£l0,000 REWARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 98, 29 August 1913, Page 5

£lo,ooo REWARD.

THE MISSING NECKLACE. PEARLS OF GREAT TRICE. [By Electric Tbleguai-b—Copykigiti [ U mtejj I'eess AastHJiAW(»«. ] Sydney, August 26. The police have received advice from Scotland Yard that a reward of £lO.000 is offered--for information as to the whereabouts of the pearl necklace recently stolen. A STRIKING ADYT. . The following advertisement lias appeared in some of the metropolitan papers in the Dominion : oblU,UUU w jii b e I>a id by Messrs Price and Gibbs, of 23 St. Swithin's lane, E.G., acting for and on behalf of Lloyd's Underwriters, to such person who shall give the first information which shall lead to the -onviction of the thief or thieves and the recovery of the stolen property, such property consisting of a fine Oriental pearl necklace of 61 graduated pearls, and weighing 1259 grains, the centre pearl weighing 47 1-1 C grams, and the thirty pearls on one side of the string weighing in rotation as follows: Grains.—ll 1-16, 11*, 10|, 123, 12,13§. 14jJ, L4f, 153,15 f, 15f, L 5 9-i<s, 16 5-16, 171, 18 17h 191, 20f, 19 7-16, 21 7-16, 214, 22, 22§, 232, 245, 27g, 33 3-16, 34, 38 3-16, 45 3-16. And on the other side as follows: ioii ih, in, i2}, m, 13 7-i6, 15 1-16, 15 1-16, 15|-, 15f, 16 7-16, 162, 16£, 18, 17 7-16, 17|, 17 11-16, 20|, 21g, 21J, 23}, 23, 23 9-16, 24 13-16, 21 7-16, 272, 30 11-16, 332, 39 5-16, 40 1-16. Terminating with a diamond clasp and snap. The necklace was contained in, a box wrapped in blue linen paper, sealed with several largo red. seals, ind measuring 12Jin by* SjJ-in by 2}in. There was aso in the same box two irop pearls weighing 94| grains, and me round pearl weighing 27 grains. The theft is believed to have been "ommitted between the hours of 4 >.m. on Tuesday, July 15th, and 8.30 vm. on Wednesday, July 16th, in transit by post between the Rue do 'rovence, Paris, and Hatton Garden. London. Information to be furnished cither .o Messrs Price and Gibbs, as ahove: Messrs Lewis and Lewis, Solicitors, of Sly place, Holborn, London j or any 'olice Office.

PREVIOUS GREAT ROBBERIES. The value of the necklace must surely constitute a' record in the history of jewel losses in recent years, but there have been many other robberies where the booty secured has -teen worth thousands of pounds. There was, for instanca, the theft of ooarls worth £30,000 from a merchant vho had his wallet 'snatched from the side of the basin in the lavatory at i West End hotel. Subsequently two nen were arrested and sentenced. In 1874 the Countess of "Dudley lost 620,000 worth of jewels at Paddingon station. Within a month, at the ?ame place, Baron BuloW, the Russian Vmbassador, who, curiously enough, was on his way to visit Lord and Lady Dudley, was robbed of his dress-ing-case. In neither case were the : ewels recovered or the thieves caught. One of the most daring robberies that have ever been perpetrated was hat of November 8, 1881, when thieves Altered St. Martin's-le-Grand Post Office, turned out the gas. stole postal oackets containing £30,000 worth of diamonds, and got clear away in a trap. About IS months ago Mr Rosenthal, i diamond merchant, of London and Antwerp, was robbed of his wallet containing uncut stones to the value of £IO,OOO. The theft was committed between either Paris and Boulogne >r Boulogne and Folkestone, and th«> oerpetrators were never discovered. Fourteen or fifteen years ago the Ducfhess of Sutherland lost £30,000 vorth of jewels. The case containing -he jewels was placed in the Dover L o Folkestone express, and while the *ra:n was on the joruney the robbery vns committed. In this case the -hieves, or some of them, were -aught, one being "Harry the Valet" ind another "Shirty Bob," both of Thorn, with other men, suffered long H erms of imprisonment.

Another traiu robbery that was never cleared up was that of the Queen of Siam's jewels. An important firm of London goldsmiths about two years ago sent out a valuable collection of oeafls and diamonds to tho Queen of Siam. Tho articles were packed in n special hoy, whicli was carefully sealed and locked. ' When tho box arrived, however, it was found to bo mmpty, although tho seals were intart. Close inspection by exports subsequently* revealed the fact that the seals' were cleverly executed copies of the originals.

A verv mystifying robbery was that of the CIO,OOO in sovereigns despatched in November Inst from the Bank of England to the Credit Lyonnais Bank in Alexandria. The money was enclosed in two wooden cases, securely nailed and bound with iron, and sealed with special seals. When the boxes arived they contained only lead.