£150,000 NECKLACE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 5

£150,000 NECKLACE.

HOW IT WAS RECOVERED.

THE PROSECUTION’S STORY

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Mr Muir, in opening the prosecution 1 in the pearl necklace case, said Gutwirth in London on August 4 asked a relative, Brandstatter, if he knew | of a purchaser for an article worth £60,00U. Brandstatter guessed that the necklace was meant, and remembering the £IO,OOO rewrd, appeared to acquiesce. He consulted his cousin, Quadranstein, in Paris as a suitable assistant in the negotiations. They wrote to Gutwirth doubting whether the pearls were genuinely Mayer’s, and requesting proof. Gntwirth telegraphed to come to London at once. They met him and Silverman and inspected three pearls, Brandstatter explaining that Quadrantsein represented his principal. Silverman and Grizzard met him at an hotel as the “Matin” narrated, and produced the pearls. Spanier brought two, and arranged a meeting at the tube station on the pretext that his principal, an Indian rajah, demanded an immediate bargain for the remainder, otherwise he would break off negotiations. After the arrest some of Spanier’s hank notes were found on Silevrman.

Mr Muir added that Macarthy’s part was obscure, and complimented Quadranstein on concluding the negotiations with admirable nerve and discretion.

IMITATION NECKLACE FOUND

The mystery lias led to a sad hoax for a student of the Latin quarter Estates the French journal “Matin.”) He was walking along the Bois de Boulogne when he stumbled upon a necklace of pearls which to his untutored eye seemed the very thing for which a reward of €IO,OOO was being offered. It was lying in the road. Almost dazed with the joy of the anticipated fortune he rushed with it to the nearest police office. There was a furore at once, urgent messages being sent out to those participating in the inquiry. Mr Salomons (The diamond broker and representative for Mr Mayer, the owner of the necklace)> was summoned, looked* ehgerly at tile find, but then, shrugging his shoulders, 1 remarked with a laugh that it was perhaps worth a ftih'C. The discomfited student retired, vengeance on the unknown joker. It was discovered that it was not an intentional hoax on a stranger. Two days Parisian actress, in quest of advertisement, decided to have an imitation of the stolen “necklace made. From a

photograph of the latter the jeweller made her a duplicate with imitation pearls. ■ •

The jewellers sent it by one of their employees to the actress, who was dining at a cafe in the Bois de Boulogne. On the way the messenger lost tht necklace, which was afterwards picked up by a student. The imitation jewel is valued at £IG.