New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
$4,000 Bonds
Vanish During
Elevator rim
stockruuner Says He Took
Package From Pocket for
Safe Keeping. MISSED Il,
on Stepping From Gage
Three Other Passengers
Securities Owned by Drasson,
Pennington & CollSerI.
Brokers. Noll-Nago,iahle

Securities valued at S57, 900 vanished
Yesterday from the possession Of Con
rad Albert Lindblom, stock runner
for Drayton Pennington & Colkert
brokers. Of lis Broadway, while Lind
blom was on his way to deliver them
20 his company's Offices The police
attribute the loss to expert thieves.
The bonds disappeared before noon.
Their loss vas not reported to the po-
ice with o'clock at night. Franklin T..
Mallory enc Of the executive officers
Of the brokerage firm, made the report.
He said every effort had been made
throughout the afternoon to trace the
missing securities, without avail.
Lindblom, who is twenty-five years
cid and lives a. SO s.. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, was sent out shortly after
business opened in the morn;nv with
chase a list Of securities from A. (selin
Co. bankers. OF So Wall Street. He
completed the transaction and started
back at once for his own Offices, ac-
cording to 3 statement he made last
might to the police.
Two Women and Man in Elevator
Reaching 115 Broadway. the mes
senger said. ne entered the elevator
and started for the third floor. where
the Offices are situated. When he
entered the elecator, Lindblom said, it
was occupied by two women and a
man. He had the securities in an
envelope in his pocket Fearing pos
sible robbery. he removed the package
from his pocket and tucked it under
his left arm. Leaving the elevator at
the third floor he missed the envelope.
Lindblom told the police he at once
rang the bell for the elevator and
caught it as it descended. The oper-
ator said ne had seen no package and
had not observed any movement on
the part of the other occupants in
the car who had gone on to the fifth
floor. where they alighted. Lindblom
then notified Mr. Mallory of his loss
and q search mmediately was insti-
tuted by employees OF the firm, who
retraced the steps of the messenger,
but found no sign Of the securities.
The securities missing include:
2O0 shares Baldwin Locomotive.
goo Cuba Cane Sugar.
so Mexican Petroleum.
500 Middle States Oil
100 General Asphalt.
500 Hup Motor Company.
100 Famous Players.
100 Bethlehem Steel.
500 St. Louis & San Francisco Rail
way.
Immediately after the case was re-
ported to the police Detectives William
Garter and John Minturn tookLindblom
20 the Old Slip police station. where he
was questioned for three hours In an
additional statement made there he
said he was positive the securities were
IN his possession when ne entered the
elevator. He said he felt the pressure
Of the envelope under his arm just be-
fore stepping off the car and had taken
several steps away from the elevator
before he missed the package.
Net Jostled in Car. He Says
The messenger said he had felt no
jerk and had not been jostled by any
one while in the elevator or before
entering it, lie was convinced that one
Of the three persons IN the car when he
entered pulled the package from under
MS arm as he stood with his back to
them waiting for his floor to be
reached
After making his statement Lindblom
was permitted TO 60 home. An investi-
cation was begun of the young mans
previous connections. The police an
nounced that re was being kept under
surveillance. While the missing securi-
ties are in sense non-negotiable, It
was pointed out that they would be
available as security for a loan.
statement Of the loss was sent out
over -he stock tickers before business
closed, with the serial numbers of the
securities involved