan, fell forty feet from a broken! acaffold upon which they were work: ing, lite today at Bay Ridwe, and Nearly every bone in thelr bodies wus broken, They were taken to the Norwegian Hospital, where Dr, Fill sald they | would surely die, The men were engaged In the work} of construction on the new urmory at] First uvonue and Fifty-second streot, } Bay Ridwe. Brooklyn, Their sea | ‘was about forty (cet above the side: ‘walk, Tho ropes sunvorting one end of and, ( men were about to knock off for the day, The two masons were plunged down to the pavement below bofore the eyes of their assvctates, Their smashed and) te n@ boilles were gathered up, still |living and burried to the hospital in the Valn hope of saving them, a Interesting Stath | The follow! of the pri table of Importations byands of champagne that arrived the port of New York during the year 1904 should be of co) siderable interest to lovers of the | Sparkling wine: MOT & CHANDON,110,H9 cages G. H. Mumm & Co Pommery & Greno Rulnart pere & til Vvo, Clicquot... 406 Piper-Heldnieck 91390" Louls Roederer 60" Pol Roger .,, Dry Monopole 933, Tabulated according to “cumtom (il ee old nlatform broke {ust as the’ Statistics by Bonfort'’s Wine @* ia Circular, January Weh, 190K ve | was done | In Monet Wihs All the Way. p Monet. was @ 3 to LB shot tn the second’ Tace, a dash and inal futons. for tinge year-ld fie, ran ‘like on well to 154 lead my the. fare and ‘TWokter made every posit.a ne on ‘and Idle Daa fou tie Sut m the pul fe ou n the fast valntcenthe ' pil ‘ae- Cured the place by three lengths, Masan Head in Front, Van Neos fought It out dy br his home.on avenue to tie viaduct, ule tug The, dopaives were oe i tay a she ‘bet 9 Ms Ay compan \ve-! » 00+ ney, of Mocivaky's Ly They fol- ere, ars out Judge Hernos at rom, in iacat went a ala ed ‘sd horses by 3] ‘e een Sim ua ferra hard drive an a ter, to q oe ee of Ingaithrt: THREE HURT | N. TROLLEY. LEY CRASH: Two Cars in sth Collistag |e in Brooklyn Causes. Shake-Up: of Pas- sengers. A rear-end collision between a Broak- lyn Haights flat car, loaded with ash and a Thirty-ninth street terry car, about 200 feet north of Coney Island Creek this afternoon resulted in badiy brutsing Theodore Willams, a youth, of No. 5204 Fifth avenue, and Hertha Elder, of No. 6704 Fifth avenue, Brook- lyn, whose back was strained; and Adam Stpittmatter, of No, & Chambers street, Manhattan,’. who had a hemorrhage of the stomach as a result of the shaking up, Surgegn. MoNaughtqn, of Kings County Hospital, and Dr, John M. Pleroe, of Coney Island, responded to the call and dréqsed the' wounds of the Gold Feet At The Horel A Beats. Gus . Heidorn ‘by Feit) Ai ba MeCarthy (5't0;\1)'2, Manure % ; Inyally | | ‘The track wus very heavy and none.|’ ae) keen , contest between ristng's | Trophy soveri¢h idaki Alo a In eadski.. orge Ii IsInTh a ; he ‘Calls Him to’ the Office to poate Ral bn Kelly’s Pla nfesstba = Mi ion 4 | neon on offered si by ‘ihe Dé through the Legisiatute last vide = ye conteasse tnt ho tae er ena gh ee jo, ant (otormatiOn 9 to 2) 1, Gus, Heldarn. ( to pasts S ; RS iwi, (NRW ORLMANA. Ua.) Jan, NAW ORLIANS. ba Jah. i Te es aay t } add i agree | : ! “ . ‘ ffeot on’ 1 ip Seat EV a, il , bvery one was looking, forward. to @ es 3 aE egii Tf 4 5 ft, the Derby “chatcen, speedy age ‘ot ‘wners of thie few prauay vare va} iit doubtrat Sine bales. ag to how shalt tad would a th an mand ‘and: wee ae Wh Hh aero rte ne foie al FIRST RACE Winuer, ee Sete te id peli mer so @ it “with word) that he, mes a raX, 1race, Kelly. ‘When nat oe re hack with { Biel } iene anne vm se ; 2 menedige dl states prisdieeth hed ; Aree Bua en ‘aniving} silat 7 ear Lie to thee! mt ‘during the week (Welly, a . 94'tho @ubpoena | every day, * Sern. a i Lege bik pe fs vet Su Bn j thi i. gs bi me way stwice ian: 6 gth. of, some phenomenal colt Proteus W Best ee as phe Bae e is fs ni, waa, oUt! rd ‘first ‘unre pili naan th jew coe hate ed 18 fae "t an iment ( mner, ‘elt. Bie 1d. ios manage fe ao ean Solera his Seoond Run jn: Dlinding Storm. nade’, panty run? ne ‘bend ‘The second’ i rok ened aa Feuighiened femme Blah ole wot 3 On’ oe rer the wont RAC == FRAWLEY GRTS A B1G CONTRACT. CAL OP EON ON OHIO ‘PE AN, Jap Awarded Hun | a ea | Antt-Saloon League Will Introduce jon with San- a BIL at Albany Applying hattan Bridge, | It te Cities, : ‘The Willlams ‘Engineering Company | (Kpeefat ta The Evening’ World, was to-day awarleg the contraot, for; ALBANY. N. ¥.. Jan. (il-The Anti: potlding ‘the Brooklyn anchorage ‘tor | 58190” Leame of! the Btatq will have tho new Manhattan Bridge. | {htpoduced. Ip. the, Jeeniolatre to-mor- WY 4 shen and set the pace until well neo the est bie eA Joke, etre cutaie at with 4 u fat tANL the ‘ware Gregor Kk’ outetassed “his ci Es ing any in the third race, bul trong play on: Joe Lesser enabled his backers to get a Mberal price against him, When !t came ty the running, there was only one in {t, Gregor K. The tatter rushed to the making all Als own MiNMog , Doll: nto Fark Raw, New, York, eee ca ‘ My complaint against the (gas) (clectric) con option ti front and, fenator James J. Frawlev.’, Tammany eae eau pace, won easily at the ond, leader. of the Thirty-second’ Assembly Paaldarigg aves | Judge, Himes Winen Raatly. District, 18 sald to-he behind the en, | PAVIGH Wt lease 6M and’ No More thu, ‘This iw the tiret time Senator Frawley | ° MSOC ang har blogsomed out @s a contractor. | upon. petition t Other , bidders on» the, million-dollar | volers representing contract were Hopnep & Co, and Naugh:| Voting population jtén & “Co, ‘These are Tammany con: cerns, The. awards appear to-haye been| | Over) 50 Wome the, choice in the Han- Himes the second t the iy er | iy were a injured, made to the exclusloh of Brooklyn con- | Wills find The. Williams dees were San. hi “the lowest’ bidders, wiitbus smpleyage