The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-01-14
From the New York Times Dec. 281
Great Robbery of a Lady,s WARDROBE
$4,000 worth of Jewetry Stoien--Dis-
cOvery of the Robbers,

CONeEy Oh the AtODDerss
The details have just come to light of re-
markable and extensive robbery, about which the
London police have been very much puzz ed for
the year past. 1t was not, however, by any sa-
gacity on the part of the police that the history
OF the affair has been got at, but, as in the case
of the famous bullion robbery on the South West
ern Railroad, by the voluntary confession of one
OF the parties to it, he being then in prison un-
der sentence for another offence. The sufferer
by this robbery was Lady Ellesmere, who, on the
22d of January last, started from Grosvenor
Square on a visit to Windsor Castle, taking with
her sundry little articles of dress and iewelry,
packed in large black portmanteau, and valued
at the pretty sum offrom about seventy to eighty
thousand dollars We have heard much of late
of the extravaganza of our American women,
but here is case to show that the passion for
costly display is by no means confined to the
parvenues of this continent. We hatter ourselves
however, that almost any American woman with
wardrobe of this sort, would have kept closer
eye upon it. Lady Elesmere, it seems, while she
left for the railroad station in her own carriage
allowed this large black portmanteau to he carri-
ed thither on the top of hired cab, it being in
charge of servant, we suppose, hardly less aris-
tocratically careless, as it turned out, than the
mistress herself. OF the contents of the port
| manteau in question, we have the following de-
tails:
"ln addition to numerous other articles of or.
namental jewelry, it contained pearl necklace, a
diamond necklace an emerald and diamond neck
lace, a diamond brooch, with emerald drop, o di-
aInOnd bow with emerald drop, pair of diamond
earrings, pair of emerald and diamond earrings
a large pair of diamond branches, a small pair of
diamond branches, three diamond buttons, an
emerald and diamond order, an emerald and di-
amond bracelet, a gold bracelet with Pericleaux
clasp, cats eye bracelet, gold bracelet, with
garnet and diamond clasp, beside other bracelets
The wearing apparel consisted of white and black
Brussels lace, China Grape, and other shawls, lace
dresses, blond scarfs, velvet cloaks, India scarfs
morning and evening silk dresses of white and
various other colors, together with other e1pens-
i've articles Of ladies' attire TOO numerous to spe-
city.
A short time before Lady Ellesmere started
for the railroad station, one William Atwell, the
| same person to whose voluntary confession the
public s indebted for the details we are about to
give, and who is described as young man of 20,
| of very youthful appearance, set out from London
Bridge in company with two friends Messrs. Saint
and Witty, on visit to the West end in the
way Of business in their particular line. Near
Grosvenor square they saw two cabs loaded with
luggage, and a carriage behind them. "There 60
Port st. Peters, exclaimed Witty, meaning
trunks. They followed the cabs on a run, keep
ing some twenty yards apart into square where
the carriage turned off to the right and the cabs
| to the left When the cabs had reached the GEN.
ter of the sqaare, Witty jumped behind the Sc
cond, on which was a large black portmanteau,
with smaller one beside it. He laid hold of tie
rail with one hand and with the other pulled off
| the black portmanteau, which was so heavy as to
bring him with it to the ground The horse
reared and Atwell exclaimed to his companion,
"lou have tumbled [alarmed] the man." The
men, however, driver and passengers included,
| showed less consciousness of what was going on
| than the horse. No policeman was near, at least
no one noticed this bold robbery in open day
| light, nor did any passer-by. The cab drove on,
and the robbers, after carrying the valuable port
manteau for some distance on their shoulders,
| hired another cab, in which it was conveyed to
the shop of one jackson, an oil and colorman in
| Leonard street.
| When the thieves came to examine their prize,
which they did in Jocksons back parlor, in the
presence of him and his wife, they discovered
the name of the Countess of Ellesmere painted
in white letters on the top of the portmanteau.
! From this, they were led to expect something
good; but still they failed to form the slightest
idea of the value of their plunder Mrs. Jack
son, indeed, when the dresses began to come out,
| approved them as Every nice" and she after
ward expressed the opinion that the lady owner
must be kind of "a fashionable woman" At
well and Witty were of the opinion that the
stones set in the thing in the shape of butterfly
were sparkles Il. e. diamands) but jackson in
sisted that they were only imitation adding, by
way of a cincher, "They get up things SO well
now that one can hardly tell the difference
The articles that particularly attracted Atwelrs
attention besides the butterfly, which was sold to
Mrs. jackson for two shillings, was small box
containing bracelets, which, upon examination
he thought must be gold another box, like a
half-moon, which contained coronet for a la.
dy's head three things like studs diamond but
tons,)a kind of stone, he could not tell whether
blue or green, but set in gold box containing
a letter, with four sovereigns and three or foul
pence in it also, bible, prayer-book, and lott
Of petticoats and linen gloves marked L. G.
come stockings, sbawls, and kind Of lace ol