New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
Returns as Promised

Returns as Promised
He would come back again in the
evening, he said, with "Mrs, Gimbel," ,"
who, he was sure, would be no less
delighted with the place. He returned
as he had promised sad introduced as
"Mrs. Gimbel' an attractive woman
with whose manner and dress not flaw
could be found. After preliminary
courtesies "Mr. Gimbel" suggested that
as he had already examined the apart
ment he would stay in the living room
while Mrs. Ruykhaver showed his wife
about.
When Mrs. Ruykhaver and the woman
returned from their tour Of inspection
he was still in the living room. Mrs.
Gimbel" declared that the apartment
was perfectly satisfactory, and after
announcing their intention of com
ing back next day to sign the rental
agreement. by which they we're TO pay
81 900 a month for the place, the cou-
pie went away.
A few minutes later Mrs. Ruykhaver
went into her bedroom. There she
discovered that one of the drawers IT.
a chiffonier had been opened and Jew
els stolen. "Mr. Gimbel" had evidently
hurried into the bedroom as soon as
the two women left him. working with
great speed and returning to the liv-
ing room before they reappeared.
Marks left on the chiffonier by the
thief showed that he had covered the
ends of his fingers with preparation
10 destroy all chance of identification
by the finger prints.
The police were notified. but the
matter was kept quiet both by the
Ruykhavers and the company with
whom the Jewels were insured.
"Rogues' Gallery" Visited
On the day following the robbery the
victims visited Police Headquarters to
look over the pictures in the "Rogues
Gallery" in hopes of discovering the
thief. but were unsuccessful. The tact
that the tactics pursued by Mr.. Glm-
bel" were similar TO those used about
a year ago by man who gained en-
trance to Riverside Drive apartment
for the ostensible purpose OF inspecting
them suggested that the thief might
appear on police records.
II was the practice of this crook 10
call attention TO a yacht lying IN the
river within sight OF his apartment
saving that the boat was his and that
he was anxious to find an apartment
near q landing.
Al the Fourth Branch Detective Blu
reau. which has the case in charge, II
was said last night that no attempt had
been made to keep the case quiet. De
tectives David Foley and Fred Stepat
have been assigned to investigate.
Diamond Ring Lost
The list of Jewels sent out by Fred
erick r. Shepherd, of the London Accl-
dent Insurance Company, to pawnshops
throughout the city is more complete
than the one submitted TO the police,
according to Acting Captain Copper, OF
the Fourth Branch. IL includes dla-
mond cluster ring with centre stone
weighing nearly two and one-half ca
rats. twelve diamonds weighing more
than a carat. a diamond solitaire weigh
ing a carat and a half. a diamond bar
pin and several other pieces.
A man answering "Mr. Gimbe's' de-
scription and following his methods has
operated recently in other parts OF the
CITY. Sometimes he shows checks on
banks or security companies In Boston
or Philadelphia, signed with the names
of distinguished persons, who, he says,
are his friends.
II is rumored that ne succeeded in
stealing a necklace worth $1,000 while
Visiting an apartment in the neighbor-
hood of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-sixth
Street. but the case does not appear on
the recors of the Second Branch De
tective Bureau. which is in charge Of
that district.
Mr.. Ruykhaver refused to discuss his
wife's loss yesterday.