Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-06
BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY
A Spokane Falls Lady Visits
Friend and Loses Her
Jewelry
The Diamonds Valued at Ten
Thousand Dollars Police
On the Track
A Murdered Child Found in the
Bay at Seattle by Dock
Laborers


sr Attic. MAY "a big diamond rob
bery occurred at the Elliott house. corner
of Third and jackson streets, last hlghl. /
j. Il. Valentine, waiter at the I'lilu M ~ ]
restaurant. have occupied room % ~ III /
honse for some time past. Last nlghl y ne /
Valentines attended a performance al ne
theatre. and while there Mrs. Nalehtlh'
met Mrs. Fannie Boyd. an old friend lfohl
Spokane Falls. Mrs. BOYD was st9ppihH
MI the Eureka house. but MIS-. alGnline
persuaded her 10 go with her 10 the fl!iott
| house after the performance. IN order lhal
| they might talk over old times. Nheh
| Mrs. How'd awoke this morning she no
| ticed that Mrs. Valentine was gone. lirl
| first impulse was to look for her dla-
monds. and she found that they had n, ais-
appeared with Mrs. Naicniihr; ne
alarm was given but Mrs. Nalcnl Inc was
no where to he found. The stolen dla,
monds consist Of a pair Of earrings anu anu
hreastnin. valued at SlO.UD. IN
duiries at the Premium restaurant SHOW
that Mr. Valentine had not pr'll
since morning. having thrown up m mnls
situation. saving that heiniended leaving
itown. The police are working ON ne
case. aud IL is quite probable thai lhS
quilty parties will be- apprehehdeu au"
the stolen diamonds recovered.
The body of a female lniaht Wa
found floating In the ha{ under .,,in,' at,' -
wharf AT an early hour this morning pN
Contractor John Hughes. who was super
S,',anding the unloading of some brick
f,ou a scoW at the Washington street
Sin. Tho body was in bad state oi d,'-
cumposition and had evidently Drru ~
the water several DAYS. II had eNidohill
mot lis death soon after being born. as W.
annearance indicated that II never nat
Grpn washed or dressed The body wa
/. taken 10 The police headquarters 10y Ed
ward kinchburg aud buried IN the ppl
tors field. There Is positively no elu
for the police To work upon
ascertain who was the murderer nl VA
infant for il is doubtless case on hlul
dnr and unless some accidental clu
shnuld be discovered. il is probable tina
the guilty parties will go unpunlshed'
Abont noon the Investment COMPANY
. buildinp. corner Cherry ana N'cnh
streets collapsed while six workmen WEI
q ON IL. A cry went up among ihose lh ~
~ vicinity as il was thought ihat ~ ia
Two Of the men were killed lh1 ~
mnsons and two tenders were hiial
d nirked M from among the debris and
Inventory of the damages was tahc
rho fall was about fifteen ieel. " W
learned that Joseph SkyepenskL ku
Sian. was most seriously injured Ih1ul
d, nn names we're broken. his spinal cora W
bruised. He was injured In the ahd"in
amd s half oil his thigh. i
otber worLnen escaped without scrio
. injury. Michael Manley. Who Was star
mo on the ScaifOld when IT tell' IN
.When | saw that the scanold was ai'
Ia fall. | Jumped for one ut the "ut>
supports and caught II. ana siiu n{
down to the cellar. The crowd lhHus
10 was moi hurt in the least. The cause
n tha collause was because there Mcfr
many brick at one end oi The sean,
and besides u was not properly hfa'''