New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-25
BOECK MAY BE HERE
CHINATOWN HIS REFUGEa
Missing Nan Could Hide There
EaaIy-Guggenheim a Loser

No trace Of J. Edward Boeck. the missing d,a
| mond broker mas Oeeh round, and the Pinkertons
| are making every endeavor to learn his where
abouts. 1t is the opinion of many persons farofio-
with the case that Boeck has NOT left W ~
but is in seclusion here. probably in C,b,roto
That he was In this city three DAYS ago baoaroa
estaolished yesterday, when 1t learned that he
called up the Iowa apartment house in yyos+ 7n,h
street. where Miss Sarah Ridpath uvAs on IT,.
uay' ana asked the telephone operator To conneo+
MIN with the Ridpath apartment No roernber 80
inc ialIliy was at home and Boeck told the oners
tor to tell Miss Ridpath on her return that he NOS
oDlseu 10 leaVe the city and would probably be
gone for some time
Lawyers for NJ p c.,,rn,,1., a.
was said that Boeck was friendly, at+a,,ato,
Hiahe an inventory Of the rare Chinese ,o~oolo,.
n"io 'hat Boeck left in his offices at No on
broadway yesterday, but admission could ~. -,
C, eu 70 the room 1t was announced that Mr.
Hussehheim held a chattel mortgage on the ,,rop
erty for $4,000. and that the inventory, ,,o .
pdlaIoTy TO obtaining an attachment on Tho 49,
cry IL ESQ developed that the mortgage held nv
"ussehhel1n was a second one although he
unu iIol KNOW 1t when he lent Boeck the money
Inc hrst mortgage is held by client Of Morrison
" "cl1' attorneys. of No. 800 Broadway The
chiraWare which BoeCk said he Owned o,,l ,.,o,
IS no" believed to be in the Broadway office he
iC.iss 10 the estate OF a wealthy Chinaman who
poeck 10 bring the ware to this country
Tor the St Louis Exposition The widow Of tho
a
property. but has up TO this time been unsuccess
lu!- some time ago she sent a representative n
this country. and he is expected here within few
days -o"
II was learned yesterday that Morrison and
Still represented a creditor of the missing man
lhs man is money lender and some months
hso tent Boeck $4,000, taking security the fur-
'ule OF MS apartment at No. $50 West 1oih street
anu number OF antique Chinese vases, which he
'u were MS property. He gave as references
senator w A. Clark and the Garden Trust Com
pahE' with whom he had account. The money
lender called on Senator Clark and met his sec
le'ary' ME- Anderson. The latter. speaking for the
senator gave Boeck excellent reference as
did the trust company Boeck obtained the money
ana has paid it back with interest with the ex-
ception of $780,
ms transaction. ii is said by the money lender
look place before the Guggenheim transaction and
the former says he has the first mortgage on the
same same properly which Boeck gave as security to
he sent his ufGure eit to f9 the a
storage s House When representatives of Morrison
erty they found that it had been sent to parts
loan of - 90 GO A B6ac month or so after his first
S money lender with three beautiful pearls and a
He wanted loan Of $4,000 on the properly bmt
as , ne could not show a bill of sale the loan was
A story was current around Maiden Lane YES
Mrs PIatt in he a domes t2eUEss
bv r m@S w ePhatcaiIy denied yesterday afternoon
Viewer, which represents Mrs. Plat Mr. Wever
ti4eS ~ was thoroughly familiar with Mrs.
FIatt anairs, and that Boeck had not represented
her IN any capacity. He said that he himself had
met Boeck at several clubs but had had no bust
ness relations with him. ~ 49,
., Edwin Dayton, who is heavy loser by Boeck's
thettss SAID yesterday that II his impression
mat Boeck was still in this city and that he had
buried himself away in Chinatown. He said that
W.T. with his perfect knowledge Of Chinese, and with
me prestige that his ACQUAINTANCE with high Chi
nese officials would give him. this would be the
natural place for him to go. Boeck's features are
Chinaman. ' 90 =
sd It seems to be the general opinion that Boeck
derived from his operations. That he lost the |
greater part OF 1t at the racetrack is the belief |
Of most OF those interested IN the case Nothing
Many OF the interested parties are wearing an ex-
pectant air and say that there will be interesting |
developments within the next few DAYS; also that
persons who have hitherto not been mentioned in |
with the will be dragged into H. |
and not TO their credit. -