The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-24
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Child Refused TO Go With Parents to
Europe.
VERY CLEVER THIEF CAUGHT.
Had Jcwelry in Pockets Under Velvet
Collarof His Overcoat-The MUIR
dcrers of Weisbard, the Ped
der. Still Unknown
VERY CLEVER THIEF CAUGHT.

fore he could oyertake her she reached
the gang-plank and darted down to the
pier Detective Louis Weinthal, OF the
Hoboken Central Office, was at the pier
end of the gang-plank. He caught the
child by the arm. The man following her
was at his side in an instant.
!.Oh papa. don't take me away. said
the child. II don't want TO go won't
go. I've seen enough Of Europe
Il am police officer, said Weinthal.
What seems to be the troubie?'
Il am John Harper" explained the man,
land this is my daughter Annie. She re-
fuses to accompany me and my wife to
Europe.
why don't you want to go?" asked the
detective turning to the child.
81 won't co. she replied, and no one
can nuke me go.
Mr. Harper held a consultation with
Mrs Harper, and then talked matters
over with his other daughter, who was to
remain in New York Then he talked
! kindly to Annie and ngain tried to per
slade her to accompany him abroad. She
said she would not so, and asked that her
trunks be returned to the pier. Her father
! then decided to let the child remain De
hind with her sister.
RING MYSTERY.
While Nahum Herman was sorting Jew
elry in his store, at No. ~ IL Gfaho
Street yesterday afternoon man came
| in and asked to see q diamond ring Her
man put IL case-ful on the counter for the
customers inspection. Then the man said
| he wanted a diamond locket, toe. her
man turned to get ones When he looked
at the case again a ring was missing
| DO you accuse me of taking the ring?
asked the customer, indignantly. III get
! a policeman at once.
| Steppm to the door he called d BOY,
| who was standing nearby to him. and
said: Here, boy, here's i've cents bflnS
| a policeman right away.
I The how didn't return. Herman sent
| friend to the Eldridge-Street police sta
| ton The friend brought back with HIM
| Detectives Walsh and Delaney. They ar
! rested the customer. IIe said that ne was
| Hirsch Hirshberg, a tencher OF modern
| languages, of Montvale, N j. In MS
| rockets they found two pawn tickets. one
! for a diamond locket and the other ioi d
| ring.
| TO the detectives eyes the velvet collar
| of Hirshbere's overcoat seemed TO bulge
oddly. They examined 1t ana ulsJ9E 80
| underneath q number OF smdil-SiAeu
| noekets. One contained woman heeh
| chain with a diamond pendant, worth
| about $50. the police say
| Cant. Walsh believes that, under preteAt
| of sending the boy for Policeman, inc
man handed him the diamond ring from
! HermanS showcase
| wEIsBARD MURDER.
| After the discovery Of the BODY OF the
,nnrifered iewelry salesman, Meyer Weis-
| bard. Captain Titus frsent 10 Ali pa" u
| brokers descriptions of, the stock OF cheap
| iewelrv which Eeishard carried, with IN
structions that if any OF the artlcies ue-
| scribed should be offered for pawn the
| possessor should be given into CUSTODY.
! Yesterday two Italians offered Such d
watch as was in the murdered peddier
| stock to a Park-Row pawnbrokef- Inc
/ pawnbroker called policeman ana tue
| italians were arrested. They were An
| tonic Gabrinus nineteen years Old. or NO.
! 147 Butler Street, Brooklyn, and Nlchol
! BaceIlina, seventeen years old, OF NO
! Baxter Street. Captain Titus men touhd
| that the watch they had was an oia one
| Wristbands were new, but the two were
| re,uanded for twenty-four hours to give
| the detectives chance to investigate
| their recent movements.
The murder of the peddler IS stiil the
| chief topic of conversation IN the 1taLdh
| quarter Many families on the East Side
| firmly believe that the Italians, every one,
! and particularly the children, -kno" VINO
! murdered Weisbard What their children
hear in play they tell the detectives, VINO.
ever hopeful, search out the children with
| the result of hearing many silly tales.
CAPTAIN Titus said yesterday that he
| was still without a definite idea where the
! murder was committed, but he believed
| he knew where the rope that bound the
| trunk was purchased, and he was assured
| that the murderers did not use all that
| they bought.
/ POLICE TOOK WATCH
| On the floor of a Sixth-Ayenue electric
| car coming downtown at Thirty-fourth
! Street yesterday afternoon about clock
| there lay a womans gold watch set with
| diamonds and worth several hundreds dol
| lars. How long it lay there before Mrs
! Hiram New, of NO. West 103d Street,
| who was in the car, saw it, nobody seems
| to know. When Mrs. New saw it she
| picked it up. There was a nice-lookins
| quick-eyed man sitting across the aisle
| who saw Mrs. New pick up the watch
| He told Conductor Peter Wade. When
| the latter saw the watch he suggested
| that Mrs. New give it to him.
] Why should 1 give it to your asked
| Mrs. New.
Rules of the company said Wade
Mrs. New suggested that the company
rules didn't cover everything. Wade then
| said he would call a policeman.
DO So" said Mrs. New. I'll gladly
| go TO the station but IN not going TO
| give you the watch without knowing
! why
| NitUe stopped ttlS anu Cdilti I
! man Kelly, who went around to the Ten
| derioin Station with Mrs. New and the
| conductor Sergeant Churchill was at the
desk. He took the watch and discovered
| that on the lid inside was mans photo
| graph Then he heard the story of the
/ watch's discovery. Mrs. New said she
! didn't want to keep anything that didn't
| belong TO her. but she thought she had
| as much right as anybody to keep the
! watch until its owner turned UP. The
| sergeant scratched his head and then
| told Mrs. New that she was right in re-
| fusing to give the watch to the eondIc-
| tor. The proper persons to have it, he
! said We're the police, who would send ont
! a general alarm for the owner. He did
| not. however, tell her that in case 10
| owner appeared the proceeds derived from
/ the sale of the watch would help swell
| the, Police Pension Fund.
Mated PiauIste Coming.