The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-09
JEWEL THEFT MAY INVOL VIE
 SOCIETY MEN Man Arrested In Boston May Implicate Others
 In Cross Case


 One of the most sensational chap mystery is about to open if the inti- nations made by Frank>M. Garland, now under arrest upon the com plaint of Mrs Mary Luquer, who charges him with embedding $4,000 in cash and jewelry, are verified.
 Garland, who has supposedly been sought by the lawyers representing the Cross heirs, as well as by Mrs. Iuquer is now known to have been twice in Bridgeport without being ap- prehended.
 He has operated in New Haven and for some time in Boston, where he lived at Melrose Highlands and was known as a promoter about the halls Of Young's hotel. He was about to float a large deal in which his alleged - invention Of carburetor played prominent part. So anxious was he yesterday to keep the secret of his ar rest from the papers that he consent ed to waive extradition to this state.
 He was accompanied upon the train and in this city yesterday by the worp- an who was known as his wife, when he lived in affluence on Washington Terract. To bring her to this city yesterday 1t is said by detectives that he had to borrow $50, as his watch and jewelry were admitted to be in pawn
 Tn the court room today. he pre- sented far rssfrom the spruce and dap per appearance that he formerly had and many who knew him of old could hardly recognize in him the man who, with prominent New Haven hnanciers, was implicated in the great gun fac sAory.
 when seen this morning at her home on Wood avenue, Mrs. Luquer, who brought the charges, stated to a
 - Al l made every effort through the lawyers of the Cross estate in this city to have the arrest made, but failing in that she had employed Thomas w. Cong den, a detective residing at 756 How ard avenue, employed by the Eagle National Detective agency of New Haven, to trace his movements
 CongdeIl. going to New Haven, had f1earned that Garland was operating in Boston, and, going to that city, had picked him up upon mere descr1p- 5tlon while he was riding by in tax dcab Later he traced him to Mel lrose Highlands, and thence to Youngs Hotei, where he daily kept him under .<stirVeflIance. By following Garland i upon the street and picking up torn ibits Of letters which Garland care rfli1Iy threw piece by piece into the gutter. his activities were closely ob- served.
 Further information was given by ATAH1anQ 10 .COn0Ons WHO ESpT0S0alO0 Himself as an inventor whom he want ed Garland to finance. When Congdon had secured his confidence and Gar land supposedly told much of the his tory of the Cross will case diamonds, Congdon asked for a warrant which was sent to Boston yesterday in charge of Detective Bray.
 Garland was arrested in Youngs' hotel and taken to police headquar- fers There he begged that the mat +A- Ir<Sx, fEo nd ron 4 scented 10 come to Bridgeport at once.
 Among the revelations that have al-. ready been made, 1t is asserted that Garland declared De had gone to the Shelton Trust company. offices in She1- ton, accompanied by lawyer, and there at 10 o'clock at night shifted vaIuables from one safe-deposit vault to another. It is said that the amount involved in this midnight transfer was ZIG, ,a00. Whether this amount is still intact somewhere in the vaults of the Fbanw, or has been removed is not known
 It fs upon this bank account that the prosecution of Garland in the ern- bezzEement case will be made, for the complaint made by Mrs. Luquer was based the fact that the late Mrs. Gross. had deposited 5000 jointly in the names of herself and Mrs. Luquer, ito provide for contingencies arising after Ter death and before the set clement Of the estate. Upon the death of Mrs. Cross, Mrs, LuQuer asserts that Garland took the handbook and was to withdraw $3,5O0 and some jew eIry. She further asserts that tho 5eweiry was later hypothecated by Gar land and that, when he returned with the money, he had it rolled in en- velope and handed it to her with ir.- sstructions not to open it that day but to take it to Hartford on the follow ing day and deposit it in a bank ke would designate
 SIe failed to carry out the instru2- ftions but in a moment. of anxiety opened the package and found but fs2,O 900 enclosed.
 Detectives hired by Mrs. Luquer are sstfI working upon the case, and in tinaatfons that charges of a startling nature may soon be made against i7nen prominent in the professional fworld of Bridgeport. Attorney John lP. Gray, while reticent upon the in formation he has already secured, is known to have sought an interview with State Attorney Cummings and it is believed that the case will be placed directly in his hands.
 Garland was arraigned before Judge
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