The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
TOOK SILVER AS he LIKED
THIEF N OvERALLS HELPED
HIMSELF ar GORHAM SAFE.
Posing - Employee Tie Carried Ava,
Rars Worth $4,000 No One Objected
TIA New York nedaers 60 whom
Metal Mas sent Grew suspicious.

VIA VIEW nOrk ueuners 10 WnOm
Metal was sent Grew suspiciou..
PROVIDENCE. Dec 20 With the arrest
Last night Of John " Vincent. alias John
W. Wilson. "a. the police and the GorhAm
company have solved tho mystery sur
rounding the disappearance from the safe
in the GOrham plant here o: bars Of silver
One OF the bars. valued at $50. was
found OH Vincent when he was arrested
Another bar. valued at fts7. has been found
in New York city Two and perhap.
more bars worth over 81 go arc still miss
ing.
Harry Nolpe of los lippitt street was
arrested al lis home at O'Clock this
morning nv Inspector I.ouis =. Godfrey
OF police headquarters and Inspector
John " Armstrong Of the Seventh pre-
cinct He vas lock I'D up AZ polio. head
quarters and book sci on a charge of re-
c-iving stolen property. The bar or.ilv.r
which has been found in New York city
Volpe at a special session OF the court
tonight was fined SaOO and cost. I'm
cent will be arraigned to- morrow
Dotfing his overcoat and looming
jumper and overslls Vincent walked into
The shop Of tn. Gorham Manufacturing
ompany twice within a week opened tn.
safe and walked out again with bars Of
silver he repeated the performance
last night, the police alleg.. but as he was
walking out of IN. building he met In
specfor Armstrong and Patrolman Oil
loogIy of the Seventh precinct. who had
been waiting for him.
Under the jumper Vincent carried bar
Of fine silver weighing seventy five pounds
aud valued nj S5sO He YVES taken To the |
Seventh station. on Potter avenue
The Gorhsm Company controls ihe !
entire output ~ the Monterey. Mexico.
mines. and when bar Of Mont grey silver
reached the ONCE of HANDY 4 Hartman. - |
Pine street. New York cIty. wher. il had !
been sent from Providence To he refined |
the heads ~ hat firm immediately scented |
wrong
They held up the metal and t.l.graphed |
10 the Gorhsm company with The result
nat sharp watch was So on the place.
The officials Of the company found il |
tifficuli tn detect the thief. and this was
Explained last night when IL was found
ha he was not one OF their employees.
IL l. believed thai he had "A con
euisraie In the plaC.
I'm = Hartman Of the firm ~ Handy
Hartman. dealers in bullion at - Pine
street. said last night az his home ia Plain
ield. 4 that in the latter .pait of las;
week ON. ~ 'heir regular customers
rhom b" knew TO he reputable came INTO
b" store ia Pine street with % bar Of silver
''iilion weighing 7oo ounces. worth SEQ
This transaction. said Mr. Hartman
Wa ~ the ordinary course % business
'v"r the counter and IN. bar was l.'t
With lis Ia b- refined Their. ar. "A num-
'"r ~ men engaged In a business similar
u thar ~ oar client who go about col
Getting odd hIi- Of silver from all over
he country and leave them with us to
10 'bs- refining But when We came To
this bar II had very suspicious
oOk There were certain trad,. stamps :
"a the bar put on by former rtfincr- that
we're PARTIALLY defacad hut from the.
-w l"tfsra inai were left were able
% discover that The bar probably be-
Onged 20 the Gorham people. and | in
orms-d the president OF that concern
Z 'hi- fact Also I told orr client. when =
" came III again few days ago. If oar
i-covery. and he ASKED me- 10 held the
ar until he had chance TO SEQ fh. man
tho had sold il TO him He said that IN.
litter was small dealer in bullion IN
rovidence. The lar j. .IiIl IN our
ffiCe-
Mr. Hartman said that his Cusi om.r
Did him the name - the Providence.
caller buI that he had moi recognized
al the rim" and could not remember 10
ls' night