The Meeker herald., 1923-01-13
FeEM BANDITS
Get S5o0,00o
WOMAN 10 cHLoaoFoeMGp FOL
LOWING NEW YEAR PARTY;
ARTisr HOST ARREsrGD.
RECOGNIZES ASsAlLkN1
HALF MILLION IN JLwELRv
STOLEN FROM WIFE OF
MANUFACTURER.

New YOrk.-Frank Curmun. an artiat,
was placed under arrest ehurged with
grand larceny In Having acted In con-
cert with two others not yet uppre-
hended," In the theft Of $5OOOOO In
jewels and cash from Mrs. Charles r.
Hugo Schoellkopf, wife Of wealthy
Buffalo broker, during New Year
party In Carinan's apartment off Fifth
avenue. MrI Sch0eilkOpf was chlo-
reformed Mnd dubbed OF $5OOOOO In
Jewels and money after u lew Year
purity In Nm apartment On Eifty-secOnd
street. just off Fifth avenue. police re-
vealed. The vnIue Of the missing
gems, first given as 100000. amount
ed to $15O,OOO then $4OO.O00. and fin
ally to $5OO,O0O. when the victim sub
lnitted to the authorities list Of the
loot she claims her assailsnts got.
The gems. sii Of which Mrs. schoeli-
kopf told the police she wore when
she was attacked. Included: A neck
lace Of e01 pearls: another Of ninety
nine pearls and 4 diamond ring Of
eight karsts.
Frank Carman. her host. 10 In Gus
tody. He Ii said to have admitte ]
sub-leasing the apartment where Mrs.
Schoeilkopf, after being chlOroformed.
was beaten. bound. gagged and robbed.
That the robbery had taken place WAS
not disclosed By the police until
Charles r. Hugo Schoeikopf. husband
Of the victim. arrived to aid authori-
ties In apprehending the perpetrators.
J. 8. Hirsch, an insurance broker, 10
whom Mr.. Schoellkopf referred all In
quIries concerning the robbery, said
that Mrs. Schoellkopf had recognized
one Of her three assailants MS II man
with whom she played cards duving
the party In the Carmun. department.
Mrs. schoellkopf came to New York
to spend the holidays and had rooms
at the Ritx-Cariton. She had accept.
ed an Invitation to celebrate the New
Year at the home Of friend ON West
End avenue. CarInan, whom Hirsch
said the Schoeilkopfs had known for
several years. was to have been a
guest ut this party; When illness. sud
denly developed In. the family Of the
friend .Carman 10 said to have suy.
rested the party be given In his apart
ment
The party consisted Of five couples,
including Mrs. Schoellkopf and her
host. She arrived ut the apartment
ON the NTH floor shortly before ~
o'clock.
About 10 O'Clock man knocked at
the door and announced he was alone
downstairs and had bottle he would
like to share, according to Hlrsch's
version, presumed to have been told
him by Mrs. Schoeilkopf. Invited to
Join the Carman party. he disap-
peared, returning with bottle Of
champagne and eleven glasses.
At 12:H q. m. the stranger left the
Carman apartment at once. saying he
lived dowustaira
Mrs. Schoeilkopf left next, saying
she would walt In the lobby down.
stairs for the others to escort her to
her hotel.
AZ she descended the staircase be-
tween the fifth and fourth floors she
saw a man standing In the hall be
fore partly opened door. Hirsch re-
lated. The man sprang Mt her and
pressed a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform to her nose.
Two men rushed through the part
iy opened door and carried Mrs
Schoelikopf into an apartment. She
recalled being beaten In the face
bound with rope and gagged. while
two men stripped off her Jewels, as