New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-02
.P1[ICE SEEK GEM CLERK,
THOUGH NOT ACCUSED
Dark. Who Leaped from Win
dow at Headquarters, Sought
by Detective Army.
FIRM STILL TRUSTS HIM
o@oers Wasting Time Says
usad of Store Robbed of
100000 Jewels-Calls
It Outside job"

-. nolice were as much at sea yes
-. as they have been at any time
,1o0 600 worth Of iewels were mys-
D,s,,slv stolen from the jewelry store
.r-1,u & Ballou on Friday night. Their
- are now concentrated on locating
,r,,,sm Beck. the young repair clerk,
- daringly escaped questioning by
alice by jumping from one of the
-.,,dows Of Police Headquarters on Mon
a. night. risling serious injury II not
dfath.
roth Central Office and Pinkerton de-
...,ivss looked for the youth at Belmont
pork during Yesterdays racing. They
20 nstrolled seaside resorts. the Polo
Grounds and every other place to which
snort might attract him They believe
-, mis- love of sport will eventually
Id 70 his temperance. They doubt IL
- Is 10 he found in any of his usual
,sunts. but nevertheless are watching
,bs home Of a young girl Of whom he
IS an admirer
commissioner Dougherty was most
,nnbatic In explaining that Beck was
-, prisoner. nor was he even under
.nspicion when he was taken 10 Police
ussdouarters on Monday night. He was
s,nnlv an unsatisfactory witness. one
If the more important questions unan-
,wsrsd bv Beck is Just who the mystic
-ious man was who induced him. accord
Ing 10 his story. 10 use an order blank
81 the Udall & Ballou firm to secure a
vslise When he was asked 10 give an
s,curats description Of this person his
memory failed him.
Beck is the son Of Frank E. Beck.
former bookmaker, who on September Il.
fae committed suicide by inhaling gas
a. his home. No. 35s West 127th street.
7, was said AT the time he had lost $4,000
q, the Saratoga meeting that season.
Employer Believes in Him.
Colonel Henry Barthman, Of the firm
Of UdaH & Ballou. said yesterday:
81 was never so surprised as l was yes
,s-say when 7 heard OF William jumping
rom the window at Police Headquarters
70 evade the questioning he was being
subjected 10. He came 10 work for me
when he was still a boy in knickerbock-
srs about six years ago. He was well
liked and showed an aptitude for the
iswelrv business. and II was for this rea-
son that I gave him chance 10 advance
himself bv sending him 10 the Fifth ave-
nue. store II he had been dishonest ne
eoud have gotten away with more than
y'oe0 worth Of jewelry long ago.
u still believe the robbery was not an
inside iob ! trust all of my employees
and have no fear OF any Of them doing
dishonest act l admit the action Of Will
ian looks suspicious. II guilty he was
simply the tool OF some outsider.
Mr. Udall Says Police Waste Time.
Frederick Udan. senior member Of the
firm. said last night that Beck had per
teot right to purchase the valise on an
ordcr Of the firm. and says The did II WIN
Cur sanction and gave US the name OF
the man for whom he was getting II.
His name has been given TO Commissioner
rorgbertv. according 70 Mr.. Ida!l. The
jewener scoffed at the theory Of the rob-
boy being committed by an employe, ana
said the police were only wasting tneir
Tine.
The more valuable stones Of the collec-
ton stolen we're a pear-shaped diamond
g 3-ls carats, valued. with jewels TO
match. at $500; diamond pendant. Egyp-
tan style. containing l4S small diamonds
HnO; pear-shaped pendant Of white
pearls containing black pearl, weighing
= grains. and sixty-four small diamonds
$40: necklace Of sixty-three small dia-
nonds. weight II carats. H.li; pendant
containing two pearl-shaped diamonds
weight carats, and forty-one diamonds
in platinum mountings. 1882 necklace
containing 30 pearls and three diamonds
value s. ar5: a pendant containing fresh
water pearl Weighing 351s grains and
sixty-one small diamonds. value $3.50. The
total value. at the wholesale price, Is
given as ses27s IS. The total number OF
Pieces missing is 40.