Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-04-23 | Page 1 | Up to Date Gem Robbers Scorn 'James' Method

UP TO DATE GEM ROBBERS SCORN JAMES METHOD NEW V YORK April 23 AP AP- AP Modern specialists in train robbery who scorn the rough and tumble methods of Jesse James have hae stolen stolen stol stol- en jewelry valued at from salesmen from the west during the past month It became known that railroad detectives are operating co-operating with Jewelers Jewelers' protective protective tive associations in an effort to torup torup rup down an organized band of these j jewelry robbers The modern robber operates un under del der the guise of a prosperous business business busi busi- ness man His plan of campaign Is as follows When a jewelry salesman in some large western city whose comings and goings ore ate carefully followed by the band prepares to leave on ona ona a selling tour an operative of ot the rob robber er band is assigned to t cover him As the salesman checks his baggage containing his valuable display the robber is close at hand and identities identifies his luggage Then when no one is watching the robber substitutes for the checks on the thesal sal salesman's trunks other checks he has obtained from baggage of his own which has a a. nearer destination destination destina destina- tion than the salesman's first stop The robber rides lides the train with his unsuspecting victim alights at atthe atthe the nearer station claims the salesman's salesman's sales sales- mans man's baggage bearing his own switched checks and vanishes