The evening world., 1889-02-27
10 Had Also Stolen a Key to the
Artists Studio.
THE SENSATION OF THE TOWN.
Who Is the Angry Old Gentle
man Who Called To-Day?
u Promise to Give Back the Jewels
Apparently Not Kept.

Jerted an advertisement In The WORLD yes
tefday Offering o reward of 90, 900 for the
return Of diamonds, which he said had been
stolen from his safe last Saturday evening, an
exclusive account Of which appeared in The
EVENING World yesterday afternoon, was
overlooking with good spirits when an EVEN.
mo Womb reporter saw him at 8. so A. NJ.
this morning.
exclaimed joyfully.
WHO had them p asked the reporter.
"A near relative Of the lady who owned
them" he answered.
"How near @ relative2 What Is his name
Is he a blood relative ?" was asked rapidly.
"He is a blood relation, but his name will
not be made public on account Of the family
WIN you tell the lAdy's name then ?"
mo. II made that public every one
would know the thief. He is Q man that has
~; is..s 81. ms Sas 1Ice IN ne -ss wealthy; A fast
was a great chum Of mine. he lives
IN New York, but leads an idle life. He was
In and out of my studio several times last
week. when I had the diamonds out painting
be worth $lb.O00.' On another occasion he
said, These are rather fine stones for Mrs.
- to have. Let me see Them
He examined the diamonds, and I said:
gave them 70 her. and / guess she is entitled
to them,,, He handed the jewels back to me,
These incidents were slight enough at the
time. and I would never have thought of
them again If the diamonds had not been
Even then 1 did not recollect the con-
vereation or suspect the mar at first.
Il did not connect him with the loss Of the
jewels until Monday. Then I went at once
quietly to a private detective agency and
hired o detective.
told him whom 1 suspected and asked
him to watch the man, which he did. The
fellow never came near me Monday or yester-
day, and SO that strengthened my suspicious
Of him. made them known to my patron
when she came in from Philadelphia last
night. I introduced her to the detective and
left. him with her at the hotel while I went
TO the residence Of the suspected man.
He did not seem at all pleased to see me,
but I insisted on his going out with me. We
went to my studio, and from there we, went
stopping. There he broke down and con-
fessed the theft. He told where he had hid
den the jewels, and promised to return them
ct 10 o'clock this morning.
IF o are at my studio then you can see
the jewels, and the detective who recovered
them" concluded MIR. Cowley to the re-
rs he a young man ?" asked the reporter.
He Is a man in the prime of life" re-
turned the penciller.
How did he gain access to your studio ?"
well, / will tell you. You see / had two
or three keys to the door. and generally left
one q af t@o the iS11 4soS 81 gy IG missed Sie one s' Of these
KEYS. That was another circumstance which
led me TO suspect the right man lie knew
how carelessly l left my keys lying about
M felt that he stole one, watched his op-
monds Saturday night while | was at dinner.
He admitted last night that that was the
way he got into my art ROOM"
How much Of the reward will you get ?"
don't know as 1 will claim any. The
detective, will get, l guess, about $4,000. and
he earned his money very readily,
The reporter then asked Mr.: Cowley about
the story printed exclusively in this morn
ing's WORLD, to the effect that his wife and
children did not live in Cleveland. o., as
stated yesterday, but that his wife lived at so
Bank street, in this city. and that she never
Mr.. Cowley evaded this question at the
time. Later he admitted to the reporter that
he had made q mistake when he said he had a
wife and children living in Cleveland.
Then the lady living at 81 Bank street is
your true wife 2" asked the reporter.
That l would not care to say either" and
no further questioning would induce him to
say whether she was or was not.
Mr.. Cowley and the reporter parted, agree
ing, to meet again at the studio at 10 A. M.
Mr.. Cowley went direct to 60 Bank street.
The reporter got there shortly after.
The lady there, who claims to lie Mrs
Cowiey, lives on the top floor; front, in a
email. room. plainly furnished. She is a
~dark-hAired, plain-looking woman, but rather
q prepossessinR conversationalist.
Mr.. Cowley had gone away, but his visit
pad evidently had some effect, for Mrs. Cow
Lay q first refused to discuss the affair at all.
l love my husband and would do moth
Ing TO injure him, 4" she said
do not wish to injure him either. but
would like to know positively whether you
are his wife or not" explained the reporter.
This excited the lady somewhat, and she
went to q bureau. from a drawer OF which she
produced q marriage certificate, which stated
that Minnie Barton aud Samuel j. Cowley
1Ah been married on July IA. 1879, at
am sure that / am his only lawful wife,"
she declared. ~ know that he was never
married before he met me, and no matter