Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-14
. DIAMOND ROBBERY.
.BRnIANTS VALUED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED
DOLLARS STOLEN YESTERDAY.
Two People Detained in Custody Under Sus-
pieiun. and Will Be Held Until Further
Investigation Can Be hada
Other Crimes

Yesterday morning between nine and
eleven o'clock a pair Of diamond pen
dants, q solitaire diamond ring and a
| diamond cluster ring, all the property
OF Mrs. Frank Lswler, were stolen
from Mrs. LAWYERS room at Mrs. Fea's
| boarding house, on Main street, just
north OF Tenth.
The identity of the thief has not GER
tainly been establi shed, as yet, but
various circumstances point to the guilt
of Dora Farley, the rePuted wife OF
Charles Farley, colored, who who was a
domestic at the boarding house, where
her husband was also employed.
The diamonds are worth from three
| to four hundred dollars, and the loss Is,
therefore, quite a serious one.
Mr.. Lawler is absent from the city,
looking after the establishment OF an
| other theatre, and as he intended being
absent for some time, 1t had been ar
ranged that their furniture in the apart
ment occupied at Mrs. Fea's should be
| stored and Mrs. Lawler intended taking
another room temporarily in the build
ing. Thursday evening Mrs. Lawler
invited a lady friend, Miss McElroy, to
share her room during the night,
and when they retired Mrs.
Lawler removed her jewels and, as
is her custom, placed them beneath her
pillow. Mrs. Lawler arose first yester-
day morning, and. forgetting about her
diamonds, went down stairs, had break
fas, and carried a cup OF coffee and
some toast to Miss McElroy. Later
| Miss McElroy arose, and when the two
ladies were about to leave, Mrs. Law
Ter, still not thinking OF the jeweiry,
jerked the bed clothing and linen
from the bed, and then the ladies
left the ROOM, Mrs. Lawler telling
Dora Farley to go to the room aud
| carry out the Stops, etc. This the col
ored girl did, and then Mrs. Lawler
awaited the arrival Of the men who were
| to remove the furniture. About eleven
o'clock the men came, and were admit
! ted to the room. As the furniture was
| about to be removed, Mrs. Lawler sud
denly recalled that she had not seen her
diamonds, and at once instituted q
search, but the jewels were nowhere to
to be found. Dora Farley st0utly denied
anv knowledge Of the matter, or that she
had even been in the room, and as no
clue was obtainable, the police were no.
tilted, and later Prosecuting Attorney
| Howard gave the case his personal at
tention. Dora Farley and her husband,
| Charles were separated and the
was first questioned. She still denied
that she was in the room, or that she
knew anything Of the diamonds, and
being led to talk about other things, she
said she was married to Charles Farley,
and that the wedding had taken place
at her fathers house on Morrow street,
in this city. After a long course OF
| questioning, Mr.. Howard had an inter
view with Charley Early, during which
the latter said the wedding had taken
place at Grafton. Then the girl was
again Intercepted, and she finally ad-
mitted that she was not married at all,
but that she had met Charley at Oak
land in 1892, bad gone with him from
that place to Grafton, and thence TO
this city, where Charley vas first
employed at the Fort Henry Club, and
later at Mrs. Fea's. No marriage cere-
monY had ever been performed. The
girl also admitted, finally, that she had
been In Mrs. LAWYERS room, although
she had first insisted she had not gone
there, but she maintained TO the end
that she had not seen the diamonds and
did not take them. Both Charley and
Dora were detained In custody last
night, aud a further investigation will
be made by the authorities.