New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Arrested in Apartment of
the Poillon Sisters, Who
Trap Him When He
Offers Jewels for Sale
Police Dictagraph
Records All Talk
Prisoner Says Proposal to
Sell SIS, 900 Stones for
$4,000 ''Just Cuff

a. 973 Dumont Avenue, Brooklyn, was
locked up at Police Headquarters last
night on suspicion Of being implicated
in the theft of Mrs. Enrico Caruso's'
levels from the tenor's home at East
hampton, L. l., early last summer
He was arrested at the apartment of
the Poillon sisters-Charlotte the pug
nscious, and Katherine, the willy, now
plain Mrs. Katherine Smith-~at 226
West Ninety seventh Street He is &C
cused of trying to sell some of the
Caruso jewels, valued at $45, 900, to the
sensational sisters. Private and city
detectives and an Assistant District
Attorney listened to the whole transac-
.'on By dictograph.
incidentally, the police announced
that the estimated value of the jcwelry
stolen from The C2ra5o summer home
had dropped from the 100000 named
soon after the burglary to S93 900 The
disparity IN estimates, it was said, was
caused by the fact that the numerous
pieces Of jewelry which Mrs. Caruso
believed to have been in the strong box
that was stolen have been found since
in her safe deposit box in this city.
Sisters Report Clew
The Poillon sisters were quite on the
safe side OF the law IN the matter of
the Caruso jsvels Their enterprise
and devotion to their civic duty in the
matter was such almost as to qualify
them for posts as policewomen. Within
.wentyfour hours of the time they first
suspected that they might have a clcw
70 the jewels they had reported the
fact
That report was made Thursday to
representative OF the company which
had insured the jewclry, and was
couched in somewhat guarded Ian
guage. Charlotte and Katherine told
rim that they might be able to recover
some Of the jewelry, and wanted to
know If they should be so fortunate, if
they would receive the $4,000 reward
which had been offered.
The insurance man told them that
hey would be rewarded in proportion
the value Of the jewelry recovered
rough their efforts They thanked
IN politely and said they would try.
The insurance man knew that Char
lotte and Katherine were good tryers.
out he resolved to avoid all possible
risks, and suggested to Thomas J. Cor
gan. d private detective, of 1890 Lex
ngton Avenue, who has been engaged
IN the Caruso jewel case since the
burglary. that he drop in at 226 West
Ninety seventh Street and have a talk
with the sisters
Corrigan did so, and Charlotte and
t1.iI IL ~.
ter. A man had called on them. they
said. who had offered to sell them
$4,000 worth Of Caruso jewels for
$4,000 and they had made an appoint
ment to meet MIN in their appointment
Dictagraph Is Installed
Their visitor was to call yesterday
afternoon and Corrigan lost no time
lie consulted the police and the Dis
rlct Attorney and had two dictagraphs
installed IN the Poillon apartmel :, with
wires leading TO porter's room on
me root OF the building, where receiv-
ng apparatus was installed Bright
and early yesterday morning Corrigan
panied by Assistant District Attorney
Nchard c. Murphy, Detectives Porter
and Smith from headquarters and a
Stenographer
They waited until nearly O'Clock
IN ire afternoon before their vigil was
rewarded. Then man whom they
llaentlTied later as Toback called at the
Iolllon apartment. The conversation,
according TO the listeners, dealt with
lufs as we'll as jewels. but the greater
4art OF It. carefully steered by the
Ioillon sisters, trended toward the Ca
russo jewels
According to the detectives, Toback
described the jewelry he had to sell in
eelall' SAID that it was all unset, the
seWlngs having been melted, and in
ss'ed that he must have $50, 900 in cash
And this is all swag - one of the
tves. . '''N
"Yes, all swag," wes the answer
smch tne listeners say the aic.sgraph
Sa''leu TO them IN masculine voice.
Says Carusos Aren't Worrying
Inc queStioner, whose interrogations
e~G1ea'e er,u that she was the gentle Kath-
i1'.he rather than the militant Char
s' ,Os'e' then asked, the detectives say,
"na" "a'a' her caller imagined was the effect
s1I @pOn poor Mrs. Caruso of the theft of
o. a., her beautiful jewelry. This query,
iss iae detectives say, brought short
'"ueh from the visitor and the response
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