New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
4 HAND--zP!
$4,000 GONE
BLACK Bag, Chock Full of
diamonds, Vanishes in
Wall Street.
pIJZZLE HAS $4,000
INSURANCE CLAUSE
Stranger from Coast Tells Weird
Story to Police, Who Cry
Marvellous

Eight from reel life is yesterdays
ING Finger story of the Clutching
Nd that snatched from Benjamin
- an elderly diamond broker, of
-, .nrsles. satchel said to contain
t,-ooo in diamonds. in Wall Street
,boytlv after o'clock. The mysterious
ND reached out; the satchel was
cone; search was fruitless.
A-izora's woman sheriff, Anna Kath-
er;,e Green. and DR.. Watson, whose
frequently iuterjected Marvellous
became the forerunner of the VERY
GOOD. Eddie" Of e later day, should
rr.b TO the cid OF the Detective Blu
,oau al once. Il is up tall tree.
Forer and his friend, August Gold
f,rb. registered at the McAlpin on
wednc day. They had with them the
snail BLACK satchcl. eight by sixteen
inches ,hat they told the police con
tanned the ya-. crsly estimated $4,000
70 $4,000 worth Of gems.
4. o'clock Yesterday Forer, Cold
}srb and b. Wolkowisky. dealer in
diamonds at l6 Maiden Lane. walked
Gown Nassau Street and turned into
Wal toward Broadway. Fore. With
The sa.chc' containing. ne said The
rausca. ecms. was 4 step in the rear
DIS $40 companion. SUDDEN. but
ilys.L.s. cane The e.utch:n- hard l..
cane t-em nowhere ana ii went no
whc.o. bat with it wcat the satchel.
And w.;l the satchcl the gems. Don't
farrct t1,m. tacy arc ou.se tho most
i.,r.rtant cIa. No gems, no sto-.
p..p.,c what he described as almost
On a4ack o. rantlng, Foicr cried 20 his
two comran ous. rhay joined HIM IN d
frame. tasty s,a-ch To- nc BODY ths.
i4..std 10 The aand. Bu. Fore do
10. see r9cn .ae canG. so it was d.Al-
,.lt G, .DcLt.ly ,he body IN the crowd.
a, aay .2... III, sa,cEcl vas gone, IN.
ID. We gone.
Lazy aympathi-ess ~ the formerly
hJ CO. UdJ uoE curious and static,
ihroIg lent tneir assistance. Some
searched TO- ,nC th.e, several called
policemen. But none found the black
bag.
Policemen took Forer and his friends
10 ;hc Old Sip station. where they
reported his loss. Then they were hur-
ned 20 Police Headquarters, where
hal. u yT Y
thoiy sto-.
Their a.nplidcations puzzled the de-
tectiyes foler didn't know whether
there was any com1ot:c1 I'D the crowd
Immediately after he called out that he
had been robbed. Goldf3rb said there
was q big crowd and big commOtion.
Furthermore. he didnt know whether
or not Forcr had brought The bag from
the rrstauvaa. where they had just had
lunch Wo kowlsky thought Forer had
TIE bag. and hc said there was no com
motion. no crowd. a >uggcstio0 that
Wa Street shortly aft,r was not
usually deserted did not change his
assertion.
Forer gave his address as North
Spr1c Street. Los Angeles. Forer tod
the police that aftev he started East
he telegraphed back 10 Los Angeles to
have his gems insured for $4,000, ami
that they were accordingly insured. be-
cause he was well known. his word was
as good as his bond. and the Insurance
company would unhc5:;atingly accep'
his vaiuatioL.
The gems. he said. he bought twr
seeks ago on instruments Of $4,000 an
Scc0 fcr & New -o-k dealer lam D.
LsyE then i0 Los Angeles. He p"o
trlfd .vpcwrittc7 receip. Wit. .'e
ilgla Rord Levy" The Diamonds
Re zald. were uncut stones ralSiu E
from two % five carats. There wcre
several lockcts
Goddard and Forer were not at first
isreed on what share the former had
81 the gems. Finally II was decided
that Goldfarb. who says he is a deputy
sheriff ~ home. had said he would take
5000 responsibility, but Goldfarb's
fIac. financial status i'm this and other
natter is yet q mystery % the detec-
tveS. torer. when asked IL the robbery
Ncu.c be 8 severe blow TO him, with
shrub Of mis- shoulders and fash Of
hagc solitaire, said, well. I'm not
& poor man"
k,erg night since the arrival of the
30 Nestcruers at the McAlpin the pre-
COZ. bag. FOref SAID, had been placed
~ be vault" Friday night Wolkowis-
Aey appeared. He came 20 the hotel.
examined the diamonds and promised
10 End d purchaser. His valuation Of
TIE gems. doubtless advanced with a
shrewd business sense, was S13,500
No.kowisky's business, the police say
j. carried on both in this city and on
The Pacific Coast. where he represents
Tie California Trading ompany. Re
Gently he went bankrupt.
Detectives Meyer, Stillson and Ca
Noac have put on rubber soles and kid
go'c. 20 search further for the clutch
80 hand.
To- Angeles. Nov. 27 Benjamin
ioisr Who was robbed to-day Of his
handbag, said % contain diamonds val
eec 90 $4,000. left here week ago TO
dispose Of the diamonds purchased
ron a Los Angelic importer, accord
lAS % Louis Forer, a brother.
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