The sun., 1902-01-10
BROAD DAY DIAMOND THEFT.
PAVING STONE THROUGH VIM
DOW, A GRAD AND A RUN.

vain chase Up 70 the Elevated nailr DAD
and Thr oush Moving Train for the
ThIef-Pa wnbroler Says Diamond
Th,pu worth $1,000 Are Gone.
A Belgian block, wrapped In newspaper.
same through the show window OF Ed
yard Berger's pawnshop at 400 sixth ave.
p,,e Yesterday afternoon. and the clerks
hehind the counter inside saw man grab
hing at the diamond jewelry In the window.
He worked quickly and dashed away.
.tufiing his pockets with jewelry Just as
.Joseph Fields, one OF the clerks, got to
the street.
Fields lost sight OF the man. Dozens
Of people were running to the store from
every direction. Every person who was
attracted by the crash and had had feet
ine glance Of the thief yelled at the be-
wildercd Fields. Above the din he heard
. soore OF people cry that the thief had
turned the corner Of Twenty-eighth street.
three doors away, and gone up the elevated
railroad stairs on the uptown side. Fields
dashed around the corner shouting stop
thief He went up the elevated stairs
three steps at time and through the
opened gate at the head OF the stairs, A
train was pulling out and the car gates
had been closed. Fields suspected that
the thief had got aboard the train and he
wasn't going 10 let him get away on It,
Yelling like mad he jumped on the front
platform Of the last car and held on 10 the
rate. The guard tried to push him on /,
But Fields wouldn't let go. The guard
opened the gate for the excited clerk and
allowed him into the last car. Fields eyed
every passenger closely, crying all the
while that he was In search OF a thief. From
the last car he went through the four others
on the run. He didn't find the man he was
looking for The passengers thought he
was a crazy man. When the train reached
Thirty-third street Fields had managed
70 make the trainmen understand what
he was excited about. Then they held
the train and didn't allow any one to alight
until Fields had taken another look at the
passengers. He was unsuccessful and he
hurried back 20 the store.
Mrs. Berger, Clerk Bergma an and the
cashier Kate Stone, had spent the time
window. That was their first thought
when the window crashed in and they
saw people running to the store. They
dumped everything into basket and as
soon as the window was free OF the valu.
ables Police Headquarters was notified
by telephone of what had occurred The
Tenderloin police heard Of the robbery
soon after this and several Of Capt Shee-
hans men went around to see what could
be done Ii wasn't until Berger returned
TO the store that the police got a list Of the
missing jewels. The list was only tenta-
tive one for Berger won't know until to-day
his actual loss. The missing jewels are:
diamond and ruby heart. valued at 81 200;
large diamond pendant and chain, valued
at s.. ZOO four sunbursts, valued at $500 each.
and five diamond rings, valued at 81 200.
The police sent out TO all the other pre-
cincts a description OF the missing jewels
Capt. Titus Of the Detective Bureau has
several men at work on the robbery, but
90 far no one has been able to give a good
description OF the thief Clerk Fields
SAYS ne was a tall slender man, with Q
light check suit. Fields says the fellow
did not wear an overcoat. The police are
inclined TO think he did 60 up the elevated
stairs on the south side, and when he saw
he was pursued was cool enough to slacken
his pace so as not to excite suspicion. and
walk down the north stairs To the street
again.
Berger's place is on the east side Of Sixth
avenue, three doors south Of Twenty eighth
street This il lively corner for there are
three saloons near and the Sixth avenue
cars transfer there 10 the Twenty-eighth
street crosstown line. One OF the three
saloons near the pawnshop IL a hang-out
for -grafters.' The police were watching
that saloon last night.