The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-05
SLICK RASCAL.
A So-caILed Gem Broker Swindled
Women and Jewellers.
HEIRESS A VICTIM.

,oaocd TO Her, Though Married, He
Borrows Ten Thousand Dollars
From Her. j. Edward Boek,
Room Companion Of New York Mil
.ioniares Indicted Following His
Disappearance.
At New York the grand jury has
brought an Indictment for obtaining
money under false pretenses against
J. Edward Boeck, Of the Republican
club, a bench warrant has been issu-
ed for him. and detectives the world
over have been instructed to find him
and bring him back to New York as
soon as they can.
Boeck was a broker in gems. He
lived in splendid style at the Repub-
lican club. He knew Senator Clark,
of Montana, and he was a boon com
panion of other men in New York.
He could bring to a dealer in precious
stones during the course of a week
more wealthy customers than any
other diamond salesman in New York
might hope to bring in the course OF
a year. He sold ]. Pierpont Morgan
a diamond and pearl collar that cost
probably 100000.
There is another charge against
Boeck, made by a WEALTHY Plttsburg
girl. who declares that he promised
to marry her and got $4,000 from
her. Those to whom she has told her
story will not divulge her name. She
is the only child of widowed moth.
er. Her father was among the stee!
kings before the United States Steel
corporation was formed. She has
great wealth.
Socn after it became known that
Boeck had disappeared she came here
and sought the offices Of Marsellus.
Pitt & Co., asking for him there. On
a finger she showed a diamond and
emerald ring. It was recognized by
the clerk who responded to her call.
Inadvertently he mentioned that
Boeck had not paid for the ring. The
Pittsburg girl tore the ring from her
finger and threw it upon the table
before her, bursting into tears.
She was to have been married tc
Roack last February. but the wedding
had been delayed. She had loaned
him $4,000 in cash and he had given
as security for the notes the same
porcelains he had used with others
The young Pittsburg woman appear
ed terribly distressed when she learn
ed that Boeck had decamped. She
cried that the money she had giver
to the diamond broker was nothing
She wanted to find him. She was moi
told that Boeck had wife.
! Boeck's wife often was seen II
Maiden Lane. She was described to
day as a woman with a face of youth
and with black hair streaked witt
gray. Boeck never let her leave {
Maiden Lane office for the Courtlanc
street ferry, three blocks away, with
out ordering cab for her.
Boeck was a member Of the Bel
mont Cricket club Of Philadelphia
and has many friends here, it is said
' Some of the alleged victims o:
Bocck in New York believe that ht
has cleaned up a sum that may reach
$3.50, 900 in various ways in this anc
/ neighboring cities.
One sufferer is Edwin w. Dayton
who deals in jewels and antiques Q.
all kinds at 4 West Thirty-nintt
street. Boeck took S32,500 worth 0.
pearls and diamonds belonging tx
him, but returned to Mr.. Daytor
since he disappeared pawn tickets
for SIS, 900, representing jewelry he
got from Dayton and pawned. The
face value Of that jewelry is said tx
be about $4,000.
According to Mr.. Dayton, Boecl
numbered among his friends the
Guygemheims. He is also said tc
have acted for society women Wht
wanted to exchange or sell their jew
elry, and there is said to be a mum
Der of them who would like him tx
come back with. .jewelry they trust
ed to him.
From what could be learned Boecl
has an interesting history. His faith.
er was an exiled Polish nobieman
who went to China, where he married
an American girl. Boeck was born II
China and his features and manner
are Oriental.
Boeck came to this country from
China with Prince Pu Lun, who had
: charge of the Chinese exhibit at the
St. Louis exposition.
After the exposition, it is said. he
disposed Of a good part of the Chi
nese exhibit to Senator Clark. What
he did Immediately after that is not
known. but he soon appeared as a
jewelry salesman.
/ Mr.. Dayton, who was captain in
the Twenty-second regiment, met
him in February for the first time.
Mr.. Dayton said that Boeck came to
him with aletter of introduction from
well known downtown jewelry
firm, for business reason he did not
care to name. The first thing he did
was to take Mr.. Dayton to the offices
of the American Smelling company
and introduce him to the members of
the Guggenheim firm. Among 9TH
ers who Boeck presented Mr.. Dayton
to was P. A. B. Widener, of Phila-
delphia.
Boeck had only known Mr.. Dayton
for day or two when he said that
Senator Clark went to buy two Valu-
able pictures which Mr.. Dayton
had in his store. Senator Clark was
to have called one afternoon, but he
did not, and Boeck explained that
| Senator Clark's secretary had tele-