GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY.

Evening Star, Issue 3751, 2 March 1875, Page 3

GREAT JEWEL ROBBER Y.

The following are the circumstances of the robbery of the Countess of Dudley’s jewels : —The Earl and Countess of Dudley arived at the Paddington railway station at 6,20 p.m on 23rd December, and were immediately followed by a four-wheeled cab conveying two of the Countess’s waiting women, each in charge of a ponderous jewel-box and other articles of a lady’s toilet. Miss Scott, one of the women, was the first who alighted, and Laving deposited upon the pavement the box under her care, whilst turning round to assist her companion, for better security and with commendable caution, she placed one foot upon the jewel-case. In an unlncy instant her attention was diverted by the other maid, and abstractedly she removed her foot from the box. Her companion having alighted, Miss Scott stooped to recover the box, when to her great consternation she found it had been removed. £n instant search was made by the Earl’s servants and by the railway officials in attendance, but no tidings could be gained of it. The list of the stolen gems is a long one ; but amongst the principal articles lost may be mentioned a pearl and diamond bracelet presented by the inhabitants of Dudley on the occasion ©f the marriage of the Earl and Countess, a diamond collette necklace, a diamond cross, a sapphire and diamond bracelet, a diamond necklace with pearl and diamond drops, a pair of very fine pearl earrings, two pairs of diamond earrings, two diamond stars, three diamond butterflies, a cat’s-eye pendant and earrings, a diamond padlock, a ruby and diamond pendant, an emerald and diamond watch with enamelled chain, a turquoise and ruby watch, an enamelled and diamond watch, a crystal watch. They are worth about L 20.000, Lord Dudley entertains the hope that the reward of LI,OOO which his lordship has offered for restitution may lead to a the jewels; but it is believed the police autorities have no such hope. They consider the theft has been accomplished by some of that class of thieves who have probably been dogging the Earl’s movements for months or even years, and that before the sun rose on the day after the robbery every jewel of value would have been removed from its setting, and the settings melted down.