The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 30, 1907, Image 4
SLICK RASCAL
A So-Called Gem Broker Swindled
Women and Jewellers.
HEIRESS A VICTIM.
Kngaged to Her, Though Married, He
Horrows Ten Thousand Dollars
From Her. J. Kilwanl Hock,
lloon Companion of New York MilI
ion i a res Indicted Following Ills
Disappearance.
At New York the grand jury has
brought an indictment for obtaining)
money under false pretenses against
J. Edward Boeck, of the Republican
club, a bench warrant has been issued
for him, and detectives the world
over have been instructed to find him
and bring him back to New York as
soon as they can.
Boeck was a broker in gems, lie
lived in splendid style at the Republican
club. He knew Senator Clark,
of Montana, and he was a boon companion
of other-men in New York.
He could bring to a dealer in precious
stones during the course of a week
more wealthy customers than any
other diamond salesman in New York
might hope to bring in the course of
a year. He sold J. Pierpont Morgan
a diamond and pearl collar that cost
probably $100,000.
There is another charge against
Boeck, made by a waalthy Pittsburg
girl, who declares that he promised
to marry her and got $10,000 from
her. Those to whom she has told her
story will not divulge her name. She
is the only child of a widowed mother.
Her father was among the steel
kings before the United States Steel
vurpumuon was iormca. sne has
great wealth.
Soon after it became known that
Boeck had disappeared she came here
and sought thp offices of Marsellus,
Pitt & Co., asking for him there. On
a finger she showed a diamond and
emerald ring. It was recognized by
the clerk who responded to her call.
Inadvertently he mentioned that
Boeck had not paid for the ring. The
Pittsburg girl tore the ring from her
finger and threw it upon the table
before her, bursting into tears.
She was to have been married to
Boeck last February, but the wedding
had been delayed. She had loaned
him $10,000 in cash and he had given
as security for the notes the same
porcelains he had used with others.
The young Pittsburg woman appeared
terribly distressed when she learned
that Boeck had decamped. She
cried that the money she had given
to the diamond broker was nothing.
She wanted to find him. She was not
told that Boeck had a wife.
Boeck's wife often was seen in
Maiden Lane. She was described today
as a woman with a face of youth
and with black hair streaked with
gray. Boeck never let her leave a
Maiden Lane office for the Courtland
street ferry, three blocks a\yay, without
ordering a cab for her.
Boeck was a member of the Belmont
Cricket club of Philadelphia,
and has many friends here, it is said.
Some of the alleged victims of
Bocck in New York believe that he
has cleaned up a sum that may reach
$750,000 in various ways in this and
neighboring cities.
One sufferer is Edwin W. Dayton,
who deals in jewels and antiques of
all kinds at 4 West Thirty-ninth
street. Boeck took $32,500 worth of
pearls and diamonds belonging tc
him, but returned to Mr. Dayton
since he dissappeared pawn tickets
for $15,000, representing jewelry he
got from Dayton and pawned. The
face value of that jewelry is said tc
be about $50,000. ^ & 1
According to Mr. Dayton, BoecV
numbered among his friends the
Guygemheims. He is also said to
have acted for society women whc
wanted to exchange or sell their jewelry,
and there is said to be a number
of them who would like him tc
come back with jewelry they trusted
to him.
From what could be learned BoecV
has an interesting history. His fath
er was an exiled Polish nobleman,
who.went to China, where he married
an American girl. Boeck was born ir
China and his features and mannei
are Oriental.
Boeck came to this country froir
China with Prince Pu Lun, who hac
charge of the Chinese exhibit at the
St. Louis exposition.
After the exposition, it is said, he
disposed of a good part of the Chi
nese exhibit to Senator Clark. What
he did immediately after that is not
known, but he soon appeared as 2
jewelry salesman.
Mr. Dayton, who was a captain ir
the Twenty-second regiment, met
him in February for the first time,
Mr. Dayton said that Boeck came tc
him with a letter of introduction from
a well known downtown jewelry
firm, for business reason he did not
care to name. The first thing he did
was to take Mr. Dayton to the oflices
of the American Smelting company
and introduce him to the members of
the Guggenheim firm. Among others
who Boeck presented Mr.Dayton
to was P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia.
Boeck had only known Mr. Dayton
for a day or two when he said that
Senator Clark went to buy two valuable
pictures which Mr, Dayton
had in his store. Senator Clark was
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INFKKNAL MACHINR
Intended For An Atlanta Girl Wan '
Opened by Her Mother.
Atlanta has another sensation on ^
hand. Fred Bush, arrested for send- l
lug an infernal machine to the homo ,
of his sweetheart, Miss Kale Ale x
Carthy, was said to have been ldentl- |
fled by a negro messenger boy, who I
said he received the package from a '
man "who looked like llush and who 1
stood In the street after sending in
the call. The machine exploded
when Mrs. McCarthy, mother of the
girl opened the package and the
house was almost demolished. I
The negro said he had instructions
not to send the box until Thursday
morning but It went out last night
by mistake. Miss McCarthy was at
the theater, and her mother received
the package instead. An attempt to
w|juu u it'?um:u in an expioBion wnicn
shattered the interior of the lioine
and threw Mrs. McCarthy across the
hall into the room where twins were
sleeping. She suffered serious injuries,
but will recover.
Hush is a business partner of C. '
V. Doollttle, a commission merchant
who accompanied Miss Hush to the
theater. Hush, when arrested, denied
any knowledge of the infernal
machine. The box was of oak, eight
inches long. Jt contained dynamite
and a pistol so arranged as to explode
when the box was opened.
The concussion shook the whole
block.
LKl'Klt AT NINETY-SIX.
Well Developed Case Said To llavo
Doen Located.
Dr. It. H. Caldwell of Cherokee
county has reported a well defined
case of leprosy at Ninety-Six Island,
between Cherokee and York counties,
and will take other physicians with
him to visit the afflicted man and
pass upon his diagnosis. The man is a
laborer employed by companies developing
water property in that section.
liOST AT SKA.
Two Chicago Men ami a Launch Are
Missing. .
A cable from Valdaz, Alaska, says
that W. L. and O. K. Hail, of Chicago
have been lost at sea in a launch.
They left Valdaz a week ago for
Knight's Island, and started without
oars, provisions or sail, expecting to
make the run in a few hours, but
never reached their destination.
The belief at Valdaz is that they
were driven to sea by a break in the
launch's machinery.
It is said in the newspapers that
one hundred preachers, actuated by
the prospect of a big fee, applied to
Wm. E. Corey to be permitted to
perform the ceremony of marrying
mm to Mabelle Oilman, the actress,
for whom he had deserted his wife.
A new law in Texas provides that
dealers in pistols shall be taxed 50
per cent on their gross receipts from
the sale of such weapons. That, of
course, is intended to be prohibitive.
(jrand Old County.
In speaking of the efforts to cu
up the county to help form a nun
ber of poor, weakly little countie
the Columbia State pays thi
tribute to the grand old county o
Orangeburg:
"Old Orangeburg is one of th
greatest counties in the Unitec
States and she would lose this pre
tige if dismembered. It is said th,
there are more substantial farmei
. in Orangeburg county than in an
other m the State. There are n
! so many wealthy farmers, but ther
is a larger number of farmers wh
' own and till their lands. This an
' other things draw the people of th
( county closely together."
This is all true and it would be .
! great pitv to cufup the irrand ol
' county in order that a few poop!
living in certain towns might en
; hance the value of their lands at th
! expense of the country people, wh
1 would not be benefitted. But a
} The State says "there has been .
great deal of attachment for th
mother county, and it may be har
} to get the people to vote to seced
from Orangeburg to either St. Mat
thews or Branchville." It is our be
L lief that all the propositions to cu
the grand old county of Orange
j burg will be vot.o'1 ^o<vn.
l zz
to have called one afternoon, but he
did not, and Boeck explained that
| Senator Clark's secretary had tele\
phoned that the senator would be
5 there that evening. Sure enough
that evening "Senator Clark" walked
' into Mr. Dayton's place. "Senator
" Clark," looked over the two pictures
' but decided that he did not want
' them for his oolWt.inn
1 About this time Boeck remarked
that he was on very friendly terms
1 with members of the Newport colo'
ny, and he could easily dispose of
$125,(KM) worth of jewelry and anti*
ques if he could get it. Mr. Dayton
| took him to Alfred Smith, who has a
' jewelry store on Fifth avenue and
I Thirty-sixth street, and there, ac1
cording to Mr. Dayton, Boeck made
5 a deal whereby he disposed of a lot
. of jewelry. There was some dispute
with Smith over Boeck's commission,
and the latter sued. Only a short
time before he disappeared he got a
judgment for $4,000 against Smith
for his commission.
Afterward Boeck, through his acquaintance
with Mr. Dayton, secured
diamonds and pearls from other
firms, some of which were pawned
in various loan offices.
SCRIPTURE'S HARD THINGS.
[b? Minister Showed Um YouUft Ho j
Was An Equal Kyr Him.
A shrewd, wordly agnostic and a
Christian clergyman dressed In a
nodest clerical suit. snld Ell Perkins, *
>at at the same table in the Pullman 1
lining car. They were w.titiug tor y
.ho first course at the dinner, a do- j
lclous Hudson River shad. Eyeing r
lis companion coldly for a moinoot a
.ho agnostic remarked: f
"I Judge you are a clergyman, 1
dr?" J
"Yes, sir; I am In my mnster'a
>ervlce." r
"Yes, you look It. Preach out of t
;hc Bible, don't you?" f
"O. yes; of course." i
"Find u good many things In that t
ild book that yon don't understand (
?don't you?" *
"O, yes; some things."
"Well, what do you then do?"
"Why, my dear friend, I simply'
lo juut us I do while eating tills (
loll clous shad. If 1 come to a bone j
I quietly lay It on one side and go on
njoying the shad, and let some fool '
insists on choking himself with the
lones."
Then the agnostic wound up his
VVaterbury wutch and went into the
smoke/.
i
Profit and I^oss.
It had been a hard day for Mike
I^lnnogan, the "ragman." Many and
raided had been his wanderings, bull (
vo one seemed Inclined to dlsposd (
if rags. As he was making his way i
lomeward at the close of this hoc <
fuly day, through one of the ter.a* i
uent sections of the city, he heard (
\ cry from above. Looking up hd
iaw a woman at a sixth-story window
lolently beckoning to him Mike'* !
mart was full of hope as he stumbled (
ip the broken stnlrs . .
At the lop ho was met by a woman ]
toldlitg a weeping child by the harid. I
"Hey, mister," cried the mother 1
:> the perBplrlng Mike, "don't you 1
ike bud little boys away in your
>lg bug?"?Harper's Weekly.
Bret Harte and the Scotchman.
The late Bret Harte was a very (
ovablo man to those who really 1
new him. Yet, sometime, he could i
e very bitter. Once when he was 1
onsul at Glasgow he attended a big
tty dinner. Tho Scotsman who sat
icxt to him had a reputation for
learnens. And he hadn't been very '
veil lately.
The Scotsman said*. "Can you recommend
a good physician?"
"I can If you want to attend to 1
yourself," said Bret Harte. <
' V/xa 9
1 UO i J
"Death!"
"Why death?"
"Because lie will oniy cost you one
visit."?M. A. P.
Not Aware of Bending Him On.
A certain mother-in-law had '
stayed bo often with her daughter as
to cuuue a Quarrel with the husband, ,
and one day, when uhe again came
iO atav, she found her daughter in ,
tears on the doorstep. "I suppose
George has left you," she snlfTed.
'Yes"?sob. "Then there's a woman
In the case?" she naked, her
<ves lighting up expectantly. "Yos"
?&ob. "Who Is It?" she demanded.
'You"?sob. "Gracious!" ex.dnlined
the mother-in-law. "I am
sure 1 never gave him any encouragement."?Argonaut.
Non-Committal.
"Guilty or not guilty?"
"Yen," responded the man at the
bar.
"What's that?" queried the court,
sharply.
"Yon nfiltorl mo *?rVio T ?
_ .... .,w.?wx? tuv u iiviuui i wno
;ullty or not guilty, and, of courso,
( am. Of the two conditions I could
riot well escape both."
"Hut which are you?"
"Aw. go oti. judge. What's the
jury for?"?Philadelphia Ledger.
The Points of View
Y?re chat, other people chatter.
We aro conservative, other people
are narrow.
Wo are facetious, other people
are port.
We have preferenoe, other people
ire selfish.
We know a thing or two, other
eople "know It all."
We have faults, other people make
'helra conspicuous.?Birmingham
,\ge- Herald.
Tho American Homestead.
Brown?See that farm house, old*
nnn? That's the old homestead?
he place where I first saw the light
if day.
Gray?Which one? That villa advertising
Doctor Pierce's Pink Preiclptlon,
or the bungalow to the
right booming Snitcher's Gastorla?
?Puck.
These Funny Girls.
Grace wants to pay the faree.
Instate on that;
Ynd than because Maude dares
To let her pay the fares
Grace Maude to pieces tears
And dubs her "cat!"
?Louisville Courier-Journal.
Heart to Heart.
Fair Divorcee?My dear, I am going
to be marriad next week to Mr.
Ulchman.
Small Daughter?Oh, mamma, aro
you going to got married again?
And after all the trouble we had
with papa!?Brooklyn Life.
It Is No Wonder.
"Jane, where Is my necktie?"
"Where you put It, my dear."
Is Is any wonder that men becoms
^rutal??Washington Herald.
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GIRL ASSASSIN.
nfernal .~acli?net She Carried, Kills
Three Russian Detectives.
The superintendent of police af
)des8a. Russia, and two detectives of
iLc force, were killed and seven other!
>ersons seriously injured by the ex>losion
of an infernal machine in the
antral ponce bureau, this week. The
igent ot ...e terrorists was a young
jlrl. Sho whk accompanied by two
lien. The men were captured after
he explosion. The girl escaped in
he crowd.
The plot was cleverly carried out.
riie trio entered the Police Bureau
md set the small package on the
loor. They stood around for a time
md then left hurriedly. The rush for
he door excited the detectives. They
;ame from the ofllce to Investigate.
Dno picked up the box just as the
itiiers were starting in pursuit. It
exploded killing the superintendant
md two detectives, one of wnoin was
licknamed ' The Hangman," by terirlsts,
for his cruelty to political
irisoners.
Both the men who accompanied
he girl were captured after being
diot. One was identified. The buildng
was ruined.
WANTED A BRINK.
\ Hunaway llorse Went Into an Augusta
Saloon.
The Augusta Herald says wild
commotion reigned supreme for a
few moments Thursday morning at 9
j'clock out on Campbell street, near
he Union depot. A frieghtened horse
lashed madly along the street with
tothing attached to him in the way
if a vehicle, but the harness atrana
were hanging.
JuHt as he reached Cashln's bar
md restaurant, the horse veered
from his course and in a twinkling
rushed into the bar, putting to llight
ill who stood anywhere near the
path he might pursue. He paused as
they reached for the tempting drink*,
then tied, forgetting everything in
their flight for safety.
However, the wild career of the
liorse was stopped when he reached
the rear end of the saloon. He was
arrested by parties in the neighborhood
before he had time to order his
[1 rink and an unwelcome customer
was led back to the shelter of the
stable from whence lie had escaped,
while being "hitched up" to a buggy.
DltAWS T1IK LINK.
.
No Peek-a-IJoos Allowed at tlic Holy
Com in union.
Father Heldelang, the Roman
Catholic priest at Selina has refused
to receive women wearing "peeka-boo
waists at holy communion. He
will not even tolerate short sleeves.
Tills has raised the wrath of his
fair parishioners, but the priest has
stuck to his decision, and declares
that only women modestly and properly
attired be allowed to approach
the Lord's Supper in his church.
He maintains that he will carry out
this order to the letter, even if all
the women in his congregation are
excommunicated thereby. The women
are loud in their protestations,
hut are yielding, and will obey the
Imperative degree.
HOY SNAKM CATCHER.
Lad Fills Orders for Hundreds of
. Kcptiles Hach Summer.
Snake catching is t.ho business followed
by 14-year-old Walcott Gordan
Holland, of Revere, Mass., and he has
been very successful in his trade.
Just now he is busy catching 4 00
reptiles to fill a big order on hand.
He catches the snakos usually at
nooni when they are basking or
sleeping in the sunshine around the
marshes.
Young Holland has been catching
snakes for three years. He sells them
to the proprietors of exhibits at summer
parks and beaches to feed to
large and poisonous reptiles. He haj
been bitten twice, hut not seriously.
He makes hundreds of dollars.
1)11> NOT MOURN IX)NG.
Hurled Wife on Sunday Married Her
Sister on Monday.
Karl Fouser, of Alliance, Ohio, a
shoemaker 3 0 years old, following
the funeral of his first wife last Sunday,
married his wife's sister, Miss
Mary Helwig, twenty years old, on
Monday.
Fouser was in Europe when his
wife died and word was sent to him.
The burial service was delayed until
his arrival. On his return he was
accompanied by Miss Helwig. Fouser's
first wife was his brother's wid\>w.
GEO S. HACKER & SON.
The Largest and Most Complete. .
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Sash, Weights, Hardware and Glass.
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FERRY BOAT CAPSIZED.
Twenty Peasant Women and Three
Babies Are Drowned.
The ferry boat on Morava river .
capsized Thursday near Pozarovac,
Servla, drowning 20 peasant women
and thr??p b"Mev ]
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Attorney at Law.
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Office In Splvey Building.
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GEO. Li. MARSH.
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Thursday, May 30. 1907.
Rest If the great restorer. V n lire
>ur muMlM by exercise end tUeu rout
io restore them; yet a treat many of
us do not stop to think how little
reet we give to our stomachs. As a
usual thing no part of our bodies la
k> generally overworked as our digestive
organs. tired and overworked
stomach will give signs of
distress to which we pay no heed until
at last dyspepsia takes hold. Indigestion
Is Just a warning, and If we :
heed the warning we can easily \
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digests what you eat and gives the
3tomach the needed rest and greatly
assists In restoring it to Its normal
activity and usefulness. Kodol is
sold on a guarantee relief plan. It la
sold here by Conway Drug Co.
A Boston woman filed a petition
in bankruptcy in the forenoon and
was married In the evening. Her
husband may file a petition in bankruptcy
a little later.
What is it that tastes as pleasant &
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Me Is apt to make a
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