Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS
AN ALLEGED ROBBERY
APPitt q Company Said TO Have
Lost $1,000 in Diamonds
and Money.
NO REPORT MADE TO POLICE
Everett F. Arrritt Left City Sunday.
But ls Expected to Return To,
morrow-Firm Filed Deed of AS
alignment Last Thursday-Pinker.
ton Man Said to Have Been Here.

a robbery which Is alleged to
have occurred here on Christmas
Day was the talk of the town
yesterday afternoon and last night
Remarkable circumstances surround
Ing ii makes the case a very uni
nue one, to say the least.
Ii Is claimed that on Christmas
night the Icwelry establishment
conducted By Everett Il. Arritt,
trading under the firm name ol
Arritt & Company, at 1907 Wash
ington avenue, was forcibly entered
by way Of Il rear door II big safe
containing the firms money ana
val,mbles was broken into and 81
of diamonds stolen. Only stones
identified or described were taken.
Police Not Notified.
No word OF the robbery came to
the police department. until ycstcr.
day, when the story wps told to
Chief Reynolds by Attorney w. Is.
Golonna, counsel for certain creul.
tors of Arritt & Company. Mr.. Arritt
Is out Of the city. said to be on II
trip to Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia for thcS purpose .oi
SsNpi"'hinS W MS CIcuilpts tnc cNicl
state OF affairs. Chief Reynolds
went to the store. however, had n
talk with Mr.. Charles Barclay, who
is. under deedso assignment filed
last Thursday, assignee for :Arritt
IL Company ana examined the prem.
Uses.
Chief. Not Talking Now. :
When seen by n Daily Press re,
porter after his visit to !. the store
the chief positively dcclinednto talk
FOR publication In /. regard 4, toIrthc
case. He would not say whether
or not he thought the job was done
by professionals and IN rcply..to MI
ply 81 am not talking about tits
matter now" ~.
Mr.. Barclay, the assignee. expects
MIR. Afntt to return to tho. city to.
morrow. He says that the robbery
was not reported to the police abe
cause Mr. Arrit wished TO inform
his creditors of the situation, ami
untll he had done so did not want
any publicity. $50
Slcuth Said to Have Been Here. .
detective from . the Pimkcrton
agency IN New York is said2to have
been here to- examine the premises
and tho Cracked. safe. AccQrding
TO the story, Mr.. Arritt telegraphef
for the detective as soon rs lie
discovered that the robbery haIl
been committed. the next morning.
and the sleuth arrived here on the
following day,
On January 3, last. Thursday Mir.
Arritt filed a dee OF assignment
placing Mr.. Barclay in charge, o.
tho store and stock, Mcssrs Ashby
& Read we've the attorneys In the
case. The store was closed ana
reports to the effect that the firm
hal failed began to circulate, Du,
4 nothing about n robbery was heard
until Mr.. Colonna went to the chief
I OF police yesterday. Mr.. Arrit left
the city Sunday night
Stock Worth $1,000
The assignee states that there /!
over 1000 worth of stock in The
store and the liabilities rcporve-
amount to only $1,000. AS far a.
could he learned last night Tho
firm has only H. very small amount
of money to its credit in the banks.
The presence Of such large amou:..
OF cash In the company's safe ON
! Christmas Day . is explained by
.eSzasHHssyQzSknssressy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.