The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-06-27
THEY GOT THEIR DIAMONDS.
and THEN ARRESTED FOR RECOT-
ERING THEM.

A Local Sequel TO an Exciting Chicago
Robbery.-Arrested I'm New York for
Compromising a Felony, but Re
leased, and then Rearrested Here.
There was excitement around the City
Hall last night about 7:30 over two elegantly
attired women who were in conference with
Chief Murphy in his private Office. The
women proved to be Mrs. Jerusha johnson,
fine looking woman Of 40, and Mrs.
Nellie Schock, who were arrested in New
York several days ago on telegram charg-
ing them with having compounded felony.
Both are from Chicago. ORe evening dur
ing the labor riots they were walking on
the street with two men, when couple of
freebooters spraDg in front of them. Each
leveled pistol at the women's companions
and drove Them away. Then they robbed
the women thus lett at their mercy, of
diamonds valued at 1000. The police
were notified, and the thieves were pressed
so hard that they finally let the woman
know that if they would come to New
York they would find their jewels at GER
recovery. Then the Chicago police
CAdISeQ tASm Will COL HOun04AS a
felony and tslegraphed the New York
police to arrest them for it. Sub
sequertly the women were arraigned
before Justice Barrett in the General Ses-
sions, and there promptly discharged OH
the ground that they could not be held in
durance on a telegram, and since the
receipt of the telegram the officers had had
ample time TO reach the city. Meantime,
Detective Horn had gone to Albany in order
to secure the papers for the extradition of
the two women, and pending his arrival in
New York Detective Haley, of the New
York police, was detailed for duty on the
case, to shadow the women. He came over
to see Chief Murphy, and leave descrip-
ton of the women in order that they may
not give the Jersey City police the
slip. Chief Murphy detailed Detect
ives Clos and Dalton to keep an eye
ont for the women, and to-day they loca-
ted them at Taylor's Hotel, where they
had registered as Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Brown. The moment they were located
Chief Murphy telegraphed Superintendent
Murray to send Detective Haley to Jersey
City at once and, fearing lest in the mean
time the women might take train ont of
the city, the Jersey City detectives were
instructed to bring them to police head
quarters AS soon as possible Detective
Haley arrived and Immediately went be-
fore Justice Robinson and made an affida-
Wit that he knew of his own knowledge
that the women were fugitives from jus
tice, as he had seen certified copy of
the indictment against them charging
them with having compounded felony.
This done, Chief Murphy informed the
women that they were at liberty to
choose one of two acknowledgements in
custody in this city, or return to New
York in the company Of Detective Haley,
informing them at the same time that they
had nothing to fear in the way of being
kidnapped, as they would not be taken
from New York until the proper papers
had been shown them. On this assurance
the women returned to New York. The
manner in which they recovered their
stolen property goes far toward settling
the character of the women. They were
in the company of notorious Chicago
crook at the time Of the robbery and the
men who stole the diamonds, finding that
they had robbed from their own kin. on
the theory that 'sThere is honor even
among thieves" notified their victims at
once where their property could be found,
and the women went to the place and
found it.