The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-28
DIAMONDS ARE SAFE
JOE THE Halter RECEIVERS HIS
CAsKEr OF PRECIOUS JEWELS,

She had Herself Taken to a HOSPITAL
Officers Track Her and while She is
Talking with Them She Keeps One of
Her Hands Under the Covers-The
Hand is Taken Out and the Jewels are
Found.
After hot and exciting chase "Joe
| the Halter" has recovered his thous-
and dollar diamonds. Joe the Halter
was, until recently, a citizen OF Wichi-
ia He moved to Cleveland and last
week his wife was taken sick and hired
| a professional nurse One morning
as was announced in the Eagles dis
patches, the nurse turned up missing
and so did the family diamonds.
The capture of the thief and her re-
turn to Cleveland is given in the follow
in dispatch from Cleveland by the
Eagle last night:
Detective Corner arrived in the city
at 1880 o'clock last evening with Hattie
| Savage, the nurse who stole $500 worth
Of diamonds from Mrs Joseph r. Nird-
linger, of No. 50 Longwood avenue, and
who was apDrehended and arrested
by the Detroit police Friday morning.
| When Detective Corner with his pris-
oner walked into the Central police
station last evening the latter carried
| a small valise, a bundle of newspa pers,
| a novel. and bundle containing cloth
ing. She chewed gum vigorously and
| laughed several times while being reg
! iStered in the turkeys room. MatrOn
! Essinger took her in charge and locked
! her in the hospital cell in the woman's
department Of the prison. When this
! was done Detective Corner took from
his inside coat pocket a woman's hand
! kerchief which was tied in several
! knots. These were united and when the
/ handkerchief was opened a number of
! jewels were seen sparkling. They con-
! sisted of eight diamond rings and
pair of diamond earrings, in all valu-
! ed at $500. These comprised all the
! Jewelry taken by Hattie Savage, with
! the exception of one ring. The story
! Of the robbery and the arrest of the
! nurse at Detroit is an interesting one.
Hattie Savage is a professional nurse
| and for some time was employed at the
Nirdlinger home in capacity of nurse
to Mrs. Nirdlinger and also a house
keeper. Mrs. Nirdlinger kept the dia-
mondS in her bedroom. The nurse knew
this and also where to find them
Wednesday night she disappeared from
the house and Thursday mornig il was
discovered that the diamonds were also
gone. Hattie Savage was at once sus-
pected and a report of the robbery was
made TO the police. The latter learned
that a woman answering the descrip-
ton OF the nurse had left the city on q
Lake Shore railroad train Wednesday
night. The Detroit police were mott
fed by telegraph of the robbery and
the circumstances surrounding il. They
Immediately began a search for the sus-
-aI OF hot
man corresponding in description TO
Hattie Savage had registered at the
Wayne hotel Thursday morning under
the name of Hattie Anderson. In the
evenig of the same day she complained
of being sick and left the hotel to go 20
a hospital The Detroit police traced
her to Grace hospital. Several officers
called al the hospital Thursday even
ing and had a talk with the woman,
who, 10 all appearances, was sick with
stomach trouble. She denied VigOr-
ously that she was Hattie Savage and
also denied any knowledge of the rob-
berry of the diamonds and said she was
never in Cleveland. While talking with
the woman the officer noticed that she
had a handkerchief in her hand and
that she took good care to keep this
under the cOVerlet as much Is possible.
The officers compelled her 10 give them
the handkerchief and great was their
surprise when they found the stolen
diamonds wrapped in it. Hattie Saw
age, for II was she, seeing that she was
discovered, acknowledged her identi-
~ and confessed the robbery Friday
morning, although still processing to be
i'll. she was taken in a carriage to the
police station. The Cleveland police
were notified and Detective Corner was
sent TO Detroit 10 bring back the pris-
one-. She consented To be brought TO
y. II.
When Mr.. Nirdli7ger reported the rob-
berry to the Cleveland police. he said
diamond pin and SO in money were
also stolen. The pin was afterwards
found in the house. Hattie Savage
denies that she took any money. All
the diamonds stolen except one ring.
Hattie savage took with her 10 Detroit
She old Detective Corner on the way 10
Cleveland where 10 find this ring and
he recovered il last night from a SUI
perior street business man. According
to Detective Corner this IS not the frs
theft Of Hattie Savage. He says that
last March she stole several diamonds |
from a family in Elyria and came 10
Cleveland. She was traced 10 this city
and the detectives located her and re- !
covered the stones at paWnSnOp.
Relatives of the woman came 70 her ]
rescue and used their influence 10 pre- !
vent prosecution. Hattie Savage has /
lived in Cleveland for some time. the |
police claim. under several different !
names. she was married but her hus- |
band is dead.
She is the daughter OF wealthy and 1
respectable parents. who reside at
Elvria. Her fathers name is Clark /
and owns several hundred acres OF land /
near Elyria. and is engaged u the con 1
fectionery bushes in that city : mar /
ried sister of Hattie Savage resides a (
MassillOn. In an interview with !
Leader reporter at the Central station |
last evening the nurse said: II do not |
know why / took the diamonds Every |
night Mrs. Nirdi!nger would give me- |
ne diamonds 10 take care Of. They |
were given % her by her brother n |
PhiiaGelDhla. and for some reason she |
did not want her husband to know that |
they we're 81 her possession. He was /
under the impression that her brother |
in PhilG Gelphia was keeping them for /
her. On Wednesday night. I don't /
know why. I left the house with the |
jewelry After ! was a short distance /
way became conscience stricken ard /
would have returned the Jewels had !
been able to get into the house. 7 then I
took the Lake Shore railroad train and /
went 70 Detroit. ! wrote letter Thurs
Fey evening in the Wayne hotel - Ms.
NirdEnger in which I told her where I /
was and that I had her diamonds.
told her that | would send them hack 70
her the next day. 7 then took sick and
went 20 the hospital, where the officers
found me.
Hattie Savage would give TO infor-
nation concerning her relatives or her
mast 'ife Detective Corner said last
evenig that i she had not taken sud
denly III a; Detroit she would never
have been captured n that city and in