New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-23
VALUABLE JEWELS GONE.
A TRUSTED CLERK ALSO MISSING.
SIZE WENT AWAY WITH DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
,,.onrr1 400 nno ANn Has NOT COME RACK.

HE WENT AWAY WITH DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
WORTH 900 AND HAS NOT COME BACK.
Diamonds and pearls worth $4,000 and Will
lam C. Duncan are missing. The gems are the
nroperty of Lewisohn Il Co. jewellers at No. Al
Maiden Lane Duncan until Saturday afternoon
last was trusted employe of that firm. On 'hat
aav a discovery was made which seems TO lmpl-
cate Duncan in a robbery of more than ordinary
macntudc The head of the firm of LewlSohn
& Co is in Enrope. hut Theodore LeXow, the man
amor of the house. tells the story OF Inc missing
;awels and salesman On Thursday last Duncan
bo was employed by the firm to sell It's goods 10
rstailers in the Lane" and throughout the city,
leaving the goods memorandum, SAID 10 MI
Ioxow that he had heard that one OF the large
5ealers uptown in the market for diamonds
.nd asked if he should not visit him and try 10
,ota sale The manager consented to the pr )po-
,it;on and also accepted Duncans suggestion that,
,s ", was going uptown. he might as well try TO
-. What he could do with other dealers. Ac-
S.airo,v the story runs Duncan loaded himself
S,;,h iewels valued at about $50, 900 and started
put. NJ,
Coming back in the afternoon he showed Mr.
1eyow a memorandum of goods left with Starr
Howard & Co, and other uptown merchants, ana
said that he was to 90 again next day TO see the
dealers again after they had examined the gems
Tn this he was following the usual procedure IN
che diamond trade and his statements were taken
without question. as it is the custom TO leave
Goods with possible customers for several days
sometimes as long as a week. On frldaN' II Is
alleged, Duncan went uptown again ana re'urH'"
that night with a glowing account OF MS pros
meets for sale which he felt sure. he sald ne
would be able to close the next day. Stlh
f.
,rusted and usually successful salesman.
On Saturday morning Duncan again left the
Maiden Lane establishment about II o'clock
n,omisinr to come back as soon as he had finished
his negotiations. One o'clock, . o'clock, o'clock
came but no Duncan. In the meantime Mr..
Iexow. thinking at the worst that some accident
might have befallen his employee tried to tee
nhone to the uptown customers. This he was
unable 10 do on account of the severe storm which
,acei all that day. Finally another salesman
,vas sent TO learn what had become of Duncan
OF Duncan he could learn nothing, but he made
che alarming discovery on calling on Howard
Il Co.. on Starr, and at the other places whlch
Duncan had named that tie young man had
left no gems with them, and had not peeh III
Their places of business during the week.
Mr.. Lexow at once informed the police, and
since then has been trying, without success W
find a clew to either Duncan or the diamonds
William c. Duncan has been In the employ
of Lewisohn & Co. since last september IRE
xious TO that time he had been employed Tor
about two wears with his unclcs, John W. BLOCK
A. Bro another iewclry firm, of NO Maideh
Lane. by whom he was recommended to his iase
EMPLOYERS. The Messrs. Block can throw no
light upon their nephew's disappearance, but arc
assisting Mr.. Lcxow IN every way in their power
~ discover where he has gone. NJ missing
soles,nan boarded at No. 440 llancock-st., Brook
ivn where he was last seen early on SATURDAY
y11ornino AT which time he left the house, taxing
It'll him two clean shirts wrapped In paper
Dnncsn is only a little over eighteen years old
skough he Is said 10 look older, ana IN be clcNer
and adept in business beyond his years tie mas
no bad habits, so far is known; he was
highly recommended by his uncleS ANA Nj
IexoW had the utmost faith in his hores'y. 1T
has been learned that previous to his departure ne
said to some of his acquantanccS that he would
like 10 20 South for his health, mentioning New
orleans and Mexico as places which he desired -
visit He has a mother living somewhere IN
Missouri. ,, . ro
Information concerning the robbery was re-
fnsnd by Inspector Byrncs yesterday. ana his as
sistants in the Detective Bureau would not al
mil that any of the detective ser-Pants were at
work on the case Their action was not ramarH-
able as if is the policy of the officials NJ Head
ouarers to keep all robheres in the city from tnr
knowleIge Of the public until the tneVes are
rancht and then 10 blow the trumpet.