The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20
CHASE OF A DIAMOND THIEF.
r,rov SQUARE WEST PELE NELL
VI IRON MRS LKNCH'S.


FROM MRS LKNcH'S
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Wo,ns Fellow ~ Lsst-sevsu Jewsilsa
So. Insids Esis aeis-sssdisa U.hrsis.
.-,r.. Young man With . eoid-hsndlsd
,..n. walked into Mira Lyneh's ievslry
n..,r Union square about 3 o'clock yestsr-
~. .itsrnoon, and began strolling about ex-
s..,nIne things. The store was crowded and
a. p.rtieular attention was paid to the
nS,ns man. After examining the statusry.
',..ks and other articles he wandered over to
80, the jsvelry counters. and. resting one
- -. an The hovcase said TO Joseph Smith. q
elsrk: -,
....n mind you want something that costs
sCsrt.inly," said Smith. and opening the
.. n. took out q solitaire diamond ring
..io.d At 500 and handed IL to the young man.
,sm.rking ss he did go: That's q beauty and
,,ry cheap at the price,"
IN. stranger looked the ring over with
..ttIcsl eve, and then In q drawing tone re-
marked:
Really II you can't show me anything better
thsn this I'll go elsewhere. SHOW me some
thlpe decent please. l told you didn't care
b see any cheap goods"
-Just how high do you want to Ro~ said the
accommodating clerk.
Anything" replied the stranger. "AnythinG
"A all suits me. Money 10 no object at all"
-oh. very WE'LL" said Smith. and he went 10
Ne safe and got band ring in which was set
( slsres pigeon blood ruby.
"Thst." he ssid triumphantly. lis $500"
tn. stranger wasn't BIT rhssed. but asked
30 zee some other rings. The clerk pulled q
tr.y containing seven rings valued In all at
s2bOO out Of the safe and set II on the ooun-
tsr. The young man gazed up and down the
store. gave one long look at the door. and then
rrsbbed all seven rings and made for the
street. The clerk yelled. lsaped ever the
counter almost knocking over woman who
had walked up. and crying stop THEIR at
SossO MORE az esrSs Jumped over the counters
The thisf resOhsd the door and dashed out
women In the store led people outside to sup
pose that the place was on fire, and a tre-
After reaching the street Smith and the other
clerks lost sight OF the thief A moment later.
s%ss h% bsS dSns the
+ ap pursuit. again, The other clerks TOOK up the
sitizsns followed the clerks. all yelling Stop
thietp' at the top Of their voices. Nobody but
%Ish vas IN too maeh q hurry 70 stop and
=: stree, ;:.4 PsS s%,s
and behind him came the other clerks and half
hundred or more trsmps. men about town,
e b be- there and liked TO BE- in anything that
was going. Between Sixteenth and Seven
tesnth streets Smith caught up TO the thief
Around his neck. Then Policeman Pratt ran
up aud grabbed the young man around the
hold somsw while the rest OF the crowd
Gathered around and congratulated each
One man mildly suggested that the prisoner
Isluctancs that the clerk Ike agreed to this. plan.
eutfsd the prisonsr to Sims ef and took him to
the Mercer street police, station Thence he
spe s Mclaughlin asked him What he had
On. threw tas@ away" replied tn. young
s: '; sans
nssss threw those sns: aw.a: those @sr. too
.sii you did throw them away" replied
Give me that upbrsll." said II. Ipsp.stsr
70 ne n:f
oysf snd sSsrSiIsd ~ seven q the rings.
Phelps. a clerk OF South Orange He was en-
When asked why he had tried to steal the dia.
monds he said he didn't know. He didn't need
money very badly. he said. but he thought he
would like TO have the dismonds. As he said
marked. Isn't that a dandy Pr He was
locked up and this morning will be arraigned
In the Jefferson Market Police Court.
Bouth Orange Hotel this morning for New
York. this being his day on He has been en-
ployed as clerk at the hotel for more than Q
yssr. and before that he had been In the en-
ploy of PropEietor Charles w. smalley at
man and Il Is thought his mind Was nnbsio
ancsd over young woman In New York with
whom he was very much In love. He had al
ways been thoroughly honest and was we'll
liked at the hotel.