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New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Four Arrested
In $5OO,OOO
Clothing raud
New York Men Are CHARGED
With Using Mails in Big
Swindle of Jobbers by a
Chain of Fake Stores
Used Merchants Credit
Two Held in $4,000 Bail
on Arraignment; Goods
Quickly Turned Into Cash

-Four men were arraigned yesterday
before United States Commissioner
Samuel NJ. Hitchcock on charges Of con-
spring to use the mails in scheme
to defraud The arraignment revealed
the roundup Of an alleged mail fraud
gang whose operations, chiefly in the
Middle West, arc said to exceed $780,
000 The arrests were made at the in
stance Of Nathan Noiles, postotfice in
spector, and Frederick r. StieAe, man
ager of the prosecution bureau Of the
New York Credit Men Association.
after three months investigation.
The men arraigned before Commits
sioner Hitchcock gave their names as
Harry Lovett, of 81 Riverside Drive:
Herman Shaw, of Kosciusko Street.
Brooklyn; S9muel Stein and Morris
Cohen. Lovett and Shaw were held in
$4,000 bail each and Stein and Cohen.
who are partners in the Clever Dress
House, at 1O6 West Thirtieth Street.
were held in bail of s., 900 each. Com
missioner Hitchcock set August % for
further arraignment and formal hear
ing.
According to Mr.. STEELE, 1ovett was
the moving spirit in the operations of
the gang In st. Louis. he said Love tt
rented offices IN the Arcade Building
IN the name Of Jacob Zuckerman, a
we'll rated merchant Of that city, and
then flooded Chicago. New York, Phila-
delphla and Boston jobbing houses with
orders
These orders, it is said, were quickly
followed by personal calls from Lovett's
agents, VINO would give Dun's and
bradstreets as references, and in many
instances add to the mail orders
Enough tnese references. These con-
Germs, lnquiring of the commercial
rating authorities. would get such re-
ports regarding the real Zuckerman
that they would ship any quantity Of
gooIs desired to the Arcade Bui!liA.
address IL St. Louis.
Lovett upon receiving such goods, it
S charged, reshipped them to the Shaw
Garmenc Company, operated bv Her
man Shaw, and. according to the ale
cations, Shaw would resell them readily
for cash or for short term credit at
from 90 10 90 cents on the dollar.
impersonated Cleveland Merchants
Lovett and Shaw are said to have
carried on similar operations through
inc tltwell Garment Company. in St.
LOUIS, and numerous other houses in
the West, and, according to the data
turned over to the Federal authorities
IN charge Of the case, impersonated
two prominent Cleveland merchants in
their dealings.
Mr. Steihe said the Investigators had
oeen receiving numerous reports from
victims Of the alleged hy-by-night fake
concerns operated by the men under
Arrest, and when they have heard from
an Of them the total of their opera
tons may be largely increased.
several trunks are said to have been
found by the investigators containing
goods used by lovett in furthering the
lmpersonation of Zuckerman.
Stein and Cohen are said 80 have had
comparatively minor part in the
operation Of the syndicate
Attention of the investigators was
drawn 10 the four men when it was
learned that Lovett was formerly a
partner of Cohen in the Clever Dress
Company
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Brooklyn Man Sought
In $1,000 Gem Theft
Played Pinochle With Diamond
Salesman on Evening Be-
fore the Robbery
Spec a Dispatch to III. yrb,,r,

\ .,,l oHlcAGo, Ic,'s. % Aug; = a-police of the
\ ew ' ork Central Railway today hunt
ed Tor NJ Bender. OF Brooklyn. who
played plnochle with Max Levy, a Chi
cago diamond merchant, shortly before
Levy lost brief case containing s10o :
900 IN diamonds on the Twentieth Can
tury Limited early Monday After the
plnochle game in the smoker Lew re-
tired to his berth and tucked the brief
case under his pillows. He saws Il was
gone when ne awakened
Bender said he was emploved At tho
stock yards here and could be found
IN his office if wanted. Efforts to locate
him have failed.
Another supposed diamond theft in
which a trunk containing s75 900 worth
OF the stones belonging to Lazarus &
Wei, Chicago diamond brokers, dis
appeared, was revealed to day with the
arrest OF Loren B. Houck, alias Peter
J. Smith in Fon du Lac, Wis.
John B. Ughetti, salesman for the
brokers, said the trunk disappeared
yesterday from railroad platform in
plymouth, Wis. The trunk was n
Houck's possession when he was can-
tured. He said his home is in Janes-
Vile, Wis.
He denied attempting to steal the
diamonds, and said the baggage man
made mistake and gave him the wronc
trunk 0''e
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Ed Small'Called $4,000
A " eek Man i'm Wife's Suit
theatrical and Film Nan Is Ac-
cused of Cruelty in Papers
Asking for Separation

Mrs. Laurel E. Schmalheiser. who con
tends that II was mainly through her
AID that her husband, Edward Schmal-
helser. also known as Edward Small.
mas risen to a place in the theatrical
business where his income now is as
much as $4,000 a week, filed suit in
the Supreme Court yesterday for a
separation, alleging cruelty and non
support.
The defendants income. according to
Mrs. Schmalheiser, comprises MS share
Of the profits of various enterprises.
he is said to own place in the Adiron-
dacks known as Arctic City, where far
north motion pictures are taken. He
also Is booking agent and film play
producer
Just now, Mrs. Schmalheiser says.
she is receiving $50 week for her
support from her husband. That allow
ance, she sets forth. Mr.. Schmalheiser
is making her under an order OF the
Domestic Relations Court.
The Schmalheiser were married in
1912 at Danielson, Conn. She charges
that he remained away from their home
without cause for more than two years
and in that time has failed TO provide
adequately for her. Mrs. Schmalheiser
also alleges that on several occasions
her husband struck her.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Jersey Police Chief and
Farmer Fight Over Apples
War Declares War on Van
Ripper and Battle Takes Place
in an Orchard

Crest G. War is the chief of police
of Hohokus, n. j. P. Il. Van Ripper is a
farmer of Woodcliff Lake, Bergen
County. y. j., and member of the
township committee there.
War declared war on Van Ripper yes
terday and chose the terrain Of the
Van Riper farm as the scene for a
spirited engagement. The battle re-
suited in the defeat of Van Ripper, who
was rendered hors de combat and was
taken prisoner by War.
AT the conclusion of hostilities War
placed hrs defeated foe in an automo-
bile and drove him to the office of
County Prosecutor A. c. Hart in Hack
ensack, and there charged the van
quished Van Ripper with attempted as
sault. The latter charged his CON
queror with assault and battery. War
admitted that hostilities broke out
when he and a friend stopped to gather
apples from the Van Ripper orchard
While charge and counter charge
were being made, Prosecutor Hart sent
detectives to examine the automobile
which brought the two opposing war
riors into Hackensack. The detectives
found three bottles of whisky, which
were promptly confiscated. After this
both men We're arrested on the charges
they had lodged against each other
and then released in bail.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
EN-Wife Accuses Couple
Legality of Marriage, Soon
After Divorce. AssaiIed

William Douglas Miller and Mrs.
Marjory Stevens Miller, who were
married at Stanford Conn, June II,
We're arrested at 1926 Beach Street,
Jersey City, and arraigned yesterday
IN the First Criminal Court before
Acting. Judge Edward Markley, charged
with living immoraLy. The complaint
was lodged by Mrs. Helen Underwood
Miller. of a Brinkerhof Street. Jer-
sey City, first wife of Miller, who is
a banker
Mrs. Helen Miller obtained decree
Of absolute divorce from her husband
on April 20. The decree forbade Mil
Ter from marrying again for six
months after that date Miller as
serts that the prohibition of the New
the jurisdiction Of the court or the
State Of New Jersey
Both lie and his second wife waived
e%amlnation and were held in $500
bail each to await the action of the
Grand lnry
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Preacher, Eloping Wife,
Admirer, Share House
Flock Indignant When Trio
Take Up Quarters Together
on Farm

MlDDLETOWN, y. y. Aug 9.-Mon-
ticelio folk have a notion that some
th'-s Will have TO be done about the
LAX Dureas and Earl Van Nooy, and
cone pretty quick. Notwithstanding
the fact that bureau, founder and pas
sor q the Church OF the Holiness at
Monticello, said fatty that his wife
couldn't come back TO him. after her
AAgnt wlta Van Nooy. neighbor, it is
now reported that the three of them
nave apparently taken up their abode
together.
Whether Durea and his wife invited
an Nooy 10 stay with them, or
whether It was Mrs. Durea and Van
NooF VINO did the inviting, Monticello
DIX don't know. but they do know that
tne trio can now be found on farm
three niles from Monticello. Durea's
VIE tnem. That's about all the pas
tors former neighbors know positively
but they say ii is enough
Members Of Parson Durea's Holy
Rolling flock spplauded his staad when
re told Mrs. Durea she couldn't return
70 hins and they don't mind saying
that ne present situation has dis
pleased them They had expected firm
ness ci their leader, and now that he
nas apparently weakened, they are un
able % conceal their chagrin.
II is rumored here that certain mem
oers e the Church Of the Holiness are
indignant as well as disappointed, and
intend TO convey TO their leader some
idea q their Indignation. They will.
a. the same time, il IS said, express
themselves cute frankly in the pres
enee of Mrs. Durea and Earl Van Nooy.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Two Suspects Arrested
In SIS, 900 Pay Car Raid
Photograph of One Identified
by Barrett Employee as
One of Bandits

HACKENSACK, N. j., Aug. 1.-Two
men, believed to have participated in
the $4,000 hold-up last Friday of the
pay car of the Barrett Manufacturing
Company at Clt'side Park, were ar
rested tonight in West New York and
lodged in the Hackensack jail.
The prisoners described themselves
as Joseph Grace, twenty-five years old,
Of $50 Second Street, the Bronx. and
Michael Lamonte, twenty three, of
1913 Webster Avenue, Jersey City.
They we're arrested by County Detec-
tive John II. Taylor. Police Lieu
tenant Dinan, of Edgewater, and
Policeman John McAvoy. of Clfside
Park.
Walter Grams, an engineer for the
Barrett Company, who was in the pay
car when it was held-up, picked
Grace's photograph out of the rogues'
gallery in West New York. the police
say, as one of the unmasked bandits.
The two prisoners were committed to
the Hackensack Jail by Justice of the
Peace James D. Moore John Pas
torini, chauffeur of the pay car, is
being held as a material witness.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Quadrangular
TragedyWo oman
Misses Kennedy
Mrs. Obenchain Says Kill
ing of Fiance Makes
Her Indifferent to ANY,
thing That Happens Her
Suspect Sued by Wife
Bishop Quayle's Daughter
Some Time Ago Asked
for Divorce From Burch

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.-Mrs. NADIA
lynne Obenchain, divorcee, held as a
material witness in the mysterious
slaving of I. Belton Kennedy. her
sance, to-day said that she did not care
vhas happened TO her and again pro-
:essed her love for the victim of an
assassin 5 shotgun.
Il don't care what they do she said.
~ don't care what happens to me. I
thought too much of Mr.. Kennedy and
was too much shaken by the loss of
him to think about myself"
Mrs. Obenchain declared that she
had summoned Arthur c. Burch from
Evanston. Ill. 60 Los Angeles only
through a desire to have friend visit
the Southern California city. "My re
gard TOR MIR. Burch was entirely pla
tonic,' she added. Burch was arressed
at Las Vegas, New, while returning
home
Burch. who is in jail or charg, of
suspicion Of murder" Kennedy, Ralph
Obenchain. former husband of tee
young woman. and Mrs. Obenchain all
wen classmates at Northwestern rnI-
versity Evanston. Mrs. OSenchail has
said that she was allowed divorce
BY 0benchain so that she could marry
Kennedy. Burch's wife, who 5 u
daughter of Bishop William A. Quny.e,
Of ST. Louis, began divorce proceedings
some time ago. She has the custody Of
their four-year-old child.
Describing incidents in connection
with the shooting of Kennedy at his
cottage Mrs. Obenchan repeated her
declaration that she saw two men in
bushes near the house, adding that she
believed they were foreigners" They
passed close to me as they fed after
the shooting and I could see they were
tall. dark and shabbily dressed" she
said. Il had heard a voice just q min
ute before the first shot was fired
which was strange and sounded for
eign. could not distinguish the
words.
After the first shot was fired she
said she screamed and that Kennedy
cried cut. Good night, Madalynne."
Then a second shot was fired, she said,
and the men fed and she ran to Ken
nedy, took his hand and said, Bolton,
speak to me, for Gods sake, speak to
NE
Finding ne was unconscious she ran
for help. she said.
Il have been i'll and in daze since,
so | cannot tell you what has hap
pened or what I have told the officers"
she continued. II only know that T
nave lost Belton'
Asked if Burch had authority from
her to Use the name "Mr Obenchain"
when he rented an automobile the night
OF the slaving. Mrs. Obenchain replied:
Il would not give any answer that
would reflect on Mr.. Burch."
She denied she visited Burch in his
room in local hotel, although inves-
tiga declared she had been iden-
tired as woman seen there with
Burch
Burch refused to talk to-day. He
had conference with an attorney. G.
H. hiledge, an uncle Of Burch, residin.
nnere,. said he had been advisd that
bureh 5 father left Chicago Sunday for
Los Angeles
verdict that Kennedy met death
rom gunshot wound, inflicted by per-
sons unknown, with intent to commit
MURDER was returned by a coroner's
jury.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Murdered Man Identified
Body Found in Shark River
That of Camille Carrizo

ASBURY PARK, N. J., Aug. 9.-The
body Of man, bound and weighted
and with a gunshot wound in the side,
which was found by crabbers in Shark
River Sunday, has been identified by
the police as that of Camille Carrie,
twenty-five years old, of 445 East
Twelfth Street, Manhattan, who has
been missing from his home since Au-
gust / Two friends and a cousin Of
the man, whom the police declared was
murdered, verified the Identification.
Carrizo, who came to this country
fourteen months ago, conducted an en-
broidery store on Second Avenue, New
York, until the latter part of July,
when he sold it. With about $500 in
his pocket the man left New York
seeking new place to establish a
business. He gave no intimation as to
his destination and was not heard from
after his departure. A dollar bill, in
closed in a letter, was found on the
body. According to the coroner the
body had been in the water fully
week
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. a-The
steamship San Jose Of the Pacific Mail
steamship Company grounded late
last night on San Pablo reef, Ascen-
SION Island. radio messages disclosed
to-day Ships in the vicinity hurried
TO the rescue on early reports that the
passengers were in peril, but the
thirty three passengers and the crew
OF sixty-six were taken of without diff
hculty.
Efforts were being made to day to
salvage the ship. The scene of the
wreck was $50 miles south of San
Diego
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Woman Beats Stranger;
Says He Tried to Flirt
Mrs. Airey. Sociologist and
Writer, Indignant When Court
Frees ALLEGED Offender

George GUAM. twenty-slX years Old,
of 1920 Thompson Street. described as
litterateur, was arrested by Patrol
man Bodecker, Of the Mercer Street po-
lice station, last night, after he had
been dragged through Washington Park
and his collar torn off by Mrs. Thomas
=. Airey, writer and student of soci
ology. living at l27 West Twenty
Street. who chargd GUAM with having
tried to f1irt with her.
When Patrolman Bodecker received
GUAM from the indignant hands os
Mrs. Airey she was being followed by
several hundred residents Of Greenwich
Village, who said she had treated her
prisoner roughly When Guani was
arraigned in Night Court before Mag
istrate Silverman Mrs. Airey explained
that she had sat down on a bench in
the park TO rest. Immediately she
felt eyes on her. She then observed
Guani, whom she said was "all eyes"
Later. she told the court, GUAM "edged
up and tried to put his arm about ner.
She thereupon arrested him and turned
him over TO an officer OF the law. Mag
istrate Silverman discharged GUAM.
There is no justice here the lady
declared Il propose for the future
when annoyed to take the law into MY
own hands"
After Guani had been dismissed it
was reported that Mrs. Airey was wait
ing outside the courtroom. whereupon
Patrolman Bodecker was instructed TO
keep the man under his protection un-
til his safety had been assured.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Kills Girl, Then Himself
Suitor Shoots riancee After
Staying Her Sister

SYRACUSE, Aug. 9.-Frank sager
twenty-six years old, of Oneida, shot
and killed Miss Pearl Hook and seri-
ously wounded her sister, Miss Bernice
HOOK, at that city to-day. He then
The shooting is believed to have
peen actpated by jealousy. Sager was
engaged to marry Miss Bernice Hook.
feari HOOK died almost instantly. Her
assa'lant died IN half an hour at the
City Hospital. Bernice was taken un-
conscious to the hospital. She had
been shot five times and her condition
is critical
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
New Evidence Revealed
On Worthington's Career


CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-New revelations
Of the amazing financial operations of
John W. Worthington and his associ-
ates were made to-day by one of his
principal agents. and give the govern
ment q much stronger hold upon the
alleged "Wallingford" of Chicago.
John j. Epps, tried and acquitted in
the Toledo mail robbery, has been held
in jail here unable to procure the SlO,-
900 bond imposed. AT his own sugges-
tion he was taken to the Federal Build
ing to-day and questioned at length.
His testimony was said TO be highly
important.
The first woman arrested in the case
was taken into custody in New York,
charged with unlawfully concealing rec
ords of mail robberies. She is Miss
Caroline Hess, secretary to Arthur
Goldsmith, who has confessed he was
Worthington's agent in the East. Miss
Hess was held under $500 bond.
Indication that Worthington had
planned to flee the United States was
found in the passport bureau He had
applied May 21, shortly after the Dear
born Street mail robbery, for pass
port to England, France and Poland.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Sues to End Picketing

Max Hammer, proprietor Of res
taurant at 245 East Fourteenth Street,
applied to Justice O'Malley in the Su-
preme Court yesterday for an iniunc-
tion to restrain Walters Union, No. /,
from picketing his place
Hammer SAID he discharged a waiter
who had insulted patron whose tip
was not up TO expectations. On re
fusal Of Hammer to reinstate the
waiter or 10 pay d penalty to the union
strike was declared by the walking
delegate and the picketing followed.
Justice O'Malley reserved decision.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Bogus Dorothy Arnold
Named in Divorce Case
'irs. Ingraham Made Cores
pondent in Suit Filed bv
Mrs. NontemurrO

Hartford. Aug. e.--Dorothy In
Rfan~a former psoprietregs Of a duck
arm az Durham, Conn, who dis4p-
ps@fea .ags spring after announcing
snat sbe ~as Dorothy Arnold, is named
~ eo-fespondeat in a divorce suit flied
,,o-tay b. Dorothea 81. Montemurro. Of
Durham against Anthony NJ. Monte
maffo, formerly Of that town. hut now
si.o missing.
=. "hen Mrs- in9raham disappeared
~f. and Mr.. Montsmurro, neighbors
=, =, tHs inGfahams, accompanied her 70
=, - F&rsn, but said they had left her
- ~ %'thinZ has since been heard
81 Hrs. InqrAhan.
me hontemurros were married in
n.gSsf, lSl1. Property in Durham
.a .~ned ,oy Montemurro has been a..
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
fatient Plunges to Death

J.ossDn Howard, 225 Warren Stree.
'Shgscofeman unemployed for sey.
~ . months, yeste rday Jumped fron q
ng@Wony Vi 81. Peters HoxpitaI ~
uuehfJ and Congress streets. Brooklyn-
a, vas conscious when picked 90. but
a'sd an hour later. |' D''
nnwafd was admitted to the hospital
IN august suffering from tubsrcu.
''sss' ~ before dying he said:
am ineurabIe and merely a bur.
ssn 70 psrsone 1 shall never be able
nAksys J have no relatives and shall
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10

DC IN New York to-day and to-morrow
tor the purpose of consulting with
manufacturers and exporters interested
III trade with Poland. Mr.. Van Nor
man will make MS headquarters at the
bureaus district Office, room 1874, Gus
tom House.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Trade Commissioner Here

The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce announces that Louis T.
Van Norman. United States Trade
at Warsaw. Poland, Will
New-York tribune., 1921-08-10
Policewomen in Chicago Park

Lincoln Park, Chicago's most famous
pleasure ground. is to be patrolled by
twelve policewomen.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-10-06

Robinson Crusoe Was
Rescued Through
Advertising
WHOEVER THOUGHT OF ROBINSON cRUsoK AS sue
cEssFUI ADVERTISER YET WAS, AS HISTORY
PROVES HE KNEW WHAT HE wANTED-A sHIP-AND HE
AT THE TOP OF HIS ISLAND; THAT IN THE LANGUAGE OF
THE SEA, WAS PLAIN TO EVERY sEAFARMe MAN
THE CIRCULATION WAS sMALI.-THERE WAS NO
OTHER MEDrUM-BUT cRUsoE KEPT AT IT, DESPITE THE
FACT THAT HE GOT NO INQUIRIES FOR LONG TIME HE
CHANGED HIS coPY-As ONE GARMENT AFTER ANOTHER
WAS Prayed oUr-AND IN THE END HE GOT WHAT HE
WANTED
BUT HAD HE TAKEN DOWN THAT SIGNAL AFTER
TIME AND DECLARED ADVERTISING DOESN'T PAY"
WHERE WOULD cRUsoE AND HIS STORY BE ToDAYa
'Persistency' Vas A Winner For
Him-Maybe You're A Crusoe
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-06-04
CHICAGO FUTURES
w heat
District Council
OF Scouts Planned

4. - Dunn OF Dallas. deputy region
90 executive ot ttH Boy scouts haa
been IN Corpus Christi the hast few
dhvs nrrangine for tho establishment
Of district council of That prsuriza
ton. Mr.. Dunn says there tx more
u"ll work necessary In this district
mud the organization h. Va need of
more supervisors
meeting was held following q
luncheon At he Nuocea hotel az which
plans for the formulation OF a district
council were discussed and II tx cx
pcctcd TO put those plans into effect
Mi Dunn lefi Yesterday Tor browns
Vale whore he ls 80 meet the Rio
irnnde council From the Valley Mr
Dunn viii return 20 Dallas. aud go
from there to oklahoma lie states
There are better Srou conditions in
Oklahoma than IN Texas. with more
troops r an area opc.third smalloa
with the same number ct sup,rVialr-.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-06-04
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