The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15
LITTLE WAYS TO GIT JEWELS
MAIDEN LANE WARNS THE
TRADE o. SWINDLERS.

one Gang ThrsnGh a woman Gets an
Inltalisn e the Firms Prize TAG and
q Turns UD m Case On Initiates
Nhg-GaIne Win white sapphire.
Maiden Lanes jewellers are sending
out notices that three sets Of crooks are
defrauding people in this and other cities
Two women and a man have improved
upon tho old methods used by the So
called pennyweight thieves. who visit
iswelry stores ~ OStsnsiblo purchasers
and under the pretence Of examining
costly diamond and pearl jeWelry sub
stitute cheap limitations The women
make the FIRST call at the store and look
over an assortment % diamonds. rings.
brooches or lockets Then they say that
one Of them will send her husband 70
make a purchase. and they are paFtic-
ular 20 give his description. which Is
entirely different from that Of the thiei
whose visit follows in a day,or two
The man asks for tho same kind Of
jewelTy and after looking over the tray
containing IL he goes away without
making q purchase After hs has gone
the clerks find that an imitation OF one
Of the rings or other pieces Of jeweiry
with an accurate copy u the stores price
tag. has taken the place % the original
m one q the slOis Of thetray. The Jewellers
who have been robbed in this way are
certain that the two women studied the
JewelTy ~ ~ % prepare the imitation
and tag.
Articles valued from $50 to $500 have
been stolen in this way from jewellers
10 New York. Newark. New Haven.
Philadelphia and other cities. The Jewel
lers ara sending out a description q the
man wanted for the thefts and who Is
said 10 be about % years old. horid we'll
dressed and wearing glass;
Wholesale jewellers are the victims
u the second game against which a warn
ing has been issued Several u the firms
in the Maiden Lane district have ~
ceived orders for jewelry % he sent { q, d
by express. The men who order the
iewelry pretend 70 examine Il when Il
arrives and tlien on some pretext rrftt-e
20 receive and pay for Il.
The jewelry u sent hack 10 Maiden Lane.
but imitation iewelry has replaced the
real gems The substitution tOok place
while the supposed buyers were exam
ming the package Of jewelry in the ex-
pres company's Office The orders have
come from various towns. hut chiefly
from North Carolina and Georgia The
jewellers have bern informed that two
men connected with a travelling show
have been enriching themselves by this
scheme
The third game IA a variation Of an
old one and has been annoying the whole
sale jewellers. although they have not
been direct losers. The swindler carries
quantities Of white or crystal sapphires.
carefully placed in cotton aud wrapped
in white tissue paper just a. diamonds
are carried by travelling statesmen He
gets into COW ersaiion with a bartender,
barber. porter OF some other man who
has time 10 talk. and confldes information
thai he travels Tor one % New Works
big diamond firms
The swindler then adds that he il broke
except for his stock % diamonds and
a. h. musa have money right away he
10 willing % sell q fine gem for half u
It's wholesale value. Sometimes he pre-
tends that he Is slightly intoKicated
AZ night and in q poor light the swind-
Ter has succeeCAed IN deceiving men who
knew little % real diamonds and who
paid high prices for the white sapphirea
which are not valuable.