Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-27
ALLEGED JEWELRY sWiNDLE
 OF HUGE PROPORTIONS
Merchants of Many of the Larger Cities wore SufFerers-Losses Esti. mated as High as $2,0o0, 900.

New York, April 26.-Details of what is described as one of the most gi- gantic jewelry frauds of recent years with merchant4 of many of the larger cities as the victims. were given out in New York tonight in a formal state ment issued by M. D. Rothschild, president of the Jewellers board of trade, an organization of jewellers all over the country. The losses are es- timated to date at $500,006 and a full investigation, it is said. will greatly increase these figures. Some estimates range as high as $2,000, ,o00.t
 Nine Men Arrested.
 The statement ayers that nine men have been arrested in connection with the alleged conspiracy and MT. Roths- made direct to President Taft by bus mess men concerned and that through the presidents intervention Attorney General Wickersham took the matter up and had an inquiry conducted by government agents Y
 insurance Fraud and Arson.
 While jewellers are said to be the principal losers, dealers in general mercha ndise are also said to have suf- fered, and insurance frauds and arson figures in the charges.
 Seizure Made by Federal Asents.
 Montgomery, Ala, April e6.-Seizure today by federal agents of two trunks
 
 defunct City Jewelry company. of which seven Shreve brothers were the officials, added a significant character to the government investigation of an alleged jewelry swindle of no mean proportions
 The trunks were found in the estab lfshment of the Alabama Auction and Salvage company of which Horace Crockett was the manager Some time ago Crockett filed a petition in bank fV ~<<.l
 Upon the order of United States Commissioner, Fillmore the trunks were opened In addition to the jewelry there was found a quantity of mems furnishing goods. Among the lot were neckties bearing the label of the Union Mercantile com pany of Greenville Ala ban while recently filed a petition in Bankruptcy. It was known to be dominated by the. Shreves.
 Mysterious Woman Implicated.
 That mysterious woman is impli-. cated in the case was admitted tonight partment of justice. who is conducting the investigation. The identity of this woman, her connection with the case, he would not reveal.
 Scheme of the Conspirators.
 Providence R. T., April 26-A con. spiracy, far-reaching in it's effects, has just been unearthed, and developments
 
 great swindle Rhode Island manufac- turing jewellers and other manufac- turing jewellers throughout the coun- try have been robbed of goods valued at half a million dollars. at least. Ten arrests have already been made in Alabama and Texas, and one of the alleged conspiratorss was on the Mexi- can border ready to cross the line when the officials took him into cus- tody.
 Details of the swindle were made public last night by Representative Harry Cutler of this city, who was member of the committee appointed oy the New York Jewellers Board of Trade to run the conspirators to earth. MT. Cutler says that the conspiracy las gone so far that from the infor- nation received from local authorities arson and threatened murder were thought to have been some of the methods resorted to by the alleged 5windlers.
 Montgomery. Ala, is said to have been the fountainhead of the conspir- acy and all tfie dealings of firm <nown the City Jewelry company from that city. The scheme vas to buy jewelry throughout the After that, the reports say, dummy yomery house to other stores controIl- Id by the firm. These were there credited as real shipment of valuable goods and so listed. The stores were hen set on fire, 1t is alleged, and the iummy packages were listed as lost tssets .by the firm in bankruptcy pro- ,eedings