The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-08
FINGER NAIL BETRAYED HIN
DON VINO GOT S3I.0OO JEWELS
IN MUNICH rs NABBED HERE.
detectives Take Him In sub~a, on he
.criptiou- Find sIO.OoO worth 81 the
Loot In His Room tie biunrd
Court .JeweiIrr ami Cave Mad Check.

Detectives Ditsch and Unger OF Head
quarters arrested yesterday Ciriolo jose
de Elorduy. who is wanted i'm Munich
ON IA charge OF obtaining jewels valued
at Ia. $40 marks sl.OOO) from court
jeweller by means OF a forged check.
The jewels were taken September IN. and
on September /, Inspector Russell re-
ce-ved a six Page cablegram from the
Munich police describing the man wanted
and the offence.
The two detectives learned that he was
in New York and about where to l''"k
FOR him Yesterday afternoon a. they
were going up town on a subway loca!
Ditsch noticed a man preparing {" get
off AZ Times Sanare. The man wore "A
long gray ulster and a. h. left bis seat
h. bundled /, around him and turned up
the collar
That's our man. III bet. said Di'sch;
hes a Mexican and he doesnt care for
this climate The detectives got a look
at his face a. he passed them. They
followed him When he put on ms gloves
and they saw that finger nail on the
lef- hand was missing they were certain
he was their man and arrested him.
They went with him 80 nj room NJ
.3i West Eighty-t.rh street and searched
IL. They recovered about $1,000 worth
OF the jewelry Then they look their
prisoner T. Headquarters and locked
hin up. Apparently he vas undsturbed
by ni- arrest IuspeCto~ Russell showed
hin. the enormous pink circular which
-h. German police had sem da-cr ing
him.
Yes. l am the one he said IN irnper-
feet English. But ! am an American
citizen have wife and child living
IN san FRANCHISE He -aid that be- was
born in Mexico and wa> an engineer
though he sometimes worked a. waiter.
He had been in New York for about three
weeks. he said. having gone from Ger
many To- Havana. from there 20 Mexico
and from there 10 New York.
The Munich police in their many long
messages TO the New York police DO
sCrlDei the method used by De Elnrduy
He was IN Munich wealthy planter
from Mexico Always he was dressed
in the heiRh- Of fashion. Ordinarily
he wore a fruck coat and a high hat. but
occasionally he relaxed TO the extent Of
a -tih black felt hat. a blue serge suit
and white spats He was accompanied
by "A man whom he introduced as his
secretary
The two became acquainted with an
artist in Munich and told him that II there
WAS a reliable ieweller 81 his ACQUAINTANCE.
one for whom the artist himself could
vouCh they might put a good bIt of bus-
ness in his way By good luck the artist
was a friend OF one Otto Koch 81 Frank
fort on Main. a court J~wcller. The
Mex lean planter and his secretary listened
to the artists eulogium 81 the worthy
Koch and finally consented to grant him
AN audience IN the Bayereischerhof. a
hotel in Munich.
They looked over his wares Carele-sly
at first and the jeweller was impeled
10 bring forward his best 10 dazzle these
gentlemen from across the water.
After much consideration Don Ciriolo
picked out diamond rIyi.re set with
thirfy-eight white stones IN platinum
settings. which the jeWeller valued AZ
I25 $50 marks a scarfpin set with pink
pearl valued NJ 5000 marks. another
with a white pearl NJ 1000. and "a woman's
diamond ring valued AT 1890. These
said the Mexican. suited him fairly we'll.
probably as we'll a. any dealer IN Europe
could suit him. for he was n mos, fastidovls
man about his iewelry
The jeweller bowed himself ont after
receiving a check on the Bank 81 Wies-
baden for the amount due. When the
check came back marked no funds m.
Mexican planter and his secretary We're
not To be found In Ciriolo's room the
detectives found Yesterday check book
- the bank on which the check was
said 10 have been drawn.