The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-27
KID M'COy HELD As
GEM Thief IN LONDON
Boxer Implicated in Robbery Of
Princess of Thurn and
TaXis at Ostend.
S8O,OOO IN JEWELS GONE
Police Say Gems Were Taken to
England-Scveral Accom-
pliccS Accused.
specia caJie Despatch 10 TBE SITS

LONDON. July 26.-An American who
Ia described on the police records as
ARTHUR Mccoy. alias Kid Mccoy, aged
1: years" was arrested here to-day
charged. with completely in the theft Of
$500 worth Of Jewels stolen from n
German Princess at an Ostend hotel.
Mrs. Norman Sclby. wife Of Kid Nc
Coy. the ex-prlzefighter and one time
saloon Keeper Of New York. confirms
here to-day that the man arrested on an
extradition warrant Is her husband. but
insists that "a horrible mistake" has
been made. Mccoy Is held at the Bow
street station awaiting the arrival Of an
Ostend police officer. The theft is said
To be the one announced by Princess
Victor Of Thurn and Taxis at Ostend
last Wednesday. The Princess was for
merly Miss Nicolls OF Cniontown. Pa.
| 1t is charged by the Ostend police that
the group who either helped to steal the
Jewels or had part In the carefully
laid plans that preceded the robbery in-
cluded besides Mccoy race track OPP
orator named Arthur Kemp. alias
SQueakcr. a former actress named Dolly
Bloom. who was kemp's companion.
and two russians. father and son. All
these are now in the custody OF the
Ostcnd police and Mccoy will be taken
there and lodged In Jail with them.
The Belgian authorities say that the
jewels were taken to London. where all
trace of them was lost. The ostend
police believe that Mccoy and II male
companion took the jewels out of Bel
gium to England. When arrested this
afternoon Mccoy denied all connection
with the robbery. however. and hc
pleaded to be admitted tn bail for busi-
ness and family reasons. When bail
was refused he became very detected.
The police evidence against Mccoy,
so far as can be learned. thus far con-
sists Of the condolences that Mccoy
stopped at the Palace Hotel mt Ostend.
where the Princess was robbed, and
that he was friendly with Kemp The
Ostend police call attention to the fact
also that when Mccoy went to Ostend
on July 90 for the racing and had
trouble in pcrsuading the hotel man.
agemcnt to accept his check for his
hotel bill Kemp came forward and paid
the bill and Mccoy then left for Lon
don.
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