The evening world., 1912-11-23
$4,000 Robbery of Former
Mayors Relative Disclosed
by Governors Action.
MAID WATCHED ROBBER.
Window Cleaner Walked Out,
His Pockets Bullying
With Booty.

Through the urgent demand Of CIV.
Dix for police action. the news leaked
out OF Police Hcsdqusrtcr. to-day that
Mrs. Augustus Low, widow OF the
brother of former Mayor Seth Low.
was robbed on Wednesday of jewslry
said 10 be worth $4,000 The robbery
happened At the home OF Mrs. Lows
daughter-in-iaw. Mrs George c. W.
Low. East Fifty-flfth street, with
whom she has been visiting for several
weeks.
The Lows are intimate friends OF the
Governor and his wife and at once APP
peale,l 20 him when, after the report OF
! the robbery to the detective bureau.
only reports OF promising clues AMI
warnings to keep the robbery secret
came back in answer to constant In
quiries
Gov. Dix went TO the length, II was
said at Headquarters. OF calling Com
missioner Waldo on the long distance
telephone and urging him to make every
enort for quick action In recovering the
jewelry. which had n sentimental value
for Mrs. Low that made the market
value Of the gems OF small account.
WINDOW CLEANER LEFT WITH
POCKETS BUl0lN0.
The Low apartment 10 on the tenth
story OF the building. II overlooks Mad
ison avenue and Flfty-ffth street. A
man who wore the uniform OF clear
Ing company and who had the tools OF
that trade with him appeared at the
door Wednesday morning and said he
had been sent to clean the windows
The maid had been instructed by
Mrs. Low to keep herself busisd In
the same rooms In wh.on the man WAS
| working. She watched him clean two
Of the bedroom windows and. ~ he
started on the third. was cAAls.l ont
TO the hall. Returning, she was met
at the door by the supposed cleaner.
Il have dropped my channels clotn
out OF the window" he said. Let rec
IN. Will you. when come back wish
III"
The maid looked out OF the window
and saw the crumpled wad OF ehamois
lying on the Sidewalk. She watched
Until the man picked II up.
The girl afterward remembered that
the mans pocket was bulglng out when
he left the apartment. but she thought
h. had stuffed some OF his window
cleaning rags In his pocket AMI her
suspicious were not aroused until after
no failed TO return to continue his work,
When Mrs. Low. who was out, re-
turned. the maid told her Of the mans
strange behavior. Mrs. Low at once
discovered the disappearance OF her
90 lot
on the bureau In her room. She noti-
Ned the police Immediately.
HAVE NAME OF CLEANER, BUT
CAN'T FIND HIM.
According to members OF the Low
family. the name OF the window cleaning
firm by whom the man was employed
10 In the hands OF the police.
Gov. Dix and his wife dined at the
Low apartment Wednesday evening
They then heard of the robbery. and
Gov. Dix. on hearing by telephone al
Albany next day that the Jewels had
not been recovered, made y persona
friend OF the Low family. Fifteen al
the departments best detectives wor,
assigned TO the case.
Mrs Low was greatly disturbed to-
day when she heard that the pews hat
reached the public. The detectives hat
told her. she said. that any chance OF
recovery OF her heirlooms would b.
greatly lessened by publicity and hat
enjoined on her complete silence re
garding the theft. But she admitted
that the facts as outlined by The Eve
ming World reporter who called upoi
her were SUBSTANTIALLY true
. The following list OF the tewelr,
stolen was furnished by Mrs. Low:
An enamel watch. surrounded with
diamonds, diamond rings, containing nv,
stones, gold mesh bag, gold watch. op,
end diamond ring ruby necklace. gol'
, vanity box, diamond and sapphire
horseshoe pin, platinum pendant 80
/, with sixteen diamonds diamond bar phi
and a diamond ring set with four stones
= Inspector Faurot declined to make an.
statement regarding the rohbebty to-da.
except to hint that the 'valuo OF an,
jcwelry In any recent robbery whic
e might have occurred was not nearly u
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