The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-17
GOT HOTEL MAJESTIC LOOT.
MISS ZAMELS, VIOLINIST, FINDS
POLICE HAVE HER JEWELS.
Cirs From Patti and Ysaye Captured
With YOung Man VINO was Trying 80
sell Them-POssd A. Workman 10 Rob
-sleuthS With sharp Ears Caught Him.

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day afternoon a tall young man with a
Ratchet face and a shifty eye was trying TO
sell diamond studded gold watch 10 the
jeweller when n pair Of sleuths from the
Central Office strolled by. The dialogue
between the young man and the shop
keeper seemed to Ue interesting, 70 the
detectives stopped at the curb.
Go away said tho jeweller Il don't
want it, j wouldn't have II at any price
The young man tapped black bag he
was carrying. let me show you some
other neat things, going cheap said no
Murphy and Sheehan. the detectives
wheeled around. Murphy tapped the
young man on the shoulder. Let's see
your bargains said ne. we are inter-
ested in such things.'
Mind your own business. said the young
man. 1T seems to me you have an awful
nerve to butt In here
very well, . said Murphy, you will just
come along 10 Police Headquarters with us
and explain this matter more fully
On the way down the young man
begged the detectives to let him go. say
ing lis wife was very i'll. that maybe she
would starye II he couldn't get back TO her
with some money.
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ply and Sheehen opened the black bag and
turned II upside down upon the table top.
These things fel! out.
? Ladies gold watches studded with
! Gold brooch studded with pearls
Locket gold and set win diamonds.
1 Neck chain Of solid gold.
Pearl aud topaz nee klacc. set with three
topazes and twenty pearls.
silver chain, with mirror attached.
% false keys.
! Blank checks.
When II came 20 explaining how he came
by these things the Young man shut up
like a clam. Ho told the detectives that
since they were 20 smart they could 20
ahead and find out for themselves. All
he would say was That bis name was Charles
Holmes. that he was p years old and that be
lived at 800 Sixth street Murphy and
Sheehan couldn't find his picture in tho
collection OF thieves portraits, they didn't
recognize his face and the name was I'M
familiar They decided TO lock him up
anyway, and were just about to turn him
over TO a turnkey when there was a rustic
Of skirts in the next room and a woman
with very pretty voice said excitedly;
sOh, have been robbed ofall my jewelry
and my mother and sister have lost theia,
too. A deceitful young man who said
he was a window measurer stole the things
out Of our apartments in the Hotel Majestic
The hatchet faced young man heard the
voice and turned almost green, IL seemed
to the detectives. Murphy opened the
door and a cop ushered in an exceedingly
good looking young woman, who gave
little scream when she saw the prisoner.
ooh. you nice men,, she said. That's
the very fellow. That's the man that was
IN our rooms and stole every hing we had
III never listen 70 anything against the
police again
Then she caught sight OF the pile OF gold
trinkets on the table and she grabbed them
deightedly.
There they are she said. There's
nv watch and my sisters, the brooch
Nine. Adelina Patti gave me. the locket
that Ysaye gave me and all the rest. On,
how could you do anything 80 meanI- she
said, glancing at the prisoner
did you find an English penny among
these thingsl' she asked.
ooh, there was an old piece OF coin that
this fellow had said Sheehan.
'Old piece Of coin nothing said the
young lady Indignantly. That was my
luck piece. 1t was given 10 me In London
six years ago and II It hadn't been for IL
you wouldn't have caught this thief and :
/ wouldn't have got my things back. There
Il Isl she exclaimed triumphantly, holding
up a somewhat battered English penny.
'You see, she went on, i am Miss Rose :
Samuels and live at the Hotel Majestic
with my sister Lillian and my mother,
am a yIolinist and on the concert stage
take the name Rose Zamsls. Friday
afternoon my mother and sister and my
self. together with Ysaye, the violiniSt.
and Nine. Ysaye, who also live at the Ma
jestio we're getting ready 10 go to Carnegis
Hall when this man came TO our door and
said he wanted 70 measure the windows
Of our rooms for awnings, He looked an
right. carried a black bag which he said
contained his tools and 50 we let him In.
He went TO work measuring, although
noticed that he glanced around the room
looking at things he had no business 70
pay any attention to,
SFinally we had 10 leave, but my sister
said; I am not going away and leave that
man here. He might steal something
SO she stayed and watched him while he
measured and showed him out when he
got through. Then she Joined US at Car
negie Hall. But when we returned We
found that all Of our trinkets gold and
pearl pair Of opera glasses and silver
toilet set had been stolen. The man evil
IDENTITY wanted to take three Nolins had
there, one Of them worth IS 900, but sup
pose he was afraid he would be noticed
going through the hotel, 40 he left them on
the floor. That's the man, she concluded.
Il noticed him particularly
Murphy and Sheehsn found a letter
addressed to &C. Holm. 80 Bowery' on
the prisoner. They locked him up. charg-
ing him With grand larceny and burglary,
and went 20 the address, lodging house.
In a room where the young man lived they
found the m .ssing toilet SGT Of eleven pieces
and pair Of gold and pearl opera glasses.
-Four Of the blank checks found on the
young man we're Of the West Side Trust
Company Of Newark, n. J. They had
been perforated. One perforation was for
SIS. another $40, another SIS. Three blank
checks were Of the State Banking Company
OF the same city. Each check was per-
forated for a small amount. The prisoner
refused TO explain how the checks oaino
into his possession.
Miss Zamels "a "A violini-t Of note. She