The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-02
MRS. PIKE SHROUDS
ROBBERY IN MYSTERY
Gives Detectives No Details Of
Her Acquaintance With Her
bert ]. Eaton.
HIS WOUND NAY Be FATAL

Neither Mrs Arthur =. Pike OF $40
Riverside Drive nor Herbert j. Eaton
tccused Of robblng her and then attempt.
ing bldckmail and who was mortally
wounded on Wednesday ulght In a police
trap set with Mrs. Fixes connivance gave
tho police any information yesterday 60
clarity the acquaintance between them
which led up to the ALLEGED burglary
Eaton. according 20 the police, confessed
to the robbery of Septembcr IS, the DAY
after ne rode on a 'bus with Mrs. Pike
but the kulckerbocker Hospital au,horl-
Ties did not expect him to live through
last ntrnt 20 add much to his confession.
and Mrs Pike left word at her apartment
that she was out OF town.
The detectives, however. made several
discoveries which warranted further in
vestigatiOn. Acting Capt. Alonzo Cooper
OF the Fourth Branch Detective Bureau. at
i23d street and Manhattan avenue near
where Eaton was shO, while trying e.
escape. found most 81 Tho loot not carried
by Eaton when he was caught, at his
nome, SO West lIsth street. In one Of
Mrs Pixies wichcr suitcases. II con-
tained mostly nno wearing apparel Not
all OF the stolen jcwclry was recovered.
and In 'he search Of the Eaton apartment
the police seized Mrs Eaton's jawelry,
thinking II might be- Mrs. Pixies. but Mr.
Pike could not Identify n and Capt
Z
declared he was satisfied that Mrs Eaton
knew nothing of her husbands activity.
Mrs. Eaton. after Identifying her hus-
band as he lay I'm the hospital. refused
to talk about the case. Her brother said
Eaton had brought the suit case with
Mrs. Pixies apparel 10 their apartment
| while she was out Of town and that Eaton
Ind told his wife the stun In IL belonged
TO a Mr.. Carter. retired army officer
and was not to be touched. Tho suit case
bore the initials G. l.. J.. II was taken
to the detective bureau whor, the Pike
jewels, said to have been found on Eaton
| when he was captured. and worth about
$1,000, were held All the voluables
stolen are said to have been worth about
$1,000.
Several letters which the police say
! were found on Eaton when he was az
rested added to the mystery OF the celia
| tons btcween him and Mrs. Pike. one
| Of those, according To Police Inspector
Faurot. was typewriter and addressed
| to Dear PiulSic' and signed III \. X"
| II referred to the return Of a key TO her
| apartment which he "a said to have told
, the police that he GOT when Mrs pike
! dropped her handbag on IN" bus return
| ing from a the dausiut at tho Astor on
| September II. Roth Mrs pike and Eaton
agree on that point according 20 nc
| police. I'm another part of the letter EatoS
! is said 20 have demanded $1,000 for the
! return OF Mrs Pixies Jewels Mrs. Pike
told the police she had heard that letter
read over the telephone but never received
| it.
She also told the police, Il was learned
! yesterday. that Eaton knew she was a
I granddaughter of the late Capt. J
spencer Turner. formerly well known
| cotton broker.
! J. NJ Turner one OF the sons OF ]
! Spencer Turner. refused TO admit or deny
yesterday the relationship.