The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-12

certain front pages. There followed rings
and pins and bracelets and brooches until
the floor OF the vacant room looked like
a jewelry store. There they were, the
Clark Jewels all but few trifing eIoep-
lions.
It was right there that the Pinker' ons
conceived one OF the few practical Jokes
ever perpetrated by the agency. Dougherty
had decided that IL would not be wise to
trust the jewels TO the earth again IN
stead, he placed in the jar note which
read as follows
AZ $50 p. " Monday. Jan o. this af was
removed from its hiding place al III. base OF
The fouItg pillar e. SresEtSn . Iron f Ssinen
Eighth and Central avenues, by Georye s.
Dopgherty. " II Macdonald and NJ Made,
corner of lS3d street and Eighth avenues
whore It's, contents, consisting of diamonds
GEoHoR 5 DOrontRTr,
". II. MACDONALD
" WApF.
NJ Pipkerton Detective Agency
The rubber cloth was wrapped around
me jar again. the elastics were snapped
nto place the bundle was returned and
covered with the fiat rock as before. 1t
VAS planned to let Bill Coleman come back
10 his treasure dig 1t mp and find 1t gone
and. at the moment when he ma asslillI-
lated the note. to nab him
But new activity was injected into the
game and this part OF the Plnkerton plans
went agley. Police Headquarters was
notified and city sleuths We're detailed to
shadow Coleman and be in al the death when
Coleman was nabbed Strangely enough,
Just al this very moment Bill Coleman
began 70 grow RESTLESS and suspicious.
All day Tuesday his. movements were
erratic and anxious, and he seemed 10 be
preparing for a getaway. so yesterday
II was determined to squeeze the bird While
he was still IN the hand
Sergeant Cooney Of Inspector McClus
kys staff made the arrest. II q pinched
Coleman as the latter was leaving hls rooms.
Bill Coleman always takes an arrest
calmly His face was stone when they told
him that they had the jewels He smiled
Inscrutably when they offered 70 prove i, :;
But when they took him straight TO his
cache he tuned pale as a sheet. The de-
tectives turned over the white stone, took
out the lar unwrapped it and showed him
that it wns empty. He broke down all at
once. tumbled over against tooney and
cried ike child
When. on Monday night the Jewels we're
taken 10 Pinkerton headquarters and COM
pared with the list given by the Clarks. II
was found that few single gems were
aoking notably certain diamonds. gold
watch gold pencil and a small diamond
mig we're not there at all, and perhaps eight
or ten diamonds. none of them large, had
been pried from their settings. his is the
Pinkeron inventory of the articles recoN-
cred
Pearl aud diamond collar fourteen strand,
li"aV link chain bracelet, "nou' = mch
Old fashioned gold bracelet, blue cnamelcd
s 4g TOY.
Red enaneled watch. ahou, $40 half
dollar. marNcd ia case Florence / stohcs
Lady's gold pin. representing q dai.y.
smal diamond on end OF each petal
Ruby ring. diamonds which surrounded
sam missing
Gentlemlns r,ng set with three diamonds
Pearl collar some OF the .pearls ioosenrd
appears TO have hoen badly handled
Diamond bow knot with pearl. pear shaped
pendant
Ring ruby diamonds missing from -"ltus
Ping marked Harry to sophia diamond
Rms obnque setting two diamonds miss
Diamond br4celet. about half inch wide.
composed Of small dlamond-.
Pearl bracelet. set ~ platinum linhS. dia-
c,entieman's gold ring containing green
stone uligree work on side
arge horseshoe lace rim
Euhy. claw setting. diamond missing
some Of the dihnond.- as shoHn ~ the
M, there were in thr ilr the following articles
not reported stolen hv the clark family
Gold hear shaped lockrt. initials, r. T. 5
engraved on suisc. containing haIr.
diamond md pearl pcndnnt. small gold
chain
vinaigret,c. T. l. ) engraved on -idc
hrce lscc pins two -iuai each SGT with
an opal our larger. 4"t ifh "a mnOnsious
Scarf pin. 10Y head and sp,r
Pearl.lnc" riu set Win small pearls
IAdv'- ring set win three small opals
one link button. bi and horsc-ho,s
one small pearl pin
Supt. Dougherty took this list 10 the
Clark family They recognized the icwelry
not included in their original list a. art Of
the contents Of the bag stolen on July :.
They said that they had forgotten these
articles in making their li-' Also they
wanted their iewerv back.
No. air said Dougherty. II stay= in my
safe Until l take II up TO Cooperstown FOR
the trial
Coopers'own was called m on the phone.
and to-day Constable Orow Brown will
come down for biz man Colemn vas ar
raigned in The Tomhs court aud held
II - thought that the gems still missing
were disposed Of by Bill Coleman for living
expenses in tho period since the robbery.
The Pinkertons hold 10 the theory that
such was his business the night when ne
did his digging
This was the biggest and mos, sensa-
tionsl Job Of a crook who has been recoR-
nized as king Of the bank sneaks since
Adam Worth went out of business. He
has turned many tricRs. big and little,
and seen the inside nf many tails since
1899 when he made his debut hy getting
FIVE years in Sing Sing for sneak lob on
the Duchess County Mutual Guarantee
Company. He broke Jail after serving
two years Of thir term. but in 1872 he got
three years again for sneaking S2o.OOO in
bonds from a Pittsburg bank After that
his record shows half dozen arrests in
'arious parts of the country for big bank
Jobs until in 1900. he nearly turned his
biggest trick In Washington. He was
caught, almost by accident, leaving The
Internal Revenue office with $4,000 In 4
stamps under his arm. He got five months (
for the attempt
He varied his big work by picking pockets 1
and grabbing satchelS His last arrest
before the Cooper,town affair was for
little Satchel AFFAIR IN Jersey City. for which .
he was punished with $50 fine
Sleek, inscTutahle. small quick on his 2
feet, no is called by the Pinkertons the
ideal sneak This burying rick j. char I
acteristic. II is said that he has had caches.
AZ one time or another. ell over the country
His selection Of the site for his latest eiche ,
showed practice and cunning II was the .
last place where any one would expect 10 I
look for hurried treasure. vet il was isolated
and there was clear ground m three sides. :
Enabling him 10 keep lookout when he
vent there 70 dig.