The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-22
fHB LOST JEWELS STAY LOST.
SUSPICION THAT THEY'LL REAP.
PEAR If "a PERSON. WILL PUT UP.
Police Have Their Two Prisoners Stin. but
Not emDlsinant Yet-McLaughlin Looks
fer Arthur james. wireless wiretapper
Who Was dhummy With the Bunch.

Police Have Their Tive Prisoners stin. but
NoCempisinant Yet-McLaughiln Looks
fer Arthur james. Wireless Wiretapper
Who VIA Chummy With the Bunch.
The police made little. 6rno progress yes
terday toward finding Mrs. Halsey Corwin's
jewelry. They succeeded In having Albert
N. King, the bookmaker. and Mrs. Elizabeth
MoBetty, or McVitty, held.for a further ex-
animation on Monday. One of the Central
ofice men working on the case said:
II wouldn't be at all surprised II we never
got those jewels. My private opinion Of the
case Is that they are not going to be pawned
or sold. but will be held in cafe keeping
until a certain person comes along and puts
up the amount necessary TO get them back.
Then everybody will be satisfied and the
whole case will be Dropped
h the two. prisoners were arraigned
In the Tombs court on Midday Mrs. Corwin
wouldn't make a complaint against them.
Yesterday, according to the attendants,
she had to be almost dragged tothe court
room. Again she didn't step forward and
make any accusation, hut simply answered
a few questions when called onto do so.
The Central Office men had been very.
nervous 1eetfMrs. Cokwtn should not appear
at all. The two prisopeEs are notjheld, on
her complaint, but simhty on A.short afr
davit Of Detective Sergeant O,Gopnor, who
sets forth that the pair are suspected, Z.
Lawyer Daniel O'Reiiy, Who, appea red )
for Mrs. McBetty at the examination yester-
day. commended that the Ma gist rate had no
right to hold Mrs. McBettY merely because
the police suspected hsRz The Maaisfrate
sent the two prisoners hack to the Tomhs
under IS 900 bail. ~ :
In the police court, yesterday King and
awyer O'Reilly' msds several references
to one Arthur james, a friend ofthe bunch
English crook who has worked the wireless
wire tapping game In this country with |
considera bic success. The police ha We never
been able even to get him to trial, let alone
convict him. Inspector Mclaughlin has
UssH last aset ssen i s4on nl% s snd us sayis b .nas "a ,R;es
teen days ago. Friends Of James say he
sailed for Europe. Mrs. Corwin was to
have called on Wednesday.
Mrs. McBetty made a statement in the
Tombs yesterday that throws no new light
on the case OF thar to show that she and
Mrs. Corwin had chummed after the rob- |
berry as before it, unit! Ms. McBetty was
taken into Gust ody. One OF the stories that
was circulated in the police court yesterday
was ha some kind Of a suit would be |
ptVuBIh against q man VINO Is able, whether
willing or not to put up the money to re-
cover the jewels.
There seems to be some quest ion who the
woman prisoner in the case is. Despat ches |
from Harrisburg say that she Is the daughter
OF a railway conductor living there and that
her name is Elizabeth Mcvitty. 1t is said
that she was divorced by a young COM
mission merchant ma med McYitty of Harris
burg. She gave her ma me to the police as
Eliza bet McBetty and she was known by
hat name at the house in West Fory-ffth
street where she lived.