The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-16
NO NEWS OF THE DIAMONDS.
A MARRIAGE LICENSE ESTAB-
IIsHED THE SWINDLER-S
IDENTIFY.

The Southern Express Company On
His Track-Schsveigert ~ 60. of Au-
eusta Caught For 1888 in the same
Way That the savannah and At
lnnta Jewellers Were Cuught-A
Description OF the Thief Given TO
the Police.
1Ir- n sternberg. the jeweIer. has heard
nothing from his S501 worth Of diamonds.
which he sent 20 swainsboro a Few days
ago on an order signed John c. Coleman.
He has learned by inquiry. however,
that the package was delivered, as were
perhaps several others from other cities.
70 a party holding an order for them with
a signature similar to THAT on the letter
he received.
A report from Melville is 70 the effect
that the swindier went TO Swainsboro
on Friday. March s. and gave his name as
John C. Coleman. He rented room
in which he said he was going to open
q jewelry store and offered 20 deposit
q large roll Of money which he had with
Dir. John c. Coleman, a prominent and
well known merchant Of that place. Mr.
Coleman informed him he kept his safe
for his own private use, and reused 10
receive the money. Tuesday he received
a ldEka@E hdlQtA aL 4rNV through tlF tA-
press company, and the same evening he
received a telegram from Savannah. prob
ably sent by a confederate saying Ten
nile party wants diamond Tuesday. sure.
Tuesday evening he also received pack
ages from jewelry merchants in several
cities in the state valued in the aggre-
gate al about 81 Co and Tuesday night he
left BY private conveyance for Wadley.
and was traced as FAR as Dublin Wednes-
day evening.
He is described as a man OF medium
hight, heavy build weight about
30 pounds. clean shaver face,
has one defective eye. wears a
black Prince Albert coat and carries a
black macintosh and tan satchel He is
said to about IS years old. Ii IS probable
that detectives are now on his track
Mr.. Sternberg has placed the matter
in the hands OF his attorneys Messrs.
GarTard Meldrim & Newman. and II there
is any way to hold the Southern Express
Company responsible for the loss he ex-
poets to recover what he lost.
Coleman the swindler, had a smooth
way Of having himself Identified on his
arrival at Swainsboro. 1t seems that
some time before he arrived a marriage
license and other papers came TO that
town addressed to John G. Coleman
They we're delivered TO the old resident
of the place, and he notified the agent Of
the Midwife, Swainesboro and Red Bluff
railroad that they were not for him A
day or two later the fraudulent J. c.
Coleman called on the agent and stated
that he was expecting a marriage license
and other papers, and asked III any such
package had been received. The package
was turned over to him, and he used this
Frick as a means Of Identification, so that
when he called for the packages adj
dressed to him, they were turned over
10 him without any question. 1t seems
from the Information received BY the
agent of the Southern Express Company
yesterday that the swindler Coleman
called for the packages in person and that
from the fact that he had previously
called for the papers addressed 10 him
self, the agent took it for granted he
was the right man, and gave him the
packages containing the jewels.
An Augusta dispatch to the Morning
News last night said:
The diamond thief, who operated his
slick thieving game on Atlanta, Macon.
savannah and Charleston jewellers, caught
William Schweigert & Co. Of Augusta for
SOS worth Of diamond rings and lockets.
The firm on Monday received an order
from the swindler In the name of J. C.
Coleman of Swainsboro for a diamond
ring and locket. Schwelgert. after find
ang out ]. C.. Coleman was wealthy and
worth 100000 to catch his trade in
stead Of sending one ring and locket.
shipped by express a sample package Of
three diamond rings and three diamond
lockets for the customer to select from
which the rascal got. Schweigert &. Co.
will hold the express company RESPONSE
BILE for his loss for delivering the goods
TO the sWiudIar