New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
.bLACKJACKS CLERK Of
MAIDEN LANE JEVELLER
Thief Escapes with Loot Worth
$500 After Binding and
Gagging Youth in Office.
BROTHER COMES TO RESCUE
Below Dead Line" Robbery
Occurs in Mid Afternoon IN
Building of Dealers
Protective Alliance.

Another daring robbery below the
dead lire" vas added yesterday to
the already conspicuous recent list OF
such crimes i'm tie Maiden Lane jew
clry district. The New York office of
Louis Stern e. Co., manufacturing jew
ellers, Of Providence, r. l., on the
nineteenth floor Of No 10 Maiden Lane,
was entered yesterday afternoon by
tl.cr. who blachjacked Louis Freeman,
the nineteen year old clerk in charge,
ard robbed the safe Of $500 worth of
Jewery and s92 IL cash.
The robbery came on the heels of a
recent appeal by James II. Noyes. sec
rotary of the Jewellers Security Ali
ancc, which also has an Office in No
- Maiden Lane, and individual dia-
mond merchants to Commissioner
Waldo for better police protection in
the Maiden Lane district.
The THESE robbery, June ?, at No.
81 Maiden Lane. where the thieves go;
away with nearly $4,000 worth Of dia-
monds and pearls. and other robberies
caused the merchants 10 ask for more
protection. The robbery yesterday in
creased the nervousness and excite
ment Of the jewellers.
JeweIry Strewn on Floor.
The thief who robbed the Stern office
yesterday made a clean getaway The
police have no clew to his identity other
than description given by young
Freeman. Tho thief took with him.
however. one Of five large telescope
sample cases. in which he placed the
loot. which had been shipped from the
Providence factory Of the concern yes
terday morning and later placed in the
safe. \ quantity of jewelry was
strewn about the floor in front Of the
safe
The police believe the intruder was
frightened away by the return to con-
sciousncss Of the young clerk who, al
though bound and gagged, began
nounding on tho floor with his feet.
The man had thrown him behind
counter.
Freeman's plight was discovered by
his Younger brother. Isadore. who. ac-
cording TO his story. came to the once
at 800 o'clock TO get a book belong
inc "a his brother. He looked through
the letter slot in the door and saw his
brother rolling about the floor, he SAID
with his hands and feet tied and
handkerchief in his mouth He gave
the alarm. and dealers came from ad-
toinjng offices Meanwhile Louis had
managed 10 get 10 his feet and work
his way to tho door. which he opened
with his tied hands by backing up
10 il.
Brothers on Dougherty's Grill.
The two brothers we're put through
an examination by Lieutenant Edward
]. Armstrong and other detectives
and later we're taken before Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty at Police
Headquarters. The clerks description
of the thief tailed with that given by
two clerks in the international Silver
Company's store. at Nos. . and II
Maiden Lane, of man who called
there a few minutes before the rob-
berry.
r. II. Gaibraith and James Tobin,
the international clerks, told detectives
that a man over six feet tall. with
dark hair and blue eyes. powerfully
built. and dressed in a dark suit. black
shoes and straw hat. came into the
store just before o'clock and asked
# the company sold silver meshbags.
They said the concern did not carry
them. and he asked where he could find
what he wanted. They referred him to
Ernst Giden Bek, a manufacturing
jeweller. on the seventh floor of No II
Maiden Lane, and pencilled their names
on a card Of the International COM
pany for the prospective customer
The man did not call on Bek, and
evidently went directly TO the Stern
company office. The Stern company
makes speciality Of the manufacture
Of gold and silver meshbags.
Louis Freeman told the detectives
that he had been left in charge Of the
office i'm the absence OF T.. b. Eaton.
the New York manager. He was alone
when a man entered shortly after :
o'clock and presented card from the
International company. He asked to
see some meshbags. The moment
Freeman opened the safe 10 take out
the stock ne was struck on the head
with a blackjack and fell unconscious,
he said.
Spring Lock Catches Door.
when l recovered consciousness" he
said. IL found myself bound hand and
foot and a gag in my mouth. | rolled
over and over until | got near the door
and then worked my feet loose, got up.
and, although my hands we've still tied,
| managed to turn the knob. a spring
lock caught the door on the inside.
"As soon as | opened the door
Charles r. Wood, diamond broker
next door. and my brothe., Isadore,
came into the room. All the jewelry
had been pulled from the safe and was
scattered around the floor. It didn't