The sun., 1917-09-06
FLYING DUTCHMBN
GIVE CLERK CREDIT
Jewellers Charmed by Thrill
ing Tales of German
Spy Hunts.
PLAN GIVES BIG PROFIT
Postal Employee Accused of
Posing as q. 8. Sleuth to
Get Gems to Sell.

ExtravaEant tales Of German spy
munts and OF tho discovery Of supposed
Ieuton submarine bases on the New
Jersey coast were related yesterday be-
iore United States Commissioner Sam
uei II. Hitchcock at tho avraignment of
simon Solomon. q postal clerk. charged
win having falsely represented himself
20 De an officer of the United States
Secret Service.
Thrills were plenty in Simone stories.
- ne witnesses repeated them. and one
could almost hear the zip Of bullets. sss
the dark mustache plotter leap from
the shadow. or the soft shod sleuth
creeping from roof to roof in search Of
his prey. Had my automatic failed me
last night" he would say, according to
the witnesses. Il would not be here to-
DAY CAD: but those Dutchmen sro q
An! Ha! the DanEer::
And the oil tank near Sea Girt where
the U!boats replenis.,od their supplies
OF fuel was also the subject Of many q
narrowing narrative. What risks he had
run Of being shot by one Of the heavy
cloaked Prussian guards who patrolled
the surrounding woods and rocks! II
had been great triumph for which he
had been warmly commended by his
superiors.
The purpose Of all these tales It is al
legged WAS to enable Solomon to obtain
large quantities OF jewelry on credit. He
claimed that he had many friends In
the department for whom he purchased
the articles.S and for q long time he did
. lucrative side business selling the
Jewels at a profit.
He always paid for these Jewels until
v~xHA ~
delinquent in making good the price OF
a diamond ring that ne got from Freder.
lex M. Weiss, a diamond merchant OF
1902 Broadway. This ring valued at S452
was for William ]. Flynn, chief Of the
secret service. who, It Is said. he repre-.
sented, and when pressed for payment
he replied. according to Weiss, "Oh
Flynn is on the jump after a lot of Ger.
man spies. This war keeps him SC
busy he hardly has time to breathe
You needn't worry about your money
he'll AK you up as soon as he has the
time"
His Stories Won Admiration.
Again, II jewellers were hesitant abou,
extending credit II was said Solomon
would declaim thus: Some necklace
Say you ought to see the beauties I've
seized when I was hunting the pear
sfnugBlers. l wish l had commission
on the stuff I've located" These lttl.
things won Solomon much favor fol
three years and thousands OF dollar.
credit. 1t was his laxity In paying fol
the one ring that caused an investiga
tion.
why. he always paid me until now.
Mr.. Weiss told the Commissioner, 'bpt
nevertheless II had known him to b,
only a 1900 a year postal clerk Ger.
tainly never would have taken sucf
risks with him."
Mr.. Weiss said that he understood
that Solomon had sold the supposed
Flynn ring to man named Bass fol
Sass. He is alleged 10 have told many
more tales to certain Maiden lane jewel
lers with whom ne dealt.
IT'S all a mistake Solomon sale
when questioned by Assistant United
States Attorney Edwin NJ. Stanton. "I
said civil service not secret service
How about Chief Flynn" Mr.. Stan
ton asked him.
"Oh, was only talking about a Flynn
| In the Post Office" the prisoner said.
He WAS held In s1.500 ball for actor
by the Federal Grand Jury.