ROBBERY OF JEWELS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1478, 12 June 1905, Page 2

ROBBERY OF JEWELS.

MISS NELLIE STEWART'S LOSS. ’ to .Gisborne Times.) Auckland, Saturday. Chatting with a reporter o£ the New Zealand Herald in regard to the robbery of jewels, Miss Nellie Stewart said : V I think it is part of the plot that was. started in Sydney.” “Oh ! So they’ve followed you. over;, you think ? ” “ I feel certain it is a continuation of the plot. You see, I used to walk home from the theatre in Sydney with my jewels in my possession. But the detectives told me I was being watched, and instructed me not to do it any more. So I got a boy, and he used, to carry my jewels in a bag. And they got to know about the boy. However,” with an air of relief, “ they didn’t succeed in robbing me.” “ And about this recent robbery ? ” “I believe the man only came to take his bearings,” replied Miss Stewart. “There is no doubt he was under the.bed and saw where I put my trinkets, for I had never put them in that place before.. Then, you see, he took those and laf-jj things of far more value.” , ’ $ 11 1 believe the burglar dropped you & little note ? ” “Yes. It was a most affectionate note,” said Pretty Peggy, with a smile. “It oame before my advertisement appeared in print, you know.” “ How was it couched ?” “It ran something like this : « Dear Miss * Stewart, —The boarders whose rooms I

visited will find their keys and papersburied ’ —and bo named a spot near the- " wharf—‘ lam very sorry to find I was in- ■ Miss Stewart’s room, because she has bI- ; ways been good to my fellow creatures';' The note, which, by the way, was very grammatically written; was signed, « One who is not eo. bad as ha is painted—Bill Sykes.’ ” / “ That was all 9” “ Oh, he also said he wished mo t.o com- ' pliment my maid upon having an exceedingly neat pair of anklea—he had Been them when he was unde.r the bed 1 Now, ' r?\ you know,”_saia Miss Stewart with proper femioin9 pride, 11 they must have been my ankles he referred to, because my maid was not ill the room that night 1” “ And you recovered your property ?” *y< 11 Only the satchel and papers. The police found them at the place described by 1 Bill Sykes.’ lam satisfied he was no | ordinary robber ; why, the chatelaine itself * if melted would have been worth five -i’ guineas.” “ Then you lost your jewels? Too bad!” “ Oh, just a few trinkets, that was all!” “ Did you over have a similar experience

previously?” “ No. I always laughed at the idea of anyone robbing me,” replied the people’s l favorite. " Oh, by the way, onoe in Adelaide, when I was playing " Dorothy,” I was staying with my mother there, and \ they took a whole trunk out of the hotel. But,” with a merry smile, “it was mother’s trunk, and there was no jewellery in it, anyway.”