The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-15
GUS" MBTZLER ROBBED
Thieves Carry Away a
Great Lot of Jewelry
from His House.
THEY WERE DARING CRACKSMEN.
While the Family Was at Tea They
Walked in at the Front Door.

The handsome Jersey avenue residence
of Manager Gustav Metzler, of the Bos-
ton Clothing House, was entered by
thieves last evening while the family
were in the basement at tea and robbed
of jewelry amounting to thousands OF
dollars in value.
Mr.. Metzler lett his home yesterday af
ternocn at three o'clock. The front door
is almost invariably chained, but last
night the servants did not notice Mr.
Metzler's departure and the door was left
unclaimed all the afternoon. Mr.. Metz
Ter returned home about six o'clock, but
entered his home from the areaway at
the side
There are several domestics i'll the en-
ploy Of the family. They are trusted I'M
plicitly by both Mr.. and Mrs Metzler
who do not entertain the least suspicion
! that they had any connection with the
robbery.
| One OF the girls in particular looks after
| Mrs. Metzlers -jewelry. She is a fair
| faced girl with frank, open countenance
While the family were at tea below this
| girl passed through the hall above, and
was surprised at the draft Of cold air That
| swept through the hail.
| She discovered that the door was wide
| open, and such a thing was so unusual
! that she Immediately fastened down
| stairs and asked Mr.. Metzler if he had
| left the door open.
| Mrs. Metzler at once thought of her
| jewels in her bedroom on the second floor
| and jumped up from the table exclaim-
| ing:-"We have been robbed
Mr. Neither, regardless of the danger
| he was encountering, hurried to the
| apartments above.
| There the first sight That met his gaze
| was the ransacked drawers of hand
| some mahogany secretary and rose
wood bureau. Jewel cases, which had
| held valuable gems, were strewn pro-
miscuously about the floor.
MISSING JEWELS.
Mrs. Metzler followed closely upon the
| heels of her husband. A hasty inspection
| soon convinced her that she had lost
many articles of value. Among the
| missing was q cameo pin, set with q
valuable gem, with q bow that was
mass OF fifty small brilliants. The pin
was worn by Mrs MetzIer at the Pythias'
banquet last Monday night, and was adj
| mired by everybody.
A pearl butterfly, embellished with
| rubies, pearls and turquoise, was also
missing, as were valuable hairpins, one
OF which was set with six large diamonds;
the other was of snake design, contain
ing several briliiants, and another was
set with sapphire and diamonds. A gar
net butterfly, garnet bracelets and u
handsome silver vinaigrette, all of them
valuable and greatly priced, had flown,
Several costly presents which Mrs.
Metzler had recently purchaser from TIT
| fanny for Christmas gifts to friends, in
Guiding horseshoe adorned with pearls
| and TWO pearl butterflies, were not to be
| found. The thief also took fine silk
| umbrella, made especially for Mrs. Metz
| ler's use, and Mr.. Metzler's oyercoat and
| two pocketbooks containing $25 of Mrs.
| Metzier's pin money.
Fortunately for Mrs. Metzler she had
dressed during the afternoon with view
| to accompanying her husband to the
| store. She had put on valuable Swiss
| enameled watch and four very costly dia-
mond rings, and this fact no doubt is all
| that saved them. Her $3.50 seal skin
| sack and other costly robes were living
within easy reach, but the burglar did
| not deem it Wise to load himself down
| with such articles when so many valua-
| bles that could be easily carried were ac-
| cessible.
| A CALL AT THE HOUSE.
| When called at the residence No. 461
| Jersey avenue, last night and asked for
| particulars concerning the robbery /
| found Mrs. Metzler in a perturbed state
| of mind consequent upon her heavy loss,
| as it included gems that she priced as
much for their association as for their
| value. She was averse to giving me q
! llou Vi tuO StOiCA SCitSy IL 1nueI-
| fere with the police work.
| While she was showing me handsome
| plush casket in which she had kept her
| most valuable jewelry, the girl who had
| first discovered the open door came into
| the room and announced to Mrs. Metzler
| that her mothers ring, containing five
| large rubies, was also missing. Mr.
| Metzler offers $50 reward for the return
| of this ring alone.
| Mrs. Metzler mad but few days ago
stored away her larger and more valu-
ablo gems, which she showed me last
night.
''These would have doubtless been
stolen, too, bad not fortunately stored
them away" she said.
Mr.. METZLER IS PHILOSOPHICAL.
Mr.. Met2ler did not take his loss so
hard as Mrs. Met2ler. He Immediately
notified Chief Murphy, then went to his
store, from where he despatched note to
his wife, informing her of what he had
done and consoling her with the reflection
that it might have been worse He was
glad he had no encounter with the thief,
as che might have been obliged to leave a
handsome widow, and trade was good"
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