The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-06
HORSE SHOW ALSO KNEW DAVIE
~ tPPYD "a TD HE DIDN'T OU \
fOR 1 BIDDDTD ware.
Chang Ell the Mares >amr aR,i Drove Rrr
in the Hing Wasn't to Take the Car
Outside sarhusrtt. hut Disi Nstor.

Robert r. pavie. the plausible young
man Of Boston whom the police seek at
tn. request 81 Crrsiitors did not Coniinr
his attentions To the Back Bay folk He
pad very interesting visit TO this town
, in Horse show week He nearly got away
with IA prize mare, positively got away
from detectives and spent three or four
days of high living at the expense of
tn" Hotel Astnr.
In the latter part of October this
twenty -thr.'e-ycar -od broker decided
that he needed a larger car than the one
he had been driving. so he went with
good references to the George X Rascom
Company. Boston automobile firm.
and picked ont a six cylinder touring car
for which h" paid about one-third Of its
value in cash, according to Bartholomew
Coyne of 20 Broadway. the automobile
firms lawyer here. IN heu Of payment
for the rest of III. car IA. gave Guy "
Jones, representing the company. a chat =
tel mortgage and agreed not to take the
car out Of Massachusetts
But on November ). according 10 the
lawyer, DaVi" had that expensive car
rafely housed in the Park Avenue Garage
at SiNtythrd street and Park avenue
and IL was several days before the auto
mohll" T"opl" found out that their car had
gone ont Of the state. They sent "a Chauf-
feur 10 New lori: 10 talk with Mr. Davie.
The chauffeur found HIM at the Hpr=a
Show driving high stepping rnare which
h" had chrIs,enad AYRSHIRE Queen
Mr. Davie told the chauffeur To- 60 away
h" was busy. Upon hearing Of this Mr.
Ba-"om himself. says LAWYER Goyn. came
on 10 800 Davi". Tn. latter told him H."
was sorry hat that h" had leased tn. ma
chine in question Z, some Philadelphia
friends who were going n I h. Yale
Harvard football gam. in IL Davi. said
that h" wouldn't care n hav" his friends
know that he had leased io Them A car
about which lowered suspicion. hut he
assured MIR. Bascom that Il he would ha IN
front 81 the old New Haven Hou-a at
New Haven he would find tho car there
But il wasn't there when Mr. Ra~com
arrived
What really happened IN that car was
told last night n another quarter Georg.
Stables az Il? West F.fiie'n street and
To him came rnyi" aboGr November
d@sirous " purchasing ia l.Kely looking
MARI Of Mr.. Wasous called the Flor.
ham Sovereign Will" he sas locking
at the MARI h" saw "A hor-. that h. liked
and IN ve Mr. Watson a check on a Ten
n"ss.s hank FOR - 80 for TIE two Ha
went away ngr left ~" animals b-hrud
saying hat he would ~ back 70: 'h.'n
Mr., Dav:- d.t NOT come p.Cs wh"r -.
said he ~o'.l!. but his oh..rk al. nlrSai
". O. Mr. Watson said last night
i simply thought he Was A pport WI,
was short II money and that he Vol i
b" in 20 s"--le. 20 ! was no, surprised
when one dav jus, before N" uors" Show
opened Mr. Davie. with so-1. fur coated
friends. numbered up 10 my door IN a -IN
cvlinder touring car and a -'a'" of .Ntrrrr"
excitement
This Tim" Mr. payi" aid n" war'a,
80 get rid 81 III. automobile and would
gladly swap II for The Florham Sov"rci gr
and l"t N" horse 20 Mr. Watson 10
garded the machine and agreed % n"
bargain Rur 'hI- tim. Nr Watson WA
little NOR" cautious n" took VI
DavI" down t. notary TUrli" and mac.
him sign paper ~ he eject mat ,
owned III" machine outright This Da
did and went oT with n" mar". VII
had won som" pTll"- ~ yr"Vtotr= ~hor
according To- Mr. watson
pHvi. changed 10 name oS that mar,
- Ayrshir" Queen. and ia IT,. first day-
Of tho Horse show drov" her around the
ring aImaalf but took no GrI7-s He
dIdnt SNOW how 20 drive" said Nj
Watson
Lawyer own" SAWS h" Think thar DAVE.
went through this proc"s- # ~waI,ring
his mach,n. because. "" 'ound ma ="
couldn't s.ail u" 3ar - -"adilr o
might BE- able - dispos. Of n raaT"
Will. Davi" vas driving around Mad
son S..uar. Garden l." - a. N""pirE rooms
ut 'i- Aston Cor n:us"If and ~, pro
sass.ocb drIvn-s h." nal 'nrpo --..I '-p-,
Boston
D,." Of them was Harry Coulter A. q the
other ran named Mason. Coulter bad
oo::." down - Oavi"'s ::or.:-" that L -.
would III" = zach '1- Davia in ~.
Arrowhead tnr !nIr-:n-hand rae. on
Sov.mb-~ - Day:- would pUt him up at
"a good ho;"i and paw lis eNpens"s Coulter
drov" a coach l." had torrowed from a
Boston banEer in that RAJ" and cam" IN
second behind m" Paul A Sorg coach.
driven 10y ". l. Grant. hut ahead rf
Alfred O. Vanderbilt Coulter was later
b~caus" two men handled
-he re.na.
On H." following Monday 'he As-or
h"Cam. suspicious Of their
y Dung guest and his friends, although
Davie had been ther.. two ~""k. hsfore
and paid bis bin Tho Aston peopl"
had little talk with Mr. Davie. vhich
ended In their approprih.ing kIs luggage
and that ~ his friends for the hotel bill
and bidding him farewell.
Coulter says that Will" the were at
m" Aston Davie knel' each ri gh' and |
prayed before an open Bible.
The next place ~ hear ~ Sir Davie |
was th. Brayton Apartment at Sc Mndi-
son avenue. where Davis appeared
with his mother. brother and uncle. |
"" IA Id for his stsy there He left the
Bravton onSOve:nber 10 wit b his rela: Iyer
That niE ht offi"inl looking persons called
10 SO" Mr.. Dayie They wer" detectives
from H"ahq quarters. Sh. had word from