New-York tribune., 1913-11-14
TO TRAIL WOMAN IN
BIG DIAMOND THEFT
Antoinette Bonner. Who Had
Rich Clientele. Missing with
$150,000 in Gems.
MANY DEALERS INVOLVED
$4,000 Worth Found in Pawn
Shop, and Description Points
to Broker and Man, Her
Alleged Confederate.

In an effort to get to the bottom of a
business tangle which is said TO threaten
the credit of number of jewel brokers
in the Maiden Lane section the grand jury
will begin to-day an investigation OF
charges which have been brought against
Artoinette Bonner and j. r. kislinger by
Francis f.. Cocks Cocks is himself under
arrest on the complaint OF Louis Folkart,
jeweller.
Miss Bonner and Kislinger, whose real
name is said to be Brecher. are brokers In
precious stones. Cocks is i'm the same
business. The firm OF Kislinger & Bon
ner had an office in the Marbridse Build
ing Cockss Office was at No. Maiden
Lane.
1t is the custom Of the Maiden Lane dis
trict to sell precious stones on memoran-
DUN. Miss Bonner and Kislinger are SAID
TO have worked up a good business. Inc!
bought and sold stones in increasing num-
bers and told OF customers prominent IN
society. With Cocks alone they did
business which he estimates al Sls5" lot
the last two years. OF that amount. he
savs he has received $4,000. 4 small safe
belonging to the firm OF kislnger q
Bonner will he brought down from inc
Marbridge Building and experts caIled III
TO opcn H. 1t is hoped that the contents
Of the safe will throw light on their deal
inGs.
The cause of all the trouble Is the dls-
appearance of Miss Bonner and her part
rer. None OF the men with whom they
dealt has seen them since October 81 On
that date they paid Cocks w" cash anu
promised more the following week.
Soon after their disappearance foIhaf'
began 10 press Cocks for payment on 'he
stones he had bought on memorandum
and sold on memorandum TO Miss bohhei
and her partner Cocks was unaple u
meet the debt Some OF the stones were
found in pawnshops. Cocks was arrested
and told his story OF selling again o'
memorandum.
Do,ectiyes were set to work. DIAMONDS
ord noarls SGT and unset, To the value VI
20 90 were found i'm the pawushop oi -
Gu,ter & Son. on the Bowery. Ihese
were identified as part Of the lot sou W
Miss Bonner and Kislinger Ihe pawn
broker said that they were pa"heu ~
two men and a woman, one man anu NV
woman answering the description Oh h''
lInger and Miss Bonner and the seS'nN
man being Solomon Brecher hislH's''
brother II was found that In some M
stances not only had the goods peeh
rau.n,d for from one-third 10 two-thHu'
NJ their value, but the pawnuckets the"-
selves had been sold and the soous ie
deemed by a third person.
Solomon Brccher told MI. Mlh'oh 20
terday that he had pawned most ol V"e
goods at Cutters. getting 70 OF SO '"'
each trip from his brother. MI. M'''o''
bo,ievee that Cutters was only one oil
many shops patronized by the pair. MI
Ninton believes that when the gianu
fury gets the truth concerning all oi the
transactions il will he shown that MISS
Bonner and kislinger left OWING ior aoou'
$4,000 worth Of stones.
IL Is the brokers whose main asset j.
their credit who are fearful OF develop
mcnts The firms from which the missing
stones were originally purchased Whil'
not courtinC notoriety. do not feel thd'
they have anything to conceal. Some oil
the firms whose stones eventually iou"u
their way into the hands OF Miss Bonner
and Kislinger are NJ. \. Sawyer & co.
No Maiden Lane. Il. -. WashOurne q
co. No. I Maiden Lane, ID. {. townsend
G. Co. NO. 10 Broadway. who sold stones
| valued AT sn,720. George Schmielewshi
No. "A Maiden Lane; Norbert Salter' NO
n Nassau street; Charles l.. Scale, Inc
No $50 Broadway; ". L. Collin, NO. u
Maiden Lane. who sold stones valued al
| 5000. Oppenheim Il Strauss. NO. %
Maiden Lane; william j. Durfce, No.
Maiden Lane: William S. Hedges d Co.
No. 10 Broadway, who sold stones valued
at $1,000, and Lester CERT, of No. u
Maiden Lane.
Miss Bonner Is described as strlklhs
| looking woman. about twenty eight years
old and always handsomely Sowned
| KisIinger is about thirty-five. tall ana
dark. Morris B. Moskowitz, counsel for
Cocks. said that he was Informed by a
nriyate detective agency that Miss Bonner
| had gone to Paris. Solomon Brecher
vcntured the guess that his brother had
returned TO Bucharest his birthplace.