The sun., 1905-05-12
THE COUNT And The BROOCH.
CEASE Up BROADWAY AFTER 4
NOBLEMAN VINO KICKS,

And WhO Forget 10 Mention when He
LETT the jewelers. That lie was Carry
inE Away Diamonds In HS Glove
Fought LIKE Good One when Nabbed
His black waved mustacbs. which meas
ured half foot from tip to tip, showed all
the bAcker above an enormous white silk
pun tie, His long dark cutaWay coat
partly hid a bun coiored waistooat, which
was matched by the spats on his pointed
shoes. With all this he displayed a small
pot hat, a silver mounted cane and light
tan gloves. He went into LAbolt 4 Co.'s
jewelry store, 81 West TWent third street.
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon and handed
TO Louis Chanand a card inscribed: lie
Gomte Ragg, Conte Carlo
Carlo, for short, wished, in French or
Italian, indiherently, to purchase diamonds
for rich American lady whom he designed
10 marry.
In the diamond department In the back
Of the store, which is Gagged In like q paying
teller's booth, he was introduced 10 Julius
NJ. Stress. who presides there, and the door
was looked from the outside. Mr.. Strass
displayed his stock on a mahogany table.
Carlo wished to purchase a brooch and
examined many brooches, but none suited.
He wanted clear blue stones and just enough
OF them TO make a neat and pretty ona-
ment. Finally he picked out Ave clear
blue unset stones Of ~ oarats and a two
carat stone for a centsrpieOe. He wished
them set in a small star shaped cluster. and
the draftsman was sent for. He drew up
a brooch on a piece Of cardboard that just
suited Carlo. The piece, 1t was agreed
would cost 5000. All the time Carlo kept
up a chatter about himself and his doings.
American girls, he said, were the prettiest
in the world and he had won the affections
Of the most beautiful Of them all. True,
his estates in the south OF France were
somewhat mortRaged, but what did he care,
with 30, 900 francs on deposit at the Waldorf
Astoria?
salesmen strass and Chanhnd suggested
a deposit.
Certainly said Carlo come with me
to my hotel and will arrange the matter.
They went to get their hats. inadvertently
slamming the cage door shut on the
customer. This vsIsd Carlo, who called
on a boy outside 20 let him out. The boy
let him out and forgot him.
In a few moments Chansnd and Strass
we're at the cage door and found no Count.
A diamond bow knot brooch worth 81 100
also was not 10 be found
Strass and Chanand went out 30 hunt
that pot hat and mustache. At Broad
way and Twenty-ffth street Joe Kans. a
newsboy, hal ssen sons kind Of a gulnny'
pass just a moment before. He described
him and the description fitted Carlo.
There he goes nowl' cried Joe, pointing
up 10 TWeuty-sixth street.
Strass went UP on q run,
Arrest that manl' he called 70 Police
man OConneH. O'Connell approached lie
Comte from behind stealhily and grabbed
his arm. Carlo turned on the policeman
and swung heavily on bis jaw, at the same
time kicking him In the stomach. O'Connell
went to his knees, but he yanked Carlo TO
the sidewalk with him and snapped hand
cuffs on his wrists. Even when hand
cuffed Carlo fought and savStted until
0'Connell's billy persuaded him to stop.
He was yanked on to the Tendetloin
police station with a great crowd yelling
az his heels. All the way he was seen TO
be twisting bis wrists as II something was
wrong with his gloves. O'Connell investi-
gated and found the 81 800 bow knot brooch
in the right hand glove
Al the station house the prisoner asserted
that his title was genuine. According to his
story he sailed from Marseilles about three
weeks ago and on this trip no met his
American sweetheart. He IL not known
az the Waldorf. He had $50 In his pockets,
but no papers.