New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-28

/ FERROUS and cafeIulIy plai4H0u =
, the Sc. 900 necklace. stolen in transit
from Paris TO Hatton fiardens. but many
other thefts OF lesser but stu very SUD
stantial value nave convinced experts IN
crime that an organized gang Of interna-
tional thieves is actively az WORK this
summer. And the organization aCcoiu
ing 10 the crime experts. has spread i''
net not only over England and the Coi-
I tinent. but America as well.
/ Scotland Yard Is not yet convinced OF
the existence Of the organization pu'
Paris. Brussels, Berlin. Vienna and Roine
have all accepted the theory and are az
lively at work in cooperation tryinS 10
break up the gang IN fact. il was from
/ Rerlin that the word Of the existence ol
the gang first came II was IL coi'le
tion with their endeavors 10 solve tne
Ss23 90 pearl necklace theft that the be' III
nolice first fell on the trail or the s'e1'
/ conspiracy In a small cafe in ore Of tH'
side streets.
Paris next sent confirmation with INC
news that the police had located VIVA.
mad been q temporary headquarters u
the gang there. Then came WORD OF an
oneration on the Riviera that bore the
earmarks OF all the big jewel roooeFies
! OF this season. The next step was the
/ finding OF two fences" IN Vienna ana TIC
aiscov,ry IN that city OF some OF the
,ewelry that had so mysterious!y o's@p-
: reared few months before.
London Fence Centre.
Pr. no arrests were made yet The
( notice OF a dozen countries were after
The ssL5.o0 pearl necklace. And the
trail led 10 London. where a few days
later five men-Gerrnan. Austrian anu
English-were picked up outside an uh-
derground station a. thee were waitiHB
10 transfer the plumber 70 Fence. roi
while there are fences IN Paris, beri'n'
/ Vienna and ali big cities. London II the
centre par excellence for fences. I"eS
abound here. and every year hundreds %
/ thousands OF dollars worth OF bracelets
rings. necklaces and other adornments
ind their way 20 these ilegitimate
| places.
4 very well known American was ap-
| preached here the other day By an &C
Guaintance VINO said.
III you want 10 buy some Jewelry-
/ good jewelry. tool can take YOU TO
l place where YOU can get a splendid Sc
> lection al just about 90 per cent OF its
| value The only conditions are that YOU
] buy IL entirely at your own risk and
that YOU promise not 10 wear it In Lon
+ don. will introduce you. and I depend
on you 10 keep silence about IL IL you
buy anything"
But in this present case the Scotland
+ Yard men who expected 70 recover the
loot as well as arrest the thieves
/ were disappointed OF their plumber The
thieves were too clever FOR the detec-
tiyes The fence" was picked up. and one
Of the thieves had two OF the pearls.
/ worth $4,000. in his pockets. tile rest OF
the Jewels being found h. the gutter II "a
J London street
The thieves feared a contretemps. The
newspapers had published little hints
about the discovery OF this international
gang. and the men of the velvet touch
were taking no chances. This fence mad
brought with him $4,000 IN Bank OF Eng
land notes as first payment on the pearls
he was 10 get. out while the negotiators
waited ln the subway station the pearls
/ were across the street IN the pockets OF
the sixth man who would bring them
10 the rendezvous only when sufficiently
: long time Of watching had convinced him
that there were no bulls on the JOB.
The police pouncei on the five as soon
as they had foregathered. and No. s
melted IN the hazy distancl.
But the fence" was man eighty
two years OF age. and ne weakened under
the third degree. which despite all re-
ports 10 the contrary exists as strongly
IN London as I'm New York And the
police came a step nearer 70 "scotching'
the gang. The old fence disclosed that
there were accomplces IN the English
postofice For H. was on this side Of the
Channel that the necklace was lifted from
the mails and loaf sugar substituted for
the pearls Two Of the more recent en-
ployes In the registry division OF the Eng
lsh General Postoffice are now under
close surveillance by Scotland Yard.
Under Scotland Yards Nose.
Under the nose OF scotland Yard. the
most famous detective organization in the
world. the gang committed their most
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