Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21
LOVE.
, Gifts of q Great Doctor to His
Dead Wife.

The little world of fashionable Lon
society was startled a few years ago
reports of a series of daring jewelry
kbyries. The most costly gems seemed
%lsappcar as if by magic under the
h eyes of their owners. These rob
les deiied detocti on. A clue in one
was upset by the facts in another.
BEN my aid as private detective was
led in, l resolved to contine my at
lion to three distinct cases, though,
EOurse, if useful information came
ny way concerning other matters, l
mid know how to take advantage
he first of the three on my list was
case of the Dowager Lady A., a
Fwhat eccentric old lady, who found
chief delight in arraying herself in
most valuable jewels and visiting in
lar rotation all the West-end thea
One night, when returning from
a these expeditions, her carriage
been overturned by %coniding with
omnibus. The dowager was seri-
y injured, and within a few days
was dead. Then, apparently for the
time. it was discovered that the
Ne of the jewels worn by Lady A. on
night of the carriage accident had
EFrlously disappeared. Her maid
50 overcome by the sight of her in
mistress, that she failed altogether
member what was done with these
rs at the moment when her ladyship
mdressed. 1t was even a question
,aer they might not have been actu-
Io,t in the street during the confu-
OF the accident. At all events, no
lot them could be found, and it
became evident that in the excite
OF summoning relatives, fetching
ofs, and, very soon, nurses and
s'aSers, half-a-dozen persons might
entered the house and walked off
me Jewels, without any chance of
ZEN | turned my attention to the
'o case-thato of the'young Countess
There seemed less room for
! IN this instance. The fashionable
EllAg OF the autumn had been that of
Iafl OF b. with Miss Blank. There
,een a churchful of people at st.
e $, hanover square, and q host of
at the breakfast at the Unique
on the morning of the we'd
lae Earl had presented his bride
u magnificent tiara of diamonds.
ne happy pair" were to start
F Immediately for the Continent,
ulamonds, inclosed in a case, We're
\ packed in a travelling bag, which
Ne S travelling maid was never to
T. her sight. On arriving at Paris
~ Was apparently intact; but on
~ Inc jewel-case, the tiara was
~ Clearly, it must have been
y extracted from the case while
III The brides drcssing-room, the
W Sase then being placed in the
VINO had stolen the Countess
ni's? The maid, the BRIDES
ana a younger brother had
"s lar as it was known; entered
Eo.' where the jewels we're lying.
mind saying 1 had some diff
ai1 believing that a bona fdc rob-
la oeen committed. You may
ave It, but [ am convinced that
! startling robbery Of Jewels
pe explained, if we knew of all
fs incurred by ladies of fashion,
uhe sacrifices sometimes made
10 screen from disgrace them
some deeply involved connec-
Eh"whlle, l made inquiries concern
9 THy three. This was at Colonel
lIse inc only thing missed was
Laluable bracelet. There had
uance at the house. During the
q MIS-. G. had slipped and
L,I lef ankle SO severely that a
|ma 10 be summoned, and the
vas somewhat prematurely
\ To a close. Mrs. 6. distinctly
r. lh wearing the bracelet; but
Ila' had it on at the moment of
",e could not remember. There
~r.aturally some confusion in
to and the lady had been
Ier own room. 1t was not
hours that the loss of the
o's noticed. Then a search
W.T. Dut altogether without sue
!, nist and third of these cases,
Honn seemed to point at once to
aoer OF the households: but all