Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-08
LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE.
rho Motto Of the Jew%iers' Protective
Union-fnstances Of Relentless Pursuit.

shs Motto Of the Jew.iers Protective
Union-fnstances Of Relentless Pursuit.
It is natural Co suppose that those
whose business leads them to carry
about q great deal Of valuable prop
erty all the time will become shining
marks for professional thieves and all
that class who aim to live on what
belongs to other people Among all
the travelling men 1t would seen that
none would he more liable to the as.
saults Of the light fingered profession
than those who represent business
houses that deal In jewe'ry and pre-.
ciOus stones. Strange to say, how.
ever, thest gentlemen are rather less
than more liable to he molestcd %
the road than any other set OF per.
sons who are worth waylaying. In
the year 1878 the practice OF rubbing
statesmen travelling for wholesale Jew.
elers and diamond merchants became
SO common that 1t was determined o
organize an association for the pur.
suit and punishment Of this class of
thieves, and with that object In view
the Jewellers Protective Union was
formed. 1t Is not q money.making
scheme, according to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, but 1t is intended for the
protection Of its members Any
business house in the jewelry trade
may become a member upon the pay.
ment Of certain fees. II any sales.
man engaged in selling the goods Of
any member Of the union Is robbed
while travelling the central office OF
the union Is notified. detectives are
at once put upon the tracks OF the
thieves, and 1t Is an unalterable rule
that they must not relax their efforts
until the wrOngdOer has been arrested,
tried, convicted, and sent t. prison.
Sometimes 1t takes years to appre.
bend the persons sought for, but that
makes no difference. for the guilty
must be punished and an example
must be made OF every man who has
the temerity TO attempt any crime
against any person whom this union
has guaranteed to protect Here arc
Q few sample cases:
A year ago last fail W. G. Pollock
was robbed OF about slS, 900 worth
Of diamonds In the State Of Iowa by
q fellow named ShurtclifYe. 1t took
Just about q year to bring Shurtcliffe
to book, but the unions detectives
never wavercd for IN instant until
they saw the doors OF the penitenti.
ary at Fort Madison shut him In to
serve a term OF seventeen years.
When Shurtclitfe regains his liberty,
even II he decides to resume the bust.
ness that has brought him to dis.
aster. 1t Is not likely that he will
ever care tn ply his trade again to the
disadvantage oil. anybody who deals 10
precious stones Last March, In Day.
ton. Ohio, tritzie Dhein began to
serve o term Of four and one. half
years for stealing $4,000 worth Of
jewclry belonging to u firm In Gin.
cinnati. The agents OF the uni q
succeeded In recovering all the stolen
goods and 10 securing the conviction
Of the culprit, Notwithstanding on
his first trial the jury disagreed. after
which he was let out on bail and fed
TO Europe 10 escape another trial.
He was brought back to Ohio aud
tried again with the result above
stated. A year and half was spent
disposing OF the case Of Fritzie Dhein.
The last matter OF this kind that the
union had to do with was an affair
that occurred In Spring deld, Mass,
last February, when Daniel F. Cote
succeeded In getting away with Jew.
elry to the amount OF about SIS, 600.
His conviction followed In May, and
| ne will he in n safc Dlace for thu nexf
four years. All but about 81. 900
worth VI what was stolen was recOv.
cred und returned 10 the owner.