THE MISSING NECKLACE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 September 1913, Page 5

THE MISSING NECKLACE.

DETAILS OF THE FINDING. A WORKMAN'S GOOD FORTUNE. 'Times' —'Sydney Sun' Special Cables. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock,) LONDON, Sept. 18. A barmaid at the tavern where Augustus Home first brought Ijlie necklace he had found, says shejsaw the man with a pearl in his hand. She left the bar and went to a basin in the lavatory. - On returning, the I other men asked what he had done with the marble. He said he had thrown it away. A search made in ! the waste-pipe was fruitless. It is j assumed that it passed down the sewer. The men regarded Horne's find as a joke and carelessly handled the necklace. ' The detectives had swept. beneath a seat in the tavern.. I FURTHER PARTICULARS REGARDING THE FIND. . JUBILEE AT*LLOYD'S. , (Received September 18, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17. Further information concerning the finding in a gutter at Highbury of . fifty-nirte V pearls,'belonging to the stolen uecklace is available; . • maker, who' dren'in' two was going to his work*, when h© ;a .inatt; put something 'in the gufter and walk away. Horne, going up,. prodded -the bundle, with 'his: Stick; dnd : found a broken string of pearls, many being loose. He tbok the pearls to the police station, and received a receipt for fifty--mn© pearl imitations. Horne went to work, and was still doubtful as to. whether he had really found the necklace until the evening papers proved his good fortune. The police had meanwhile -sent five of the pearls to a neighbouring jewel-' • lei;, who immediately 'reported thenfc to.be of the higWst Quality. Mr Mayer, their owner, recognised them at the first glance. Fifty-seven belonged to the necklace, and two were from another necklace. Two loose pearls are still missing. The detectives had a clue ae to where the pearls were hidden, and it: is. possible that the holder had' found out that the police were hard on his track. Obviously he wished .the pearls to be found at once. Ex-Superintendent .Leach, the detective representing the underwriters' denies that the pearls were found in a gutter at 'He says he is bound to secrecy, as further arrests are possible. I Tho news of the find caused a~sen- ! sation at Lloyd's. The crier mounted the rostrum, rang the Lutlne bell, and announced : "Gentlemen, the rumour regarding the recovery of the* necklace is correct." Lusty cheeking i followed the announcement. It is not expected that the claim for expenses for salvage in connection' with the-'theft- will exceed £20.000. . > ; Since the. theft of the , necklace,the underwriters have arranged that insurance liability for a single - piece ■ of jewellery shall never exceed -£50,000*

THOUGHT IT WAS A MARBLE. ONE- OF THE PEARLS THROWN AWAY. (Received September 18, 11 a.m.l LONDON, Sept.-17. It is stated that one of Home's companions threw away one of the missing pearls, believing it to be only marble. Home's find was in the vicinity of the house occupied by Gutwirth, an Austrian, and one "of the men who is charged with being concerned in the robbery of the necklace. [The Lutine bell 'mentioned in the cable message belonged to H.M S vf'. 32 / Uns ' which was wecked oft Vheland, coast of Holland; 1799. La Lutine was originally a French sjup- She was captured by Admiral Duncan. . When she went down she contained much money and bullion, and Lloyd's suffered heavily. A Dutch _ salvage company got to work r 1 j? a th-® end of 1859 Jjloyd s had received £22,160 6s 7d A chair, and a table at Lloyd's were made of the ship's rudder, and the bell was also put into use!]

HOW THE NECKLACE WAS FOUND.

(Received Last Night, 10.20 o'clock ) ■ . i LONDON, Sept. 18. it is understood that the thieves carefully engineered the theft, believing the necklace to be of diamonds. were bitterly disappointed to !t . t(y b , e of Pearls, as diamonds were virtually untraceable. The Chronicle states that when the lull stbry is told, it will be found tint the main credit for the discovery belongs to Quadratstein a man of keen intellect, inflexible will, and courage. He gained the full confidence of the tin eves, and exercised such an influence over them that they were prepared to meet him anywhere and do anything he asked. Thofugh shadowed lor twelve days before tli6y were ariested, the thieves' confidence in Quadratstein was not lessened. Mr Brandstatter states that office) s of Scotland Yard last week informed him confidentially that they knew exactly where the Necklace was to be found.