New-York tribune., 1910-12-08
HELD AS JEWEL SW|ND[ER
Prisoner Admits He Is Man
Wanted in Prussia.
GOT $4,000. IT is SAID
Detectives Who Arrested Him
Have Recovered About One
Fourth of the Loot.

With the arrest Of an alleged swindler
in Times Square yesterday afternoon
S37 600 Jewel robbery, at the expense OF
Otto Koch, a Prussian court jeweller.
came to light The prisoner is Don
CirioIo Jose De Elduroy. Mexican, who
claims American citizenship The police
have been asked by the German govern
ment TO look for another man IN the
case. and think that he is now in New
York. De EIduroy was arrested in q drug
store by Detectives Dietsch and Unger
and brought 10 Police Headquarters.
where he readily admitted his identity.
The two Central Office men have recov-
cred about $4,000 worth or the stolen
stones in this city. and say they are
on the track OF others.
On September Il the police authorities
here received a six-page cable message,
describing in detail the robbery which
had been committed two days before.
De Eiduroy and his unknown companion
had gone TO the Hotel Bayerhof, in Mu-
mich. and there had become acquainted
with an artist, a friend Of otto Koch,
who has a shop at Frankfort-on-M Main
Through the grace OF this friend they
formed a friendship with Koch, and
visited his shop.
Fine clothes, some ready money and the
announcement that they were making
a tour Of the world were a good part Of
their stock in trade. and helped them to
make their way easily Finally they
bought jewels and precious stones from
Koch. giving him q check fer 142.6o0
marks. which amounts TO S31,533 in
American money. This check, drawn on
the Deposit Bank Of Wiesbaden, proved
10 be worthless. but the men had left
Munich
Following the cable dispatch the police
here received printed circulars with pho
/ tographs of the Two men. The two Ger
man detectives assigned to the case
learned that De EIduroy was here, and
when they arrested him yesterday he
made little resistance. He was taken TO
Police Headquarters and arraigned be
fore Inspector Russell. Dressed in the
mode and perfectly cool and calm, the
| Mexican never ainched when the in
spector threw down on the table the
photograph sent from Germany.
That's you. int it," asked Russell
Yes. that's me. all right answered
/ De Elduroy.
He refused 10 give the name OF his
companion. whom he says he met in
New York and then II Paris. The police,
| however. have this name in their pos
session. According TO De EIduroy they
were in Paris when they decided TO enter
the get-ricil-quick business, and went TO
| Germany for this purpose He says he
! j. = Mexican. real estate broker. and
owns some property in his native coun-
t~v. He also claims that he Is an Ameri-
/ can citizen. and says that he has wife
and an eIeven-year old daughter in San
! Francisco.
The prisoner said he and his friend
had left Germany for Mexico. going then
TO Havana. and landing here about three
weeks ago. Asked what name he used
on the check. he said his own. and added
that the check was worthless. He said
that II was the first time he had ever
been arrested He refused 10 give the
name Of the hotel he had been staying
at since he arrived in New York.
De Elduroy is a man Of good appear
ance about thirty-f7ve years old. with
sharp clear features and greyish-green
ewes He speaks English brokenIy, and
can also speak French fairly we'll Dur
ins the entire proceedings he did not
appear TO he in the least alarmed.
/ The Two detectives. who had num-
( Der OF plush and leather Jewel cases, de-
clare that jewels worth about $1,000
had been recovered in New York City.
/ It Is the police idea that De Elduroy and
/ his companion brought their loot TO this
! country practically intact
Some Of the wiseacres around Head
! quarters wondered how il had escaped
! the eagle-eved customs inspectors. if this
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