The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
DETECTIVES ARREST
DIAMOND Thieves

NEW YORK. Special. The glittering
tran or about 1000 uncut diamonds
been followed secretly by police and
private detectives since November rs.
1910, when the diamonds were missed
from the safe OF the firm OF Stern,
Dreiblatt & Co, dia mond Importers at
No. as John Street.
Employees of the firm were Swallowed
wltnout result until Friday, when de-
tectiyes arrested Isadore Hellman
twentyIone years old. who had been
chants place OF business Last night
israel Feldman, of No. 159 Delaney
street. was captured. II is said He'll
man passed the diamonds to Feldman
In the hall outside the merchants place
Feldman has been traiied by the de-
tectives for ten days. The police saw he
wore plenty OF diamonds Thursday. but
none Mondey. Detectives Alien, Yo-s
and Rosenfeld followed Mrs. Feldman
last night from her home TO a barber
she Joined her husband. Soon an auto
drew up and Feldman ran out of the
shop and climbed in.
But the detectives ran too. and or
dered the chauffer to drive to the elm
ton Street police station, where Field
man was locked up.
Lost Gems I'm BathhOuse.
Last summer ii is said. Feldman
went to bathing pavilion at Coney
he left with the clerk uncut stones
worth $2'1OO. gold watch and SI65
When he game out the diamonds were
missing He is now suing the bathing
house Keeper for the value of the dia-
G, The revival of police activity in the
stern Dreiblatt robbery case was her
aided by a mysterious communication
20 Nj. Dreiblatt, one Of the partners. He
mas a Jewelry business of his own now
as the partnership was dissolved after
the robbery Three weeks ago ne was
called to the telephone and a mans
Don't tell your wife or any Of vour
IrlehGs, put wait for certainty. You
are al shortly going to receive good news.
III VIII be very good news.
The man at the other end Of the wire
would not say who he was.
ABOUT the same time the firm of l.
Stern IL Co. formed by Mr.. Stern after
Joseph AIiosky.' of No Ss5s Third Third A ISml
nue.. II ran something like this: Il
have valuable information for you. Issy
Hellman was not the only one in that
diamond robbery. Issy was the tool for
some one else"
Surely knew OF Robbery.
Not a word of the robbery had been
pubHShed, so II was clear the writer OF
the letter knew about it. Detectives
Went 70 Milosky. Their story is that
he said he and Fellman had been in
the automobile renting business a [ No.
1547 Broadway, and Isadore Holman
was employed there. Miiosky and He'll
left the firm.
mad had great quantity of uncut dia-
monds, and had told him that Issy He'll
man mad taken them from a table i'm
the shop of Stern, Dreidlatt & CO. and
had slipped them to him in the hall.
Milosky said Hellman had taken the
gems to his mothers home in Brooklyn
and kept them hidden in a stove. Grad
ually he had them set and sold this
jewelry.
In his home in the Bronx last night
Milosky asserted Feldman had made no
secret OF the source Of his wealth. but
he, Milosky. had not felt called on TO
tell any one at the time.
Holman was remanded until today
by Magistrate Appleton in the Tombs
Court yesterday at the request OF the
missioner Dougherty, Hellman stuck TO
the assertion that he was innocent