Evening star., 1923-01-07
EFFORTS TO SOLVE
GEM THEFT UNITED
District Attorney and Police
to bring Whole Matter
to the Light" :"
CARMAN OFFERS FACTS
Actor-Friend of Mrs. Schoellkopf,
in Cell, Offers Sensational
Revelations.
BY the Associated Press.

D' tue ASsOClated frnSS.
NEW YORK, January 6.--Mrs. Irene
Schoellkkopf'S professed determiua-
tlon to Illustrate the prosecution of
her actor-danccr friend, Frank Bar
rie' Carman, accused of completely
with two others in robbing her of
100000 worth of Jewels today nr-
PEELED District Attorney Ramton to
order his staff TO help the police
bring this whole matter to light"
rms Joining of forces in an attempt
10 lift the mystery surrounding the
dlsappearancc of the gems on New
ear eve during an alleged attack
upon Mrs. SchoelIkopf as she was
leaving party at Carman's studio:
reported differences between the
woman and her husband. &. +. Hugo
Schoellkopf. rich Buffalo broker.
over the advisability of pressing their
claims TO insurance on the jewels;
and Carman'S alleged offer to make
s startling revelations" it the police
would assure his release on bail,
marked developments in the case to-
day.
Offer sent From Cell.
CarmanS offer to tell something
was said to have been dispatched from
his cell to Inspector Coughlin head
OF the detective bureau, through the
prisoners guards. II failed To elicit
response from the chief who said
he was determined TO have the actor
held without bail until Monday, when
he VIII be arraigned and confronte ed
by Mrs. Schoellkopf. who will become
reluctant witness. under the com
pulSion Of a subpoena served in her
royal suite" at the Ritz-Carlton Ho-
tel.
Police tonight were attempting to
analyZc the significance of Mrs
Schocllkoprs apparent remuneration
OF the services of J. :. Hirsh. insur-
ance broker, but friend of the fam
lily" first, who acted as buffer between
the woman and reporters when the
robbery first was made public. At
Hirsh'S invitation. Il dozen reporters
appeared outside the royal suite" for
an Interview with Mrs Schoellkopf
Hlrsh went up with them. The re-
porterS, and Hirsh also, were denied
admission to the suite by IA maid. who
Informed them her mistress had en-
saged George F. Thompson of Lock
port y. J.. former state senator, as
her counsel. and would make no fur
ther statements. Mr.. Thompson was
not found by the reporters
Mrs. Schoellkopf was said by insur-
ance agents to have informed them She
would not press for payment of the loss
sustained in the jewel robbery; that she
would not testify against Carman, and
that she would use every means at her
olspoSal 10 call off the police from the
She might, in fact, even decide to
testify for Carman Monday instead of
against him, it was said. The husband
however, will press for payment OF the
insurance, said the agents. and to the
fact that he had paid the last premium
on the gems after his wife had lapsed
the policies by on-payment
me nrst story to come from person
not directly involved in the jewel rob-
berry was told by Paul w. EyngeIha rdt
nrId
and a guest at Carman'S New Year
watch party. He, with two maids who
served the actor-dancer, probably will
testify at Carman's arraignment on
charges of grand larceny, as an alleged
accomplice to the missing thieves.
Trapped and Beaten.
His story is that Mrs. Schoellkopf
was prutally treated at the hands of
her assailants;. that She was trapped"
INTO the apartment, where she was
stripped of her Jewels, by a trio led
by t'Marshall," the uninyited guest
who appeared at the Carman studio
that night with bottle of wine. and
who sat at the card table with the
party for a period.
Englehardt told how he and his
Wite had demurred at going to Car
mans, because they did not know
him, and how they were won over
by Mrs. tSchoellkopf. Then. after they
hRdl daT1ced-Mrs. Schoellkopf was a
" al IOWcT, ne SdlQ-plaNed cards
ate and drank a little champagne. the
brokers' wife left
\ few moments later she reap
peared, sobbing I'm robbed Her
face was battered and bleeding. ac-
cording to the guests narrative. In
one hand she clutched a crimson
smeared pillow. The other had she
held to her mouth. Her dress and
corsage were torn open, said Engle-
hardt, and her shoulder was gashed
as though by some small, sharp thing.
She told hysterical story involv-
ing Marshall and two other men
she named
"rll kill you" one of the men
threatened, she said. I've only been
out of jail two days" Effects of the
chloroform had begun to wear off,
she explained. and she was partly
conscious again.
Englehardt said it was he who
called for the police. and later di-
rected detectives to the Carman
apartment.