The Republican journal., 1872-07-11
4 Step-Son of a Cabinet Officer Steals
Lady's Jewels.


a
States, was on yesterday arrested in this
city by Detectives Sinmonds and Elliot
on the charge of stealing Il quantity ut
ewelry from a lady to whom he had re-
| Gently paid his addresses in Baltimore On
the person Of the prisoner was found A
| pair ot magnificent earrings in Il BoX, and
a diamond solitaire stud. Il Splendidly
| chased iyorv-handied, silver-mounted sev-
en- shooter, a epit-second gold watch. and
81 in money besides some articles of little
,aIue The prisoner, being asked what
had become of the other stolen ValuableS.
| stated that he had put up" diamond
cross. and the companion of the solitaire
| Tor 500 He denied all knowledge of 4
| pair Of bracelets, which he was also
| charged with taking. The arrest canIr
| about IN this wise The Baltimore papers
| Of the 18th INST contained AN account OF
the robbery, which, being in most essen
| tials correct. was forwarded to the police
! departments OF the various cities On
Yesterday Superintendent kennedy discoy
! cred that a young man had been heard of
I tcring diamonds for sale cheap. iut ol
/ this slender thread the detectives above
| named, in few hours, manufactured such
| a pair of handcutfS as sutliced ettectuallly
! to land Mr.. lyins in the West side lock
| up.
| The circumstances under which the
| robbery WAS committed We're retreshingiy
| out of the common every day run Of theV-
| ing. The parties move in respectable
circles, the thiet is the son of the wife of
| one OF the highest Of General Grant,
! Cabinet officers, the victim is Il beWitchng
| wealthy southern widow. the motive a
| novel kind of revenge rarely descended to
| by the most Jealous Kind of lovers AT
| one fell blow lVins killed two birds
| gratitied his Jealous frenzy and filled his
| own pockets depri\ ed his faithless sweet
! heart of her much-loved Jewels and con
| verted them into greenbackS. lvinS says
| he knew the southern belle long before
| this happened. He followed her to Balti-
more from New Hampshire. where he was
| studying Tor the legal profession. and
| where his schooling was broken up by Il
certain cessation of the SinewS OF war
| His worthy and eminently respectable
| Step-tather would furnish no more money
and his mamma could not. In this lilcm-
ma he proceeded to Baltimore, where he
| lived on the fat OF the st. Clair Hotel, and
baSked IN the sunshine OF his LADY, smiles.
as well as the prospect OF speedily sharing
| her bed and her money The lady board
ed at Barnnm's. She yielded to the strong
attacks OF her fortunes besieger She
| overlooked the fact that the youth was
| penniless. an incorrigible step-son of whom
an Acknowledgement might well feel aSham-
| ed she removed her Jewels, at his request
| from the hotel safe and locked them up
| in her own boud0r She walked with
him and talked with him, and everything
looked well for the wedding Then
another swell came along and wooed the
| tickle Southron so ardently that coldnrss
and distrust, sharper than a Strpen's
| tooth, sprang up between the imptcunious
| Wins and the weatht1-cork widow. Burn
| ing with Indignation, and having no mon
ev, even the loose change having disap-
| peared. the Spurned suitur soon had his
| revenge
one tine day madame he widow and
| the successful WDoer arran@tda little drive
| together Heedng the remonstranres of
| WINS against her riSking her valuable Jew
| els on SO ordinary an occasion, She hastily
| placed them in Il casket, locked the casket
in drawer, locked the door of the room
containing the drawer and went forth
unsuspecting and happy. When she had
retnrned the door the drawer, the casket
had all been unlocked, and the Jewels
| the glonous diamonds were gone, aa
well as nearly 800 in cash.
The lightning express landed 1, ms in
this city about a month ago. Fourth
avenue, strange women" driving round
and 50 forth, soon thnned his purse He
| had traded away the cross, then the stud
| aud had lust 81 left to carry on the war
with when the detectives pounced on him
AT Hale'S livery stable on West Madison
street, Just arrived from the ST. james
Hotel, where he boarded
In appearance Ivns is rather gentle
manly, about feet seven inches high, toll
erably stout built, with flushed checks,
| blue eyes, ever so little II Bit of blonde inn
perial, and short cut fair hair. He speak
liberate in speech and calculating in man
ner. Being arrested was the last thing
he expected, and hi. head seems filed
! with the notion that the despoilrd lady
will never proceed against him, or if she
did that proceedings could be STAY ed ut
any time by his giving up the property.
He acknowledges having taken the ar
tices, refuses to acknowledge the enor-
nifty OF his offence, and asserts that his
object was to ''pay her one for taking up
with ANOTHER teller" One good trait
about tie man is, that he did not want his
name mentioned in the papers, lest it
should reach the eyes Of his unfortunate
mother, whose feelings his conduct must
| have 50 icarfully lacerated