The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-01
GREAT hOBBEHY - A LADY's
WAN DkOBEt
ssO,OOo worm Of Jewciry stOlon'
DisoovEnY or ras ROBBERS

From the New York Tribune Of Dec. 2O)
The details have just come to llgb, Of remark
able and extensive robbery about which the Lou.
| don police have been very much puzzled Tor the
| year past Il VAS not however by nuy sdgaciy
nn the part Of the police that the hlstUry Of the ai
/ iair hua been got uti but as in the case OF the
famous bullion robbery on the south Western L.
/ r., by tue voluntary confession OF one Of the par
ties TO II he then being Ia prison under sentence
/ for another Olense 1he sufferer by this robbery
was Lady Eliesmere, who, on the 22d OF Jan lust,
| started nom GrOsvtnOr square Ou visit 10
Windsor astle, taking With ner sundry little ar
ticleu OF dress aud jswelry packed 10 "a large,
black pOrtmanttau," aud valued AZ the pretty SUM
| OF nearly SSWUUO We have heard much vt late
! Of the exuavagance OF our American women, but
here is case to show that the pnusiOn Tor costly
display is by no means confined 10 the purvenues
! OF this UUnunent. We ilatter Ourstlves, however
i that HlmOst any American woman with awardtObo
/ OF this sort would have kept closer eJe upon IT,
| Lady ElleHmere ~ seems, while she left ior the
railroad station Ia her own carriage, allowed this
large. black pOftnanttHu'' 10 he carried thither
on the top Of a hi,ed cab IL being In charge OF
sovaent, We suppose, hardly less aristocraucally
careless, as u turued out than The mistress herself
/ or the contents uf the portmanteau In question
Il have the following details;
] "In addition TO numerous articles OF orna-
mental iewelTy. u contained q pearl necklace
diamond necklace an emerald aud diamond neck
lace, a diamond brooch with emerald drop, apair
/ OF diamond earrings large pair OF diamond
! branches, small pair OF diamond branches
/ three diamond buttons, an emerald aud diamond
order, an emerald and diamond bracelet gold
bracelet With Perioleaux clasp, a cats.eye brace
let gold bracelet with garnet aud diamond clasp,
beside other bracelets The wearing apparel con
sisted of white and black Brussels lace, China
Grape and other shawls lace dresses blond scaris,
velvet clOaks, India soaris morning and evening
silk dresses of white and various other eOlors,
together with other expensive articles OF ladies'
attire too numerous TO specify"
A short time before Lady Eesmere started for
the railroad station one William Atwell, the same
person to whose voluntary confession the public
| Is indebted for the details we are about 10 give,
and who is described ~ young man OF ~
very youthful appearance, set out from London
Bridge ia company with two friends, Messrs saint
and Witty on visit TO the West End IN the way
Of business In their particular line. Near Cos
venor Square they saw Two cabs loaded win rug
gage, aud u carriage behind them There go
Port ST. Peters,n exclaimed Witty meaning
ltrunks
They followed the cab on a run, keeping some
| twenty yards apart, into square where the car
riage turned off TO the right aud the cabs to the
the left. When the cabs had reached the centre
Of the square, Witty jumped behind the second,
on which was a large black portmnnieau, with O
smaller one beside IL. He laid hold Of the rail
with one hand and with the other pulled off the
black purtmnnteau, which was no heavy as io
bring him with IL to the ground. The horse
reared, and Atwell exclaimed to his companion,
"You have tumbled [alarmedl the man The
men, however driver aud passengers included
showed less consciousness Of what was going
on than the horse. No policeman was near, al
least none noticed this bold robbery in open
daylight, nor did any pRsser by. The cabs
drove Op, and the robbers, niler carry ying the
valuable portmnuienp for some distance on their
shoulders, hired another cab in which n was
conveyed 70 the shop Of one jackson, an oil and
color man In Leonard street.
Wha fha fhinVna TO examine tUDlf
prize, which they did in Jaoksun's back parlor,
ia presence of him aud his vile, they discovered
the name of the Countess Of Ellesmere panied
in white letters on the top Of the porlmauieau
From this they were led 10 expect "somelhing
good !" but siill they failed to form the slight
est idea of the real value of their plumber. Mrs
jackson, indeed, when the dresses began "a
come out approved them as avery nee,' aud
she afterwards expressed the opinion that the
lady owner must le "a kind Of fashionable
woman" Atwell and Witty were Of opinion
that the stones set IN a thing IN the shape of n
butterfly were sparks Il. o diamond-)' bot
Jacksnn insisted that they we're only Imitation,
adding, by way Of clinoler, "They get ul
things 40 well that one eau hardly tell the dii
ference" The articles that particularly attract
ed Atwells attention, beside this butterfly
which was cold 10 Mrs. jackson inr two shlliugs.
wac a small bnx containing bracelets. which tp-
| un examination o th,ngat must he gold an
IWtu0f DIX ike uAii uiANhs MtiAh NNutathNA "
, enronet for a lady head three things like
studs diamond buttous) a kind Of stone, be
c,nld not tell whether blue or green, but set ~
: gold a hOx containing letter. with four s,'v-
ereigns and three and four renee In az also hl'
hle. prayer book, and lots Of reticuals and liner
gloves, MAJ kad 8" Q. Y = sOne stockings. shawls
and Kind OF lace ar Grape. They sold guam
j tity of lace end dresses 20 Iackslu fur hlly shil
linRe. aud a lace shawl 10 Mrs. jackson for TIVE
shilhngs jackson alsu inuk The RluNes for thre'
: -hillings, when he positively refused 10 TAX
y ANY nplra nf " those iiugs,' meaning lhe dress
!. ea, AZ be did unI knew what 10 do with them
I! Whitty selected pnir Of stays aud snme OF th'
i linen for his old woman" who was known a
< Polly GeuileWOman. The rest " the dresse
y we're disposed II 10 a Mt Sam Britain nr ~
: The whole Of MY lsdys dresses would seen
: thus 10 have been gut rad ol for $50, NJ less.
"A 10 the value Of the jewels, the new pos
4 sosaors were not less In the dark. Whitiy ar
y praised them at forty pounds, aud jackson nn0l
I IN pretended to have sold them ior lhat snh
. which he Maid over, aud which the thre
coniederRles divided among hewselsel
afer which they went 10 Peiticuut Ian
(, aud rugged themselves u0t with new clothes. =
Not long ailer the appearance Of an advertise
"A n,ent offering a reward Of $500 for the poIl
n manleau. gave The robbers some Idea Of th
N valua Of the plumber which they had paIle
with "a 30 cheap a rate. Atwell aud Saintthe
u called upon jackson 10 ask what he inlende
70 TO DO. he alleged himself 10 have been a. igno
u rant a. they, and insisted that be had sold th
Jewels for eco They threatened 70 Inform
!, and demanded El0 each a. the price Of slehe
W but only Aucoeeded in getting f2 each
Il would e1em from tho confession Of Jack
"A son. Ih0hai - arrested on htwella inloi
ma Ihni eold an emerald and dil
ma 10 Bishopgate atree
y. hi n occasi0ned By n
IA re liarl nrehenaion Of N
". lthI. omo III A. bpeai % have bee
nd hi Nay--a pair ItInond earnipga IN
p 6. Nbileohapol aud an emerald dro
AL Nv IN Spiial6elda--at least sue
h made by jackson. 10 0th'
=, eaaos the llonos were taken Out and the gol
m sstiinga melted down. On the whole Il do'
Im lnot appear that, boyold the consolation oi lEi
n, cling he's Grape shawl into the hands u ~
II gasksaa. and d allowing her says shd hAs