Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-08
SPARKLING @olLS
TINE AR0GsT OF A PARIS PlvnosRss
A Woman ia the Case, as UIsuS. W.,
furnished the Clue That Led -
the Detection 81 the
Criminal.

NEW T,sx, May 7.-furthc, particu.s-,
Of the big diamoua steal hsTc' been devs.
oeed. The desk in front of the sergea,.
at the Thir,ieth strest police station gilt
tered with sig diamo7ds Saturday evening.
one large stone weighed 50 csrass wS
more than three quarters Of m inch
through, and was valued at over $4,000.
The jewels had been recovered trcn, the!
who had stolen them in Paris.
On March ia,. diamond iewelry valued
$.5,oo was stolen from Franz Kramer.
jeweler, $50 Eue 81. Honors, Paris. 1t is
described as necklace, with two rc~s OF
briliants and the ,hirty-six carat pendant.
two earrings, each carrying . thirty one
carat stone, and sixteen smaller dis'tonds,
weighing seventy.fcur csrats
The Then 'wns auicLly Traced
10 Henry James Marriott, q clerk in the
picture store OF Durand Ruel, J. Rue lie Ia
Psix. IL was found that he hsd left Paris
secretly with Marie, alias Jeanne, rereuS,
apretty blonde dre.smaker. nineteen years
old.
Mr.. Kramer, who is German, appealed
to the German Ambassador at Paris. IL
was thought that the trgitiyes would ccmc
To this country, and the German Ambsssa-
dor telegrnphed description OF them to
solomon Dulong. lawyers Of IL Brord-
way. who are the counsel in this city OF
the German Government They pat the
case in the hands OF United States Deputy
Marshal Bernhard. and he searched every
incoming steamer. Soon atterwa.d ror-
traits Of both Of the fugitiyes were for.
wsrded from Paris, and with these the
Marshal continued his search.
On April l2th the steamer Pennlana o
the Red Star line arrived frsm Antwr.p.
A French steamer and other vessels came
in the same day, and Marshal Bernhard
Searched Them
before he went To the Psunand. Whca he
reached her he found that all the rissrn.
gers had diSembarked. Among them hsd
been two who answered the descript on oi
Marriott and Marie rereuN. Bernhard, he
lieving that they would remain 10 New
York to dispose Of the big diamonds. lea
word with Inspector Newton at the general
Pos,otl,e Ia look out for any person givin.
the name Marriott and follow him or her.
Yesterday. at l:iJ. a handsome young
woman ENked al the foreign window for
letters for Jeanne Marriott. Policeman
George lIronk Of the Thirtieth street sta
ton, who Is detailed for special duty at the
Postofce, was notified.
He Followed the Woman
and saw her meet young man outside.
They took Broadway stage and rode 10 the
Staten Island ferry, where they took the
boat to Staten Island. There they went 10
see house that had been advertised 10 lei
in the morning papers. and talked about
hiring II for tie summer. Brook tcle.
graphcd ~ Bernhard, in New York, 10 be
at the ferry. lie then took the boat Ahead
OF the MarriotLs, and met Bernhard at the
Battery. The Marriotts arrived in the
next boat ai d 20, aud were A. once NJ.
rested. and taken TO the New street police
station.
There Marie PereuN handed over the two
diamond earrings. Zach hsld . single d!a.
mond weighing - cara,s. Two hundred
and live dollars Was found on Marriott
The Prtsonrrs
were taken TO the Ihiftieth street police
station. There Marriott gave his sge ~ =
years. said he was a native 81 England. aud
was q picture dealer by trade. lie confessed
the robbery. lie said he hsd first gone 10
Dndon from Paris and had there dtsposnd
oil some Of the diamonds. In two instances
something alarmed him in the set Of sell.
ing, and he ran away, leaving the dia'
monds. lie arrived in this city on th"
Psnnland and after n few days spent at
hotel hired two handsomely furnished
rooms nj gln Twenty second street.
Marriott was a. first unwilling - tell
where the rest OF
The Diamonds were.
He offered TO tell II the police would under.
take TO let him 10 free. Sergeant Wester'
welt finally induced him 10 confess, and he
said they were at his rooms scwed In
pincushion. q muN. and pair of TROUSERS
bernhard. Bronx, and Mr. Solomon, who
had been summoned. went 10 the horse
and searched the rooms. They found
blue tatin Iincushion, . small ssa,ssln
mUn, and a pair OF dark inousefB.. They
cut open the pincushion. and Ia the kas.
dust found broken fragments Of the
setting OF the necklace aud the
dlsmoLds. which had been broken
irum their settings. They took the
Trous~rs and the HWT
Ia the police s,ation without etaminIns
ih.E. Sergeant Westcrvelt cot open the
Dierior of The muii and found Iiitle can.
ton flannel bsp. In II was the uagnit arn.
dismoBd pendant, weighing 80 cs!s't 's
gold tetiiDg Dsd been torn away. ssrrh
IN the bottom Of the hip pDcE'' of IN"
trousers were found . Dozen very lsrg-
d imonJs Marie Psreu1 wore . hhli'
come pin set with diamonds, n gold ys,ch
and chsin and two braoelets-
The police inventory Of all the property
recovered Is NJ follows: Two large esrriB,s.
one 3G-carat folitaire, necklace viii 81
diamonds, box with - looss stones. pair Of
small diamond studs, lady's watch sad
chaiu. two jsweled bracelsssl one gold pm.
one leaf set with diamonds and boz with