Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-07

Stealing Jewe1ry Valued at $3.50
from His EmplOyer-CrOnsOn Arrested
in Chicago.
Detective Sergeant Slevin and Mr.. Her.
man Goldsmith, says the New York World
of the 9th inst, arrived in this city Mon
day from Chicago with Leon CronsOB,
charged with stealing $25, 900 in diamonds
from Goldsmith & Kuhn, of 33 and 50 John
street. CronsOn, who was a salesman in
the employ of the above firm, startel upon
the road last November, going to Albany
and thence West, making sales from time
to time, but sending no remittances. On
November IL the firm sent him additional
stock amounting to $4,000. CrOnson wrote
to relatives from Kansas City, Mo-. on De-
cember II, but since that time nothing
was heard from him for several weeks.
Goldsmith & Kuhn employed detectives
to find him, but their efforts were futile.
Then Mr.. Goldsmith, on December 80,
called upon Inspector Byrnes and a de-
scriptiOn Of the missing man was sent to
San Francisco, Santa Fe, the City of
Mexico and to various points along the
line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, it
being supposed that CrOnson would 90 to
Mexico or to California, where the dia-
mOnds would find ready sale.
Learning that CrOnson was IN Chicago
Inspector Byrnes sent Slevin there on the
26th ult., Mr.. Goldsmith going with him.
Detectives Elliott and Wiley, of the
Chicago police, were detailed to help
Slevin. They found that CrOnson. under
an assumed name, was boarding at No.
162 Maxwell street, and he was arrested
on the 10Th and locked up at police head
quarters. To detective SleVin he
made a confession, saying that
while in Kansas City he had S25.-
600 in diamond jewelry. On Decem Der 20
he took goods amounting to $4,000 to
Joseph Schwartz, a pawnbroker, who
agreed to advance $4,000, paying $4O0
cash. Upon calling for the remaining
81, 800, Schwartz called him thief and a
swindler and would not give him the
money. Fearing that Schwartz might
make trouble, CrOnsOn went to Chicago
and there left the remaining stock, worth
$15, 900, with his friend, Julius Edwin,
who agreed to put it in a safe-deposit
vault.
Upon this information Edwin was ar
rested. He confessed that, believing the
ewelry to be stolen, he had sent it to his
sister, Mrs. Hester Harrison, at South
Bend, Ind, and that he wrote to her ask
ing that the diamonds be sent back as he
did not consider he was in danger Of ar
rest. Mrs. Harrison returned only $12. 900
of the jewelry. He had divided the
amount into three parts, and sent one to
to Pittsburg, to separate express compa-
MES, marked with a fictitious name. ito
be called for" Edwin said that Cronson
believed the diamonds to be in q safe de-
pOsit vault.
BY direction of the police Edwin had
the express companies deliver the pack
ages to him. He Immediately turned
them over to Cronson, who then surren-
dered them to the officers. Edwin tele-
graphed to Mrs. Harrison that he was in
Jail and would be punished unless she
gave up the jewels which she had re-
tanned. She has not yet done so. but will
in all probability. Edwin was discharged.
Pawnbroker Schwartz, of Kansas City,
visited New York on the 22d ult., and the
$4,000 worth of gems pledged to him will
soon be recovered.
Cronson was born in Russian Poland %
years ago. He intended to be rabbi and
was educated in Berlin for that end. Hav-
ing married before he was 81 years old he
came to America. His father and he re-
sided in Allen street and are separated
from their wives, who live at No. 143
Clinton street. Goldsmith & Kuhn were
forced by CrOnsOn's dishonesty to make an
assignment.