Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-02
ENVOY IS ROBBED,
But BLAMES COPS
MORE THAN Thief
Ambassador Wilson's Pocket
Picked at Railroad Station
in New York.
POLICEMEN INERT, AS HE
CANNOT DESCRIBE ROBBER
Three, in Succession, Tell Him
Same Thing, He Reports
DisgustedIy.

> NEW YORK, Aug. Henry Lane
Wilson, United States ambassador to
Mexico, is not disturbed over the
theft of his wallet taken from him by
pickpockets in the Pennsylvania sta
ton yesterday afternoon as he was
escorting two women friends to a
Long Island railroad train.
Ambassador Wilson today said that
the stolen wallet contained no official
papers. Il lost merely my purse he
declared, "and some visiting cards.
The incident is so trivial as to be
hardly worth mentioning"
But the diplomat is disguised with
three policemen to whom he appealed
for help after discovering the fact
that he had been robbed The police
men told him they could do nothing
unless he could describe the men he
suspected of taking his property.
which the ambassador was unable to
do
Such policemen ought to be dis
charged, said Mr.. Wilson, speaking
of his experience. He did not take
the number of the first two patrol
men to whom he spoke but did of
the third officer, who gave the same
reply the others had The last po-
liceman has been reported at head
quarters.
Scramble In the Car.
Mr.. Wilson came to New York from
Washington yesterday and had lunch
with party of friends in the Wal
T1nrf- CT ntin - - TO-
The two women he escorted to the
railroad station were members of the
party. Mr.. Wilson went with them
into the train to see they got seats.
There was a scramble in the car and
the ambassador had difficulty in
Keeping the women from being
crowded
The ambassador himself was some
what showed about, but supposed this
was done only by eager passengers.
When he left the train he found that
his wallet was gone.
After his failure to get results by
appealing to policemen, he went to
his hotel in no very pleasant frame
of mind and related his experience
to the manager. The manager, in
turn, reported 1t to a high official of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, who was
a guest of the hotel, and railroad de-
tectives were put to work on the
case.
Three Notorious Pickpockets Seen.
Three men, two of whom are known
pickpockets, have been seen in Penn
sylvania station crowds frequently in
the last three weeks. The detectives
think these men may be able to tell
something about the robbery if they
can be caught.
The ambassador stated he was in
New York to take a little needed
1est.
I'm here on vacation by order OF
4he United States government. and
any time President Wilson wants me
to go back to Mexico | am ready
to co. he added
81 want to state right now" he
said, that I have never said any,
thing against the President or the
secretary of state since l came to
this country. Any statement to the
contrary is entirely erroneous. The
President has treated me with all
the consideration possible and | ap-
preciate his kindness. l have found
the secretary open minded and con-
siderate."
Regarding his testimony before the
Senate committee on the Mexican
situation, Ambassador Wilson said he
had every reason to believe that
the committee has seen the matter
in a new light