Show BOSTON MAN IS OUT LARGE SUM SUMI Thief Se Secures ures m Se I j ute on Fal Eau River Boat VICTIM OF DEEP LAID PLOT NEW YORK POLICE AT WORK UP UPON UPON ON THE CASE CASEB CASE OSTON June ibb BOSTON B lug the loss of 1000 in by Henry W V Comstock ot of Boston which occure occurred on boa the steamer Puritan during her tIp trip from New NewYork NewYork York to FaI Fall RIver last night was was re reported ported to the authorities of this lt city today The which in included eluded certificates of stock o of railroads and of the United Stale States Stee Steel corporation were taken from under a pio pillow in Mr state room by someone who it i is b be believed had climbed trough through a window The were received by Mr Comstock in a business transaction at ata ata a New York hote hotel on Saturday and It Iti Itis i is suspected that some one who ho wi wit ne e the incident followed the man manon manon on bord board the boat and then committed the robber robbery Shorty Shortly after Mr 11 Corn Com Comstock stock had reached this city he received a telephone message from New York telling him that he could regain the los lost property by paying a suitable amount of cash Robbery Was Planned Mr Ir Comstock is certaIn that the r rob robbery b i ber bery occurred aler after the Puritan left I New Y York rk and from the fact tat that the I telephone cal call referring to a return of the paper papers wa was from Crom New York he be believes Jeves that the dee deed wa was carefully planned by more than one peron person I 1 bel believe eYe that I am made the sub subject subject of a conspIracy he sid I thInk I shall b be able to get back the securities by offering a a nomInal sum of money Indeed would have been stated started by me had not Chief Watts Vats of the Boston polka police advised me meto meto to tur turn te the entire matter over to Die Dis District Attorney Jerome of New York He believes that the New York authorities te ties wi will be able to locate both the per person sn son who telephoned to me and the se cc curi Stool Pigeon Lawyer Mr Comstock was told that the per person pr son son talking over the telephone was a lawer lawyer whO did id rpt ot care to to his name He said he had been author authorized authorized to indicate to lIr Mr how the latter could secure from froni a third person il ia New York the papers which he had Mr ComstoCk Comstock said that he had ben benin been in New York last week on busine busine and that on Saturday moring morning in 8 a public rom room of the Broadway Bradway Central hotel he exchanged cerin certain property for the railroad and steel corporation sock stock which was taken from hIm He Be sid said that at the time a man was the proceeding proceedings in a way whIch at attracted his attention Lter Later as he was discussing the transaction wIt with his business acquaIntance in the lobby of the hotel notel he noted the same stranger near at hand Mr 11 describes the the man as repulsive looking wih with witha a hevy heavy black moustache and dark complexion He was abut about 3 35 year years uld ld five fet feet ten inches In height and weighed about iSO rounds I Stranger on the Boat He Be sid said he had an indistinct r remembrance mem bree brance of seeing tt the stranger r on tb the boat last night and on this account he decided to be especially careful He paced paced the paper paperS In an envelope and put them under his pillow Then he made up his mind to sit up an all night in his state room He opened the windO window for ventilation and then he fel fell asleep t H He awoke just before the boat reached r Fal Fall River and discovered his loss Joss JossI Mr Comstock is wealthy having hang I property wIde Interests In railroad and mInIng 1 |