New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
ISAAC F. LLOYD ROBBED.
THIEVES IN CHICAGO.
Held as Smmgglers While Trying to
Sell Mutual officials Gems.

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Through the arrest Of a man and woman In
Chicago charged with smuggling it has become
known that the house at No 30 West 70th-st
of Isaac F. Lloyd one of the vice presidents of
| the Mutual Life Insurance Company, was robbed
last spring Of jewery. silver, clothing and heir
| looms valued at thousands of dollars. The case
was not given to the police. and. owing to Mr..
Loyd's dislike of publicity. probably
would have become known had IL not been that
the guilty persons were caught. So secretive
was Mr.. Lloyd that, notwithstanding the amount
OF the robbery, his daughter-in-law did
not know of il for nearly three months and
there several intimate friends of the family
to whom the published account will bring their
first news of the theft
The arrest came about through the ATTEMPT of
the thieves to dispose of their booty in Chicago.
The United States customs officials there be
came aware that and a woman
quietly trying TO dispose Of a large quantity of
unset jewels. The two were arrested while they
were still trying to get rid Of the jewels. and
held by the United States officials in
Chicago in default of $500 bail each. They
gave their names Elspeth Becker and Henry
Houghtman. The man was found TO have many
aliases. among them being Hoffman and is sup
posed to be properly Hemuth Baden. In
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count and 1T is known that ne is the brother
in-law of the woman concerned He deserted
his wife, who is living in Germany. and in
this country has lived with the Becker woman.
who passed as his wife.
In their rooms in Chicago 4,ere found two
leather bags. of which contained a quantity
of unset stones and other Jewels not vet re-
moved from the settings. and the other an
amount of gold, platinum and other metals
which had been melted down. Among the
articles was gold clock about five inches high,
which had been made by Tiffany This was
sent TO New York that the owner might be
traced. and il found that it had been
bought about Christmas, 1904 by Mrs Harvey
Edward Fisk. 1t was learned also that Mrs.
Fisk had given this clock to Mrs. Lloyd for a
Christmas present. Then there sent
Tiffany gold watch, and it learned that
this was bought by Mr. Lloyd in 1872.
MUCH NOT FOUND.
Following this a full list of the articles found
I'm the possession of the arrested persons was
turned over to the Pinkertons. who have had
charge of the Lloyd robbery. Everything in the
list had been stolen from the Loyds- Every
article mentioned was identified by them. But.
even with that. only a small part of the plum
der has been found. Before going to Chicago
the thieves must have disposed of large part
If their booty 1t is believed that much of it
still remains in this city. and that attempt
has been made to dispose of It. There is sis
fer of the woman living here, and it is believed
that she knows where much OF the stuff is hid
den
Among the things found in Chicago were
diamond brooch diamond crescent. diamond
bar pin two pearl brooches nine Tiffany gold
watches half a dozen gold chains, pearl chan
twenty rings set with diamonds, turquoises
rubes sapphlres, pearls and opals; the Tiffany
gold clock given to Mrs. Lloyd by Mrs. Fisk
a gold hip bag with hgree gold top any num-
her of stickpins and scarfpins, a quantity of
table silverware and in the trunks of the
coupIe A large amount of clothing for both meG
and women A complete list of all the things
found would fill column. Jewelry, silver and
clothing worth many thousands have been re-
covered. and there remains more IMAM as Huch
more 10 be recovered.
The woman came to Mrs. Lloyd in October
1904 seeking employment. She said that her
name Uss Lena Bach and presented excellent
ENGLISH references representing herself hav-
tho bean in this country only three weeks. 1t has
since developed that the references were forged
and that the woman had been here for more
than eight years II has also been learned that
the SIGNATURES to the references were those OF
persons for whom she had worked and that
those persons had suffered from robbery while
| the woman worked for them.
She was employed by Mrs. Lloyd, however. as
,,oid and seanstress. In her capacity OF maid
che was always scrupulously exact in account
ing for everything that came under her care
often in counting change in paying household
ni1is Mrs IIovd would drop a few pennies, or.
,,,a,,ho five cents on the floor. The woman would
- the money on Mrs. Loyd's desk with the
remark:
madame. here is penny found"
7, ,.as not hard by few tricks like this for
-. - convince her mistress that she was a
,o,,,aI If the first water, and she soon pretty
much had the run of the house. She easily
h,ir,aad no., fellow servants also by her simple
-, and ouiet ways. though the parlor
-, ~, roonled With Lena has since told that
.l,o no,iced that Lena always pinned a lot of
false hack hair on when making her morning
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