The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-29

sn III. window. Both safes were closed
and apparently locked.
M this point Mr. tdall says that he
found caus" to shake hands with him
tysu and did. But not to- run any risks
Nc. decided to call ip the Holmes peo-
plc ann have them send q man around
10 keep watch during the remainder of
the night. The Holmes people did not
hayc an extra man and recommended
the pinkcrton Detective Agency Mr..
I'dall then told the Pnkerton head
quarters what hc wanted.
pinkcrtons send Guard.
Balf an hour later +. NJ. Roesch.
known in his profession as capt
Eoesch. arrived. Eocsch has been with
the pnkcrtun agency for good many
vdnts. lie is one of their most trusted
men.
II is not the custom of the New York
Fire Patrol to place u watcher where
,rsur,nc, Il. not carried The man in
,h,rro Friday night couldn't find
uhr,hcr ar not rdall n Eallou had in
su-ancc. 80 he sent man anyway
Tho, man was named Mahoncy. Like
Hnesch ne is an old employee ana
thoroughly trusted man. Mr.. tdaIi was
glad to see him and said so
'you and Ro.sch," said hc can Keep
each other company and at the same
time keep AN eye on the safes,
Bu, before MIR. tdall left he Thought
n advisable to telephone the ~. KceiS
and inform Mr. Hahn. the proprietor
who also controls the building AT '''
Fifth avenue, Of the trif'ing Nfc' ne
d,d SO and Jacob Netter, the house dc
tective there was sent to see what hau
happened
before rdtll or Ncttcr left. Henry
Kirby arrived That was at midniHht.
Immediately thereafter Mr. dail an"
,,irhv made another inspection of IN"
store. though neither thought TO try 'h'
ssfe doors. and then MIR. tdall departed,
Vetter left soon af,crward. II was IA
o'clock yesterday morning when krhy
said goodnight 10 Roerch and Mahone!'
sat Near the safes.
Ne ,ef, them sitting at a small desk
a, the very front of the office. where
thee had a commanding view Of the en-
tire store and were within ten feet or
tho two safes.
Kirby went home. snatched Few
hours OF sleep. and at O'Clock yes'er-
day morning walked into the store
Roesch and Mahoney were precisely
where ne had left them.
Good morning" they all said in
voice.
Kirby disposed of his hat and cane IN
a closet al the rear of the store. "hen
Le came forward the two detectives
were ready to depart. While k!rhy pc
gan TO set things in order they fingered
for a few minutes conversation
He came to the first safe, whirled the
combination. pulled open the doors and
found everything as II should be Iheh
he started for the second one. hut Just
as he was about TO place his hand on
the wheel hs stopped. one oi the ieNer
handles was not as IL should De II thc
safe was locked
This looks rather queer said nc
. The detectives. who by this tine were
.onth. o' her side Of the lin" OF counters
peercd over.
What does" inquired one.
---w'rh. handle" said Kirby and at that
moment he reached down turned II and
drew the door back without having
touched the combination.
Inside there was nothing. The jewels
,h., wore taken were worth sloo. 900,
possibly more.
police tRlled In.
A. luug a, there We're two men ON
hand who knew the short cut ways OF
startir. tn. wheels Of det.ctiv"dnm II
WAS not long before Deputy 'on'nls-
,inn.r poush"rty knew of the r"h''r\'
IIe got Inspector faurot, hali u"@"l
men. the first he could lay his han"H
ON. and 10y the time Mr. tdaU hhd
reached III. s,or. at o'clock the police
were at work
Last night Dougherty was back at
5ii Fifth avenue and tins tim" ne hlu
thirty detectives with him. Whether ar
no, lac had Lot any clues during the
,ay he would not say, but he did outline
the cas-. in "A detailed statement as u
has been explained above.
Mr.. | dali says that he has the nos'
implicit faith in all his employees -NS
for Miss Lucy, he said her uncertainty
was the most natural thing in IN" world
Many times have left the store al
night and no. been able to tell later
whether turned the safe combination
or not after closing the doors.
Dougherty said that 1t Is Impossible
for any one 10 open a combination safe
by chance. He did not entirely flaunt
the supposition that a robber might
have concealed himself in the store
taken the jewelry. set the fire as a rus.
and then waited until the store was
opened for his chance to escape.
But how would such "A person know
he asked, that the combination was &c
he left off, and II one safe was left oper
why not both?
Would Have Set on Alarm.
And it is utterly impossible that any
one could have entered the store with
out setting off an alarm between the
moment the doors were last locked unit.
the fire was discovered After that th'
store was under constant observation
by competent and trusted men"
Udali e. Bailou were insured for $50
900 in Lloyds. They carried no fire in
surance.
Early in the day Commissioner
Dougherty asked Fire Comnisslonc!
Johnson to make an investigation
among the companies that went To th
fire. He also asked Manager Prial o
the New York Fire Patrol for report
The fact that the safe was open wa
naturally as much of "A surprise To III
Il. Ia.