Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-27
ONE CENT.
DIAMONDS AND MYSTERY
A Remarkable Robbery and
Rich Reward.
AN ARTISTS SINGULAR STORY


He Says Philadelphia Patron Sent Him
ses,0OO Necklace 20 Paint on Her
Portrait, and IL Was stolen from His
safe-so,0o0 Reward 0nered-
NEw YORK, Feb pa morning paper
contained a remarkable advertisement, offer
ing $1,000 and ''no questions asked, for ths
iutufn OF diamonds taken from the safen in
tle studio Of s.. J. Cowley, No "a West
Fourteenth street Reporters who called at
that address 10 investigate learned Of a rob
berry quite as remarkable us the advertise
inent. To them Artist Covley related the
following;
- have been painting a portrait Of a PhiIa-
| delptia lady, and completed Il on Saturday.
She y She wife sf wealthy shoe manufac-
turerr and she owned the diamonds. She
wanted them in the picture, and, as it would
have prolonged her sittings a number OF hours
70 paint them into the picture while she woru
them, the jewels were left with me- Her last
sitting WINS on Tuesday, and that day she
gave me the lewelly. On Saturday the pict--
ure was tinished and I sent It to her by Adams
express. was intending 10 send thediamonds
ON Monday. On Saturday night about 0:s0-
or o'clock went out to dinner returned
at $50. The first thing that caught my eye
after ! unlocked my door and stepped into
my studio was that the door Of my safe stood
alar. knew did not leave il So I drew
the door open and saw tAlt the Jewels we're
gone.
Everything else ia the room was lust as
had left IL. A gold chain and loclket that Law
IN the same compartment was untouched, the
door Of the room was locked, and there was
no sign that any one had tampered with the
windows | could not believe that the dia-
lnonds were gone. 4 must have put them.
somewhere else,' thought, and began a hunt.
! looked IN drawers and everywhere. even
under the safe, but without avail. The next
day l teegraphed TO the lady. She came.
and we decided TO try the advertisement.
had no idea It would be noticed IN this way.
The room where this remarkable robbery
was committed is on the fourth floor of one
on the houses over Collins dry goods store
Mr. Cowleys sign, with two pictures OF
actresses under il, is the most conspicuous one
at the door, but there are also signs of two
other artists there, and those Of a number Of
dressmakers and a dentist Mr. Cowlev's
room Is a large one at the back OF the house.
around the walls nre portraits OF William Ii.
Vanderbilt Cen. Grant, the Rev Sam Small
a number Of actresses and Of others In one
corner stood large unfinished drawing Of a
handsome, smooth checked lad
That is the lady's brother he explained
and here, he said, drawing a photograph
from the drawer Of a center table, "is the
lady herself
1t was the picture OF pretty woman OF Is.
perhaps M an evening dress OF white silk
The name, which had been penciled ON tho
lnyk of the card xvaa ts.bi.,I ....4
name Of the photographer cut of the bottom
who is the ladyin was what every one
wanted % know
II have told you all / can, Mr.. Couiev
protested. "She will not let me give her
name. She hoped to get the jewelry back
without letting her husband know about its
loss, and that was why offered such a laree
reward
Her habit in sitting to him WINS. he said
b come from Philadelphia in the morning or
afternoon and 10 return at night She had
been coming two or three times week for .
month "ller husband did not want her Ia
have the diamonds here, p he said.
A curious feature of the case is that neither
the police nor any one In the building we're
told a word about it,
Mr.. Cowley described the iewelry ac,u-
rately, and exhibited drawing which be said
was made from It. According TO this there
were two pieces-a necklace and a brooch.
ninde 10 match The brooch was In the form
OF horseshoe, with three big diamonds and
three little ones az the bend, and four hie-
ones on each side The necklace had thirteen
stones ia il, big one in the center. with six
on each side. Between the diamonds there
We're links connecting with little diamond
studded horeshoes, and there was a gold pad-
lock 20 fasten the ends
THE jewels said Cowley 'were mounted
in novel manner, and were, she said. pre-
sented 70 her by her husband She said they
were worth SIS. 600. but / think 81. 600 or
$4,000 is nearer their value
A dispatch from Philadelphia SAYS that the
wives Of thirteen shoemakers have been in
quired Of, and declare that no shoemaker5s
wife In Philadelphia has s2s,00O worth OF
diamonds. The lady, Mr. Cowiey said, was
tail, and wore long seal ulster and a plush
hat trimmed with feathers
II is a curious coincidence that a woman Of
this description, who said she had been robbed
Of diamonds, was arrested yesterday morning
IA Tie neighboghQod who're Mr. Cowley said
he met his client last nisnI
II was o'clock in the morning. A pretty
woman IN seal and plush aud tall man with
big eurled mrstache had just come from d
restaurant, where they had been dining to
Eelhef- Inc man was accompanied by &
coiored valet On the corner OF Thirty-first
street and Sixth avenue the woman stoppei
and began violently abusing the man. Shs
accused him of having robbed her.
"You took my diamonds, - She cried. "and
sent them 10 Philadelphia
Then she struck hin She was arrested.
and the man accompanied her to the station
house. Her name, she said. was Florence
Maitland. She was lined $40 IN the jefferson
Market police court. She paid il and went
away.
MIR. Depews Personal Opinion.
NEW YORK. Feb. "a. There seems to be n
general impression among the Republicans
-. IL.