Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-14
SPARKLERS TAKEN,
JULIA CHISNELL ROBBED OF HER DIA-
MONDS,
Valued at Fourteen Hundred Dollars-The Theli
Supposed % be Pittsburg Girl.
She is Under Arrest.

One of the heaviest ro6beries perpe-
trated in Wheeling for a number OF
years past, was brought to the atten-
ton of the police yesterday after
noon. the victim being Julia Chisnell,
OF No. So Seventeenth street, and the
property taken diamonds and cash to
the aggregate value of Sl,4OO. The
money missing amounts to but small
part of this gross sum, being, in fact,
less than $50. the remaining Sl,375 be-
! ing the value of the stones taken.
The iewelry was in the form OF a pair
of earrings, estimated at 1850, ana a
| finger ring valued at SIPS. The sus-
pected thief is a young woman, named
Dora Florence. or Dora Hamlin, an in
mate of Miss Chisnell's house Tor the
/ last five weeks, but before that resi-
| dent of PittSburg. Last evening MISS
Chisnell was seen by a REGISTER report
er, and in reply 10 questions, she told
the following story:
"The Florence girl came TO my house
about five weeks ago, from PittSburg.
She came originally from Denver, Col
OradO. She is about twenty-Seven years
Of age, and quite small wearing specta-
cles and having quite an intellectual APP
pearancc / have not seen my diamonds
since Sunday night, when | wore them.
On taking them off, put them in
satchcl, where | usually keep them, to-
gether with my money and other Valua-
bIes. and hung the satchel up in
wardrobe. The Florence girl was to
leave to-day, but |, OF course, thought
nothing of my jewelry. a short time
after she left. had occasion TO get
some money from the Satchel. 1t was
| locked, rs usual, and there was nothing
about its external appearance to excite
suspicion, but on opening II, noticed
ten dollar bill was missing. That fact
led me To look for my diamonds, and
was aStonished to find them gone. at
once suspected the Florence girl OF the
theft. and at once informed the police
hoping they could stop her before she
left the city. | was too late, however, as
the train, with the girl on board, had
gone. or course, the diamonds may
have been taken at any time between
Sunday night and to-day, as had no
occasion to look up the stones. The
door of my room is always locked, but
it was opened by some one who had a
key fitting the lock, or else false key.
Nothing else in the room was disturbed,
which goes TO show no ordinary thief is
the cnlprit. Ny watch lay on the
dresser, and various other valuable arti-
cleS were scattered about. | have little
hope the Jewels will be found on the
girl, who, hear, is under arrest at
PittSburg, rs she is very sharp and |
Shrewd. She has had lot OF new |
dresses made here and sent one package |
Of clothes away by express on Monday, |
and another lot yesterday. She may |
have sent the diamonds along. She |
was going from Pittsburg to New York |
City"
As soon as the robbery was reported |
to the police, an alarm was sent out to
the day force. and Officers Shorts, Mo |
ran and several others went to the rail-
road depots. twas quickly ascertained |
that the suspected girl had left on the |
1880 p. IN. train over the ''Pewiky' road,
and that she had been accompanied to
the train by another girl, who alter
wards returned to the ChiSnell house.
A telegram was at once sent TO the
Pittsburg police TO head of the girl,
and about four o'clock telegram was
received stating she had been arrested
while still on the ears. Chief Del
brugge and Officer Shorts took the eve
ming train for PittSburg. and will prob
ably return to-day.