New-York tribune., 1905-06-13
s12O.OOO STOLEN ON BOAT.
VICTTN Il BOSTON MN.
,SeurTf;es Taken on Board Puritan
Thief Seeks Resoard.

Boston June IA robbery involving the JOSS Oh
s1aa0oo in securities by Henry w. Cons0ock OF
rsossc- which took place on board the s'e'iiiAei
Puritan on her trip from New-York TO ran hl'eL
last night was reported TO Chief William " sI'''' y
the bureau of criminal investigation IN TINS ees
TO-DAY The securities, which included tweheS-'"
certificates Of stock of various railroad conip"i
&, t,,e Tinted States Steel Corporation were 'aA
f-o-n under a pillow in Mr- CoTnstocks s'ate'ooil
r. ao-,e one who it is believed had chinpeu
- .s.=,,r THE documents were received
=. a., syor,stock IN a business TRANSACTION AT d
pew-York hotel on Saturday and IL Is s~spooeee o.
,bas sorae one who witnessed the ailo'oenN A -,
+ba man on board the boat and then ooiAiiii 80 u
the robbery Soon after Mr. CornsOocA heA -
.b;s- ci+v he received a telephone message Hoii
- 7-orl- telling him that he could regain 'Iie
1ot ,roDertv by paying a suitable amount Oh easn
-rra vvhole case was placed In the hanos oL .Io
,oI,oa together with a list of he missing
--ha theft Involves LS65 shares OF fsaiiioN1
and ass shares OF United States steer preieiieu "a
detailed list of these securities Is as ioiio"S
T--..s....s ~ 100 shares each OF Atchison.
,rt,. and Santa Fe Railroad common; o"9 srx+
tacsses Of 7o shares each t 0f saTes @ Of Erie Rail
prsier&Teo 10 Oh Cnreferred one certificate OF % SHARES
of Union PsenS S f-nion Pacific Raroad common
IL. ce-4iflcste Of 20 shares Of mon s.S.o HS-ia
5 roan ooilc o9a-aon ten certificates Of 100 sfares
each Of Erie Railroad ooinTon' afrred 0nS ana two
ssrfiscsfes OF 100 shares each Of OTll'eo 0'-A'0
Steel preferred
ar corns.oci is certain that the ropoery .o0A
Mace after the Puritan left New 1oFA7 ano ~
<,a fac+ f1ra: the telephone call referring 10 d AZ
-, os the papers was from New-Fork, ne be-
7,s.s f7s4 the deed was carefully planned py nlDAe
than one person z 4,o
t7or a time to-day the police here observed ihe
utmost secrecy, merely announcing the l2c' taLi'
o+b.7z- Of securities had occurred in transit De-
tween Boston and New-YoTk- Later, wnen II zap hp
.,esred that air Cognstock had called on Oille1
Watts the facts came oE1t
s-T telieve that I was made the subject Of con-
z,fracv'- said AR. ConstocE- I think silsH De
.hle 10 get back the securities by offering nornl-
ii r-,,7 os nancy Indeed negotiations would have
4.asn started py me had not Chief Watts OF the
rsos.on Dolce advised TO turn the entire nlal'er
aver 90 District Attorney Jerome OF NeW-fofk
He believes that the New-York authorizes VIII De
able 10 locate both the person WHO uele"ii"1IeU ~
me and the securities
zgr C-ou1stoct said that he had been in New
York last week OF business, and that on Saturday
morning, by prea=Tanged plan, IN pubic room
of the Broadway Central Hotel, he exchanged GER Ger
tain property for The Talrcad ana sIel CO. 1
stock which Ezs taken from him de sag that al
way which attracted his atteIlI1o2. 1leI IS ne
was discussing the transaction with his business
Ths same STRANGER near at hand Mr. Constock
describes the usn as -repulsive looking, with a
was about thirty-fve years old, five feet ten inches
In height and weighed about q hundred and eighty
Having been called TO Poughkeepsie by the sud
den illness Of his wife, Mr. CornsJock was uLaDie
10 connect as he intended TO do, with the Satur-
day evening boat for Boston, and he decided TO
CONS hnre last night He said he had 1nolstinct
remembrance Of seeing Tie stranger on the DoSt,
and on this account he decided to be especially
careful Of the valuable properly wnicn ne caIieo, @
Re placed the papers in envelope and put them
under his pillow. Then he made Up MS nlinu 20
sit up all night IN his staDaTooIn he 2Teileo lhe
window and the blind for ventilation t1e olo not
31sf before the boat reached Fail River ana olS-
covered his loss Mr.. Constock Is wealthy boSl-
ness man. having wide financial interests IN rail-
way ana mining properties ...
circumstances the robbery and the person OF per
xors with it were outside OF his 5urts-
dicIior, and there would be no 1nNeSISauon Dy
the local authorities.
Mr.. Constock had been staying at the Broadway
Central Hotel in this city. He there two or
three days last week. and left 1T Sunday night TO
go to Boston. He had been close friend Of lilly
Haines the late proprietor Of the hotel. and had
stayed there for over twenty years. The hotel
authorities knew nothing about the stock trans
actions.
At Police Headquarters Inspector OBrien said he
knew nothing about the robbery beyond the fact
that Chief Watts. Of Boston had requested him
to have watch kept and TO arrest any one offer
tng the stocs for sale. The he said had been
turned to the Wall Street branch Of the detec
tive bureau. and the police had done nothing fur
dher In the
District Attorney Jerome, who arrived at his
Office in the afternoon when asked regarding the
ton to act in the matter. He knew nothing about
st officially, and was taking TO action
TOUTppF0 FOR PACKING THE TIES