The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-11
QUEER $4,000 DEAL IN RUGS
CINCINNATI WIDOW HAS TWO
MEN ARRESTED HERE.

-PIctures Too European Trip BDolled.
Ralph Crawford. the chief OF detectives
Of Cincinnati. assisted by several Detectives
from the Central Once here. broke up Q
very lively party in the Central Cafe.
Second avenue and Fifth street, last night
when he arrested Frank Kiss and Samuel
Rosenheld, two Hungarians. The pair were
opening wine by the pailful. They were
celebrating the fact that they were 70 sal
for Europe to-day and were going In style
The prisoners were taken TO Police Head
quarters and locked up, charged with being
fugitives from justice In Ohio. They are
wanted in Cincinnati on q warrant that has
been issued charging them with swindling
Mrs. Emily l.. Heine, q wealthy widow
living In Avondale, a fashionable section
Of that city, out OF ISL 100 in q rug and
picture deal.
Mrs. Heine, the Cincinnati detective says,
is very wealthy. Her husband, who was q
large wholesale grocer, died some years ago
leaving her q fortune. She Is building
q new residence in Avondale, and In May
this year Rosenfeld called on her, Cr&w-
ford alleges, and tried 20 interest her In
the purchase Of q collection OF books. He
told her, Mrs. Heine alleges, hat he wa
q dealer in valuable books and rugs. Mrs.
Heine dismissed him saying that d didn't
wish to purchase any books.
In July Rosenfield called on her again.
With him was Frank Kiss. The latter was
introduced az a brother and the repre-
sentative In this country OF a big rug dealer
in London. The pair informed Mrs. Heins
that they had an option on a collection OF
rugs that we're at the time in the New York
Custom House. They said that these
rugs were 30 valuable that the duty on then
amounted to 8 I, 7sO. The two men had
many interviews with Mrs. Heine and she
became interested.
She was finally persuaded to pay the
duty. so that the two men could have the
rugs displayed for her 70 see them. IL
was agreed that in the event Of her not
wishing to purchase the rugs the pair
should refund the money that Mrs. Heine
put up to get them out Of the Custom House.
II was also agreed that the pair were to
rave the rugs properly displayed some
where in this city, n that MRS helne
On August 9 Mrs. Heine received word
TO come on. About this time Rosenheld
and Kiss, Crawford alleges, went to the rug
importing firm OF Van 0assbeek 4 Arkell,
AT fuUn AV6nue anu AWcuIJ-
second street. They said that they had a
prospective customer for q large quantity
OF rugs and wished the concern to let them
" a lot to display. The firm refused to
do this, but agreed to have one OF its en-
ployees display the rugs
The house gave the two Hungarians prices
on twenty-five rug and turned them over to
Alexander Bloomberg, an employee, TO dis
play in a vacant store at 8 East Twenty
second street. At the same time Rosen-
field and Kiss went to the Arm Of Knoedler
4 Co., art dealers, at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, and got from them
for exhibition four paintings valued at
Sl4, 900. These also were placed in the
store on Twenty-second street, n II was
avery fine display when Mrs. Heine arrived.
The Cincinnati widow was treated quite
literally by Rosenfeld and Kiss. They
had an automobile for her. She spent
several days in examining the rugs and
pictures, and finally, on August %, she
agreed to buy twenty-five OF the rugs and
the four paintings for $4,000. She received
a bill Of sale signed by Kiss. She gave
notes for $4,000 and a personal draft for
5000.
Mrs. Heine returned to her home in
Cincinnati and was followed by h two
men, who persuaded her to purchase another
rug for 81, 100. She paid cash for this.
The original agreement had been made
that Mrs. Heine's notes for $40 900 would not
mature until the Jugs were delivered n
that they were to be held in storage here
until December, as she did not want them
before her new home had been completed.
The pair spent several days in Cincinnati,
and finally got her to lake up the notes.
Crawford asserts hat she went TO the Ger
man National Bank and got a check for
$40, 900 certified, which she handed Rosen-
field and Kiss in return for them.
In a few days the pair returned to this
city. II is alleged that they notified Van
Gaasbeek 4 Arkell that they were unable
to sell the rugs and the lot were returned
from the vacant store where they had been
an exhibition. Bloomberg, the employee,
who had been detailed to superintend the
exhibition, didn't like the look OF the trans
action and he was particularly surprised
at the high living that Rosenfeld and Kiss
INDUCED in upon their return 70 this city
from Cincinnati.
The pair were not selfish in their good
time and tried to make life happy for Bloom
berg. In a burst Of joy one day. Bloomberg
says, Kiss flashed a check for a large amount.
Bloomberg became even more suspicious.
He didn't see the name Of the person
who had signed this check, but he eau ght
sight Of the name Of Cincinnati.
Bloomberg notified the chief % police
there OF his suspicious and the latter turned
the matter over TO Chief Of Detectives Craw-
ford. The latter made a tour OF the banks
and found that a check had been drawn on
the German National TO the account OF Mrs.
Heine for Rosenfield and Kiss. Mrs. Heine
was consulted M explained her transactions
with the pair. She became convinced that
there was something wrong and came to
this CITY with Chief Crawford.
The Cincinnati chief OF detectives got a
line on the pair last night and trailed them
TO the cafe at Second avenue and Fifth
street, where he and the local sleuths ar
rested them.
Rosenheld and Kiss made a great fuss
over their arrest and said they were being
treated o~utrageously. Kiss said he was
20 years Did. a u dealer and lived at 1904
Grand boulevard, Chicago. RosenfleId de-
scribed himself as a commission broker
and said he lived at 1888 Grand boulevard,
Chicago.
Late last night Marcus Braun, who onoe
made a visit as special immigration repre-
sentative for his country to Austria called
at Police Headquarters and asked to see
the prisoners. He said he had been re-
tanned 10 look after the interests OF the
prisoners by the firm of Cantwell a Moore.
Sergt. Carey, in charge at the Detective
Bureau, refused to let Braun see the pris-
oners, but later did so after he had been
requested to by Lawyer Cantwell.
WOMAN MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN
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