The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-11
WATCH ON EQUITABLE THIEF.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE MET
SAM LOBLEY AT THE RACES.

Detectives Found Lobby by Picking Up
the Trail OF His WIfe, VINO Got Away
From Them OnCS--SOciety Loses
Nothing Outside Of the S1T 900.
The trusted employee OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society who aided the vet
eran thief Sam Lobby 70 steal $4,000
from the insurance company was not ar
rested Yesterday. II was said at the COM
pany's Offices that he would be at the proper
time.
Some person. interested In the case
limited that the sword would hang over
the culprit's head until the society We l.
fed. or set at rest a suspicion that the
man within its walls had one or more part
ners among his fellow employees. The
arrest or arrests may come to-day or may
be deferred longer.
Rumors that the thefts might amount
TO more than $1,000 we're positively denisd
by President Alexander. who said that
the set Of men who could have stolen the
pledged Cotton policy was not the same
set Of men who have charge Of the vaults
in which are kept the railroad and { ov-
eminent bonds and other securities. Ever
since last February, on Sundays and hoii-
DAYS, the officials have been going over
the books and vaults in the department
Of loans, and without attracting the atten-
ton Of persons suspected have almost
completed their Investigations. President
Alexander said:
we believe that the swindle through
the bogus loan on policies is very small
matter. and that there Ia no cause for public
alarm. l shall probably issue a statement
later that will set at rest all doubts In the
matter, cannot say how soon there will
be another arrest in the case Of the Cotton
loan
1t was asked how the employee could
have becom, friendly with the forger.
AT the rEcetrack, probably Was the
reply.
Lobby. who lived in the apartment
house at 4eS Twelfth, street, Brooklyn,
a. Samuel Edwards. was the cause Of com
ment among the neighbors during his
FIVE months tenancy. He would 60 away
and be gone two or three weeks at a time.
After the first week his wife borrowed
money from the ether tenants. Several
times she was reduced to asking for food.
Then Edwards would reappe6r ami the
kindly neigLLors we're promptly TeIaid.
Edwards talked about buying 5000 horses
ami carriages, and gave other evidences
Of prosperity " hich did not quite ft the
lessee Of t27 fiat.
About Feb. /, just after hl- failure to cash
the second big check at the Brooklyn Bank,
Edwards disappeared and the neighboB
saw him no more. The Pinkertons came
around and kept watch on Mrs. Edwards.
They hung out at a nearby saloon, but the
weather turned very cold and the front Of
the saloon was closed on sunday thonest9
so the detectives hired an uniumished fiat
at Eighth avenue and Twelfth street. They
could at In the windows smoke and view
the Edwards fat IL was rumored that
Mrs Edwards intended to move away on
Feb, Is, but when that time uame abe paid
another months rent Ia advance, The
detectives heard Of this. Then Mrs, Ed
wards fooled them by moving out In the
darkness Of the next night.
Two days later an express wagon came,
and then the janitOr discovered that al
though MTs. Edwards was gone the fat
was not vacant. A couple who said they were
Mr.. and Mns. Noght opened the door and
gave Mrs. Edwards's trunk to the express
man. They said they had bought Edwardss
furniture and ase. The eXpressmAn carted
the trunk to SO Seventh street a house
10 which the Noghts moved a few weeks
later. BY following the trunk the detec.
tiyes found the swinder's wife. and 10y
following the wife found the husband.
Lobe was Indicted esterdav in b. ooklyn
TO- grand Larceny.