New-York tribune., 1913-06-29
thrown the bolts without locking

thrown the bolts without locking
them"
Within an hour and a half after the
front door had been locked Sergeant
Kelly. Of the East 51st street police
station. who was standing at the cor
ner of the streets, saw smoke coming
from the trap door TO the basement.
The fircmcn first broke in "A grated
door leading TO the hallway serving
the upper floors. and made their way
outside the jcvclry store proper, to the
basement There "a sliding iron door
was met. This also was forced and
the fire. hot blaze among rubbish
and packinCs. was cXtinguishcd without
damage 20 the floor above. An open
stairway led from the basement to the
showroom Of the store.
Refused 10 Send Waterman
when the hremen broke through the
iron door they set off the alarm OF the
Holmes apparatus, which summoned
two inspectors, Fisher and Collins Who
reported the fire to their Office. In the
mean time Mr.. Udal was notified Of
inc fire With Mr. Kirby he arrived
and walked through the showroom
after the nremen had finished their
work.
because. as he said, lit was the busi-
ness Of his employees TO lock the safes
Mr.. Idau did not try the lock Of the
rmptied strong box. Otherwise he
made sure everything was Of normal
sppearancc. The showcases had not
been opened and the door of the safe
was closed.
Mr.. UdaH then asked the Holmes
office to detail a watchman for the
night but the latter refused to do SO.
z. M. Roesch, who has been a Pinker-
ION operative for many years, soon ar
rived and Mr.. Udall left Further
security was supplied by the Fire In
surance Patrol, who sent watchman
named Engle and later relieved him
with a man named Mahoney who re-
mained on guard with Roesch until the
store was entered by Mr. Kirby yester-
day morning. The watchmen sat on
settee near the safe.
"There are two suppositions which
occur" said Dougherty. but neither Of
them are probable. even if possible.
The first is that some time before
the store was closed some one con-
cealed himself inside, intending to rife
the safe later But how did he know
that the safe was to be left unlocked
this particular evening? And why.
even if he did. did he not wait until it
was darker and later at night
THE other is even harder From the
time of the fire until Mr.. Kirby arrived
il would have been absolutely impos-
sible for any one 10 have opened the
safe without being seen"
So far as could be learned no clew Of
definite meaning could be found, with
the exception Of several finger prints
on the safe, which the detectives copied
According TO Mr.. Cdall the stolen
Jewelry will amount to not less than
S70OOO. and it is feared that when an
Inventory IS taken the total will be
ltdTtI FlN'FNN'. It NOiilpdllg - pIt-
tected from loss. it was stated, by
burglary insurance of 10000 with the
Lloyds.
Didn't Learn of Robbery.
Colonel Henry F. Barthman. treas
urcr Of the company. also a member Of
The jewclry firm Of William Barthman.
40 ! Maiden Lane. appeared at the
Littman inquiry at the City Hall yes
terday. and AT it's close went out Of
toWn. Soon after he had left. f. Will
lam Barthman asked several at the
city Hall where his brother had gone,
end upon being informed said
Then / can't tell him about a rob-
..hery that occurred in our uptown place
. night. l kept it from him when l
him to-day, because 7 didn't want
A other him about it until after the
eflose Of to-day's hearing"
: Later in the evening Mr. Udall, at
shis residence, declared that there was
sno one whom he suspected in the
slightest degree.
8 II have entire confidence in every
@one of my twenty-four employees. The
young woman Miss Lucey, told the
Ill 40 lpour cf tho ,,otter