New-York tribune., 1903-04-27
STOLE TO LIVE HIGH.
HIS SHORTAGE $50, 900
Police Say Jescelry Stock Clerk,
Married q Year. Confessed.

William ]. Pick. tventy-nine years old. mar
ried only year. and living in richly furnlshec
apartments at No. Is West One-hundred-ano-
twenty-eighth-st.. was arrested yesterday as he
stepped from Pennsylvania ferryboat at Cort-
isndt-st with his wife. on their return from
Pittsburg He is charged with being some
twenty thousand dollars behind in his accounts
with Cattle. Ettinger & Hamnel. jewellers OF
No. 6S Nassau-st- The detectives say he ad-
rnitted his thefts and his wife gave up diamonds
and Jewels worth 81. 600 he had given her HIS
alleged peculations lasted four years. the time
be was with the firm. which trusted him inn
plicitly.
Mrs Picks parents live in Pittshurg- She was
a chorus girl in one of the Broadway theatres
a wear ago Pick was stock clerk in the JeWeHE
firm The exposure of Picks alleged defalca-
tions came about last "Wednesday through the
desire Of a customer TO have ring exchanged
7, exnlaining the situation. he said he had pur-
chased the ring from Pick. When Pick was
questioned about it he denied selling it. The
fact that there was no entry the books made
the case more puzzlins.
Pick went 10 luncheon and did not return
This caused suspicion. His accounts were I'M
rnediateIy examined, and i was roughly estl-
mated that stock worth $4,000 had been made
AWAY with and not accounted for by the STOCK
clerk
The police Immediately illoTilSu III
spector McCluslzy sent Detectives McNey and
Caddeu TO see if Pick could be found They
went TO his home. Mrs. Pick being there amid
handsome hangngs, paintings, brIc-a-hrac ana
upholstery The detectives said they learned
the style of living was entirely in keeping with
the adornments Of the home. Dinners were
given by the Picks which made them FAMOUS
among their friends as entertainers.
Mrs. Pick told the detectives that she kne"
nothing of the wherea bouts of her husband
She had not seen him since the morning, and had
begun to wonder why he did not return nome
The next day she went 10 her parents home in
Piftsburg. The detectives followed 1t was be
1eved she would meet Pick there, and the De
fectives watched her movements closely They
saw they saw her meet her husband and they
Immediately spoke TO him
According 10 Inspector McClusky, Pick was
not surprised. willingly talked to them about
the case and admitted that he had been stealing
diamonds and jewelry from the firm, paWned
some of the articles, and had kept many dol
lars from sales of gems and jewels he never
recorded as sales When asked how he spent
the money he said he spent much OF II on ms
home and his wife and had lived IN quite eIao-
orate style for four years.
The detectives asked him to return TO TINS
city with them and save the trouble or arranging
for extradition papers. and he consented he
and his wife made immediate arrangements ana
took a train for this city which got them here
at g. m. McVey and Caddel travelled on the
same train. They got on the ferry boat with the
couple and arrested Pick as soon as the poat
got in 80
Mrs Pick went to Police Headquarters with
her husband. The police did not question her,
and she took an affectionate farewell of her
husband Pick win be in the Tombs court this
morning.