The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-30 00:00:00

THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY IN BOND

STREET.
Martha Tarpey was brought up onSaturday at the Maryle-
bone Police Court, charged with being concerned in the
recent great jewel robbery, from Messrs. London and
Ryder, of New Bond-street. Mr. Lewis prosecuted.
Mr. Lewis said it appeared that the man Tarpey had
not been apprehended. It would be remembered the pri-
soner and the man Tarpey had laid a plan to rob
certain jewellery establishment. They took a house in
Berkeley-street, arid the same day went to Messrs.
London. and Ryder, from whom they ordered certain
jewels under circumstances which would be detailed. No

loubt the male prisoner would have been before them

to-day but for the foolish publicity which the newspapers
had given to the case, and which had enabled the man to

read it and decamp from Amsterdam.
Mr. J. N. Park, assistant to Messrs. W. H. Ryder,
Court jewellers, of 17, New Bond-street : He had been in
their service nearly five years. On the 12th January
last a man, who gave the name of Tyrrell, called at his
shop and asked Mr. Ryder to shew him an assortment of
jewellery. An assortment was shewn him, and he made
a selection. He gave the address of 4, Upper Berkeley-
street, Portman-square, and an appointment was made
that the jewellery was to be sent and shewn to his wife.
Witness arrived there about half-past five. He had in
his possession a quantity of diamond ornaments in a
bag, valued at about £5,000 or £6,000. The door
was opened to him by Tyrrell. He apologised
for the absence of his servant, and witness went upstairs
into the drawing-room. The prisoner was sitting
by the fire. She opened the bag and took out five cases
containing the jewellery which Tyrrell had seen at the
shop leaving the rest of the jewellery in the bag at his
feet under the table. He stood near the table, Tyrrell
standing with the female opposite to him. They admired
all the jewellery. Ultimately Tyrrell said he should like
to have a necklace valued at £l,lOO, or a smaller one,
valued at £550, with a diamond pendant valued at £lB5,
and either one or two rings, the value of which was, one
£385, the other £l6O. Tyrrell renlarked to his wife
that he thought her sister should see them
previous to the decision being made. He asked her to
call her sister, and she left the room. She returned in
about two minutes, and said her sister would be there in
a few minutes. She came quickly behind him, and
placed a handkerchief saturated with something over his
mouth. As she did so the man rushed at him, and
clasped him round the arms, whilst the woman continued
to hold the hankkerchief to his face. He managed to get
free for a minute, and get the handkerchief away, but
the man seized him by the throat, the woman
at the same time getting behind him, and again applying
the handkerchief to his face. He began to feel a stupify-
ing sensation. He continued to struggle, but was unable
to get free. In the end he was overpowered, and the man
forced him on to a sofa. He then became unconscious,
and on coming to, found himself strapped with his arms
across his chest, another strap two or three times round
his wrists, and a third round his legs. Tyrrell was stand-
ing over him. He said if witness moved he would murder
him. Witness begged him to remove the strap across his
chest, as the pain was so great, and he loosened it a little.
In order to see what had become of the property, he raised
himself in a sitting posture, when Tyrrell forced him
down again, and tied a pocket handkerchief over his eyes.
He said, " If you are quiet somebody shall be sent to you
in ten minutes." He left the room, but previous to so
doing, said, " Quick, Lucy, bring my hat." Witness
made an effort to rise, and with his teeth undid the strap
that bound his wrists, and then undid the other straps.
He broke the window with a poker, and called for assist-
ance. The jewellery in the cases had been taken away
and the cases left, but the property in the bag had not
been touched. The woman was dressed much more
fashionably than she was now. The man
had a gentlemanly appearance, and was well dressed.
( The diamonds and pendant, now produced, were the
property of Messrs. Ryder. They wereivalued at £lB5
and £95.
11 Miss Emma Jane Goodrich said she resided in Upper
Queen's-terrace, Southampton. The prisoner's real name
was Martha Tarpey. The photograph produced was that
of Tarpey. To her knowledge his name was not Mark
Tyrrell. She received a parcel with a letter on the 16th
January. The letter ,was produced, and asked witness
to take care of a parcel. On hearing of the arrest of the
prisoner, she delivered it up to Mr. Harris, a magistrate.
The prisoner was further remanded for a week.

Mr. Torpey's movements on the Continent have been
ascertained until, in Amsterdam, on Tuesday, he be-
came aware of his wife's arrest. He left Leamington
at mid-day on the 16th, four days after the robbery,
and crossed by the night service from Dover to
Ostend. After a brief stay he left for Ghent, where
he tried to sell some of the smaller diamonds, but
failed to do so. He went on to Antwerp the
same night, but was delayed, from having to
travel rid Brussels. On Wednesday he visited the jewel-
lers at Antwerp, and offered a lot he valued at £2OO for
£l6O, but could not do business. However, his exche-
quer being exhausted, he sold one small stone,
valued at £6, for about half-price. He then visited
Anvers, but was again unsuccessful. At Rotterdam,
where he arrived on Friday, he managed to dispose of a
few of the less valuable diamonds. The next day being
Saturday, he was greatly annoyed at the Jews having
their shops closed, as he bad hoped to have set out back for
Ostend. From Rotterdam he wrote to his wife at Leam-
ington, being then ignorant that she had been arrested.
He had seen the telegram in the newspapers of the appre-
hension of a woman at Nottingham, but regarded it
as a further indication that the police were on
the wrong scent. On Monday he was at Amsterdam,
where he sold more diamonds, but having ,here learnt
that it was really his wife who was arrested,
he disappeared on Tuesday. The registered letter
which arrived from Rotterdam, but which the postal
authorities declined to give up to the police, has, by the
direction of the Postmaster-General, been delivered in the
ordinary way, Mrs. Torpey having given a written
authority at headquarters for it to be sent to Miss Pitt.
with whom they lodged in Leamington. It was found to
contain £35 in notes—a portion of the proceeds of the dia-
monds sold in Rotterdam. Mr. Torpey is " wanted " for

an extensive fraud, in the neighbourhood of London,
about the close of 1869, and just previous to his

marriage.