The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
Mr. CANFlELD. DID NOT KNOW THE
VASE WAS so VALUABLE.

The boy said he was Roger Meany,
son'of bricklayer Of s83 Third avenue.
What did Joe" look like?' asked the
sergeant.
black clot hes and one eye. and he had a
black hat, replied the boy.
Where did you meet this man.
Just around the corner at Fifty-second
street and Third avenue
Would you know him again II you
saw him. asked the sergeant.
~Sure. said the lad. IL he 10, X al rs he did
INST now He gave me a quo rtcr 10 bring
his around here guess he must have
been a swell
The sergeant sent precinct detective
home with the boy and told his father II
anybody came around later in the Gay to
find out IL the lad had taken the vase to the
station house to detain the person and
notify ne Mr.. Garfield has identified
the vase and taken IL away with him and
| have his receipt for il.
Later in the evening Mr.. Garfield said
The legend on the piece Of brown paper
inside the clipping from THE Sun, in which
the vase was wrapped, convinces me that
my original notion was correct. The per-
son who took the vase simply picked 1t up
from the cabinet as souvenir OF the raid
He had no idea Of its value and anything
els" would have served his purpose quite
as well, had he found anything that he could
have carried away as easily
Deputy Police Commissioner Piper was
greatly annoyed Yesterday when he learned
of the theft of The vase and said he would
assure Mr.. Garfield that every resource
Of the Police Department would he put
AZ his disposal 20 recover II.
NO matter for what purpose tie police
enter a mans ouSo,- said Capt Piper,
they do not 60 there to destroy or steal
property err, MT |, to be s'otn, went
TO tie Garfield uoYse that night for tie
particular lI,pose of ots'rvir Q how police
men conducted themselves on such occa-
sons So far as could go they We're partc-
ularly careful of Mr. Canfelds property"
The statement Was .nade day or two
ago, naid the reporter, that you had
carried of something like 80 Of Garfield =
chips. presumably for evidence. Do You car g
to say anything about that?"
Capt. Piper smiled and then made this
statement. which ought TO be highly inter-
cs,ing to Mr., Garfield;
1t l. hardly necessary to deny the story
and may as we'll saw that strict accounts
ing will be- made to Mr.. { anf, Id Of all prop
Crty taken from his house by the police
when the property is rethrns d, II it is re-
turned, and ] suppose II will be
This NAV Indicate that the authorities
have about concluded that they have 10
case against the gambling apparatus seized
as a result Of the raid following a decision
OF the Supreme Court, gambling imrle-
ments oft Of commission are not unlawful
possessions and " seized must DO returned
District Attorney Jerome said yesterday
Of the theft of the vase before its recovery
was known:
Just because somebody saws that the
thing was stolen it doesn't follow that
il is 50. Every time a raid il made the
announcement Is made that anywhere
from $40 600 10 s2oOOOO worth Of valuablcs
were missing after the raid, ! don't know
anything about this case and have no sug-
gestions to make | know | haven't got
any 5000 vase that belongs TO Garfield
or anybody else"
The interesting question now IL. who
stole the peachblow? For a quarter Of n
century after Adam With stole Gains
borough's portrait OF the Duchess Of Devo,,-
shire the art world wanted to know who
stole the Duchess. So far as anybody
knows, the only strangers in Garfield {
on the night Of the raid were the District
Attorney and members Of his staff, the
Deputy Police Commissioner, Inspector
Brooks and his policemen. Seth Spragie
TORY. number Of reporters and Jacobs
the slcuth. Maybe somebody will now
confess, Perhaps his wife saw THE Sun
and made him give up his souvenir"