The New York herald., 1870-05-12
THE DIAMOND ROBBERYAND SEIZURE
sCeYreGt Particulars Of the Case-N Notable In
stance of the Power of ths,Pfsss
and Telegraph.

Thercs,e of John Williams, OF Lonaon. at present
h,Ad by the United States authorities az Newark ON
the charge OF attempting to smuggle through the
Custom House valuable puantity Of diamonds and
bonas believed to be stolenfrOm lady nsm.d Nine.
de Hart, Of Paris is another illustration Of the
many ,nefasioas schemes that gang aglee thr0ugn
means of the rapid and fav-reacnIne inauence Of
the telegFaphand newspaper. The facts Of che case
have n0t hitherto been fully and correctly reported
One yfng yDarnal, OF sensational procivities and
cherish ng wen understood animus to everybody
connect I'd withthe Custom H5uBe, tried to make 1t
appear tliat the customs officers. who were
keen enough to- trip the thief Williams aS he
landed wlthhis rich and il-gctten booty, wereuis-
posed to take Surther action beyond selling tho
property. The entire facts are these. The steam
ship Main. whicheft Bremenl March 20, touched at
SOuthamptcn and took on board, among other cabin
passengers, man. who gave hiss name as as John
Williams, OF L5ndsn. lie was accompanied bya
woman whom Ahe represented as his wife. The
steamer arrived here April 8, and discharged her
passengers at the EtDboken dock. The baggage Of
the passengers was, - usual. searched upon tho
dock and not oabsard the vessel as has been errot
neously stated. Inspectors Lee and Burton
thought they noticed in the manner of Wlliams'
something uneasy and suspicious and invited
him into the Office on the dock to undergo
personal examination. He replied in the negative
to the question as 20 whether he ngd anything about
him OF dutiabe character; but afterwards on being
searched diamond bracelet was found III his pants
pocket and a package Of diamonds in his pocket
| book. He said he was jewellery but his appear
ance together with his inability to give anything
like correct appraisal Of what the briliants were
worth, made the Oa3cers doubt his statement. The
| woman was searched afterwards; but nothing dis
i covered on her. In the examination oil his bag
| gage the packagesof bonds was noticed. This.
| however, caused no particular remark, as Tue
officers viewed him only IN the. hghs OF one VINO
was seeking to defrasd the revenue: The valuables
were seized and sent In the Usual course ior SAFE
the woman went their way, but surveillance
| Of their movements, and whereabouts was observed
tie press and telegraph The day after the HERALD
contained paragraph Of the occurrence giving the
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paper containing, tire information went as usual to
Paris where, com.ng under the notice OF the LADY
who lost the property the following telegram, dated
April %, was despatched at once to Mr.. Archibald
| British Consul In this city,
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Sweet . Sassu Ry pG
Mr.. Archibald at once notified the Custom House,
| and copy OF the Times having been secured the
scribing exacay dle articles seized on Williams:-
eloo Rewardstelen from % Chateau dEsu the fol-
s Paris sGsasns Ssp
tons vne Dc rsrs 1853 non l5sre specified twenty osli
sa 4Ts
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emerald ruby and paper OF tweptyon6
large diamonds with large diamond. not white
and three smaller OF thrvone caras OF bril-.
ants forty five and aha cArats and and half
Information to be given to Inspector williamson
Scotland Yard, toJoe Emmanuel Solicitor No. Austin
Frars, Henry Samuel Is Great Russell street, Blooms
| bury.
Inspector Lee, who has been keeping track OF VII.
lams, was ordered the % OF May to go TO Newark
| and make complaint against him for smuggling. A
warrant was issued. ana Colonel Netteton, with
another Of COlopel Wntey's staff, ordered TO serve
It. The three procesded in quest Of Williams, who
was discovered on his way FROM Brooklyn TO this
CITY. On being arrested he attempted to transfer
bundle containing the bonds. to- the woman
in his company. He was finally taken tC
/. Newark, where he has been held since
! under an Indictment by the Grand jury
Of the district ON charge OF srouggng. He cannot
ue exuadited as his offence is larceny, which does
not into the provisions or the Ashburton treaty
The penalty for smuggling Is a fine In any sum uo
exceeding $5,000 nor less than fifty dollars, or be
imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, Of
|. BOTH The woman has been released. The diamonds
jewery and bonds estimated to be worth $40 900
The trial is expected to come or next week. Nothint
mas been heard from the other side yet. 1t woult
to be necessary thathe owner OF the propert!
should come in person and identity IT before 1t cal
be delivered up,