New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10

whether Arthur Waldemar is the for
mer servant sought by the police.
Have you finger prints OF this for
mer servant" he was asked.
eve took all the finger prints that
we could find in the house" was the
reply. ..,ur
lob"
at wa, bold job, and they seem to
have done their work pretty vel"
Tho private safe in Mrs. Nichols's
room played no part in the crime, the
inspector said. Although they had
plenty Of time to remove the key from
a ribbon around the woman's neck and
unlock the safe, apparently the burg
lars fed without completing their job
They diI not even wait to tell Onnl.
their confederate, what had happened.
He and the maid found the body, and
the maid gave the alarm to the East
Sixty-scventf Street station house.
Neither Mr.. Griggs, Inspector Eau
rot or any one else connected with the
case would talk about the contents of
the safe. Callers at the Nichols house
Yesterday were denied admission by
servant.
At .he jeweiry shop of Cyril F. Peck.
853 Fifth Avenue, one Of the clerks
estimated that the firm had sold from
$1,000 to S150,000 worth of jeweiry
to Mrs. Nichols during the last ten
years. She was a steady customer
Among the articles of jewelry recently
sold TO her from this shop were dog
collar of Jearls with centrepiece OF
diamonds, a pearl necklace appraised
at $4,000. pearl earrings. an emerald
rings and numerous diamond, rings;
When Mr.. Peck returns to his office
to-day he will be questioned by repre-
sentative of Inspector Faurot for addi-
tional information about the murdered
woman's jewels.
A police list and description OF the
Jewels known to have been torn from
, Mrs. Nichols follows:
Emerald ring with four two-carat
diamonds. J..
Four solitaire diamond rings, each Of
two carats.
Lady's open-faced watch. the size OF
a 25-cent piece, its back inlaid with dla-
monds.
Plain gold wedding ring with initials
81. g." or 81. G.. NJ
Every pawnshop in New York and
: immediate vicinity has been notified to
! be on the lookout for any OF this
d v.
to the various railroad terminals and
ferries and the police within radius
Of 100 miles have been furnished with
a description of at least one of the
1 three men wanted for the crime.
Assistant District Attorney W. Dea-
con Murphy, of the homicide bureau,
went to the Third Branch Bureau yes
/ terday afternoon to question Talas. 1t
is believed that he is withholding facts
that would be of aid in apprehending
his confederates. After interrogating
/ Talas for fourteen hours Inspector
/ Faurot gave orders to have him locked
up at Headquarters until tomorrow.
/ Talas was taken to the Nichols house
( yesterday afternoon to re-enact his
story Of the crime, and later taken to
! several poolrooms in Harlem to point
| out the haunts of the men accused by
I him OF the murder.
Corroborative evidence that the for
( mer servant named by Talas was near
the Nichols residence at 8 p. m. Wednes-
day came from the cook, Ileona Toivon-
men. She recognized him in group
/ OF three men lettering around the
| doorway when she started for a mo-
: tion-picture house. He asked her to
take a walk with him in Central Park
/ but she refused. She told the police
that one of the men followed her until
/ he saw her enter the movie" house.
A small crowd gathered early yester-
| day morning in front of the imposing
house where the murder was committed
and was still there last evening. De-
tectives had TO force their way through
q crowd OF several hundred when
! Talas was taken in patrol wagon
from the Third Branch Bureau to
Headquarters.