The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
! pEACHBLOW VASE.
,-epy OF SEVERAL YEARS SEEMS
70 BE CLEARED UP.

uoIlS
Lions Of His Purchase.
NIL. poaonblow vase is in this city.
r,a+ is the verdict Of an amateur Sher-
lD Holmes. who set about the elucida-
wv wv Of tbe profound mystery surround
W. tbis celebrated piece of porcelain for
D s;ob s18. 900 was paid when it was
~ Of auction in this city some eight
wv aoo Moreover, it seems apparent
!S"lS wat this amateur detective has
n recovered that, while the famous Peach
u CIs.r, vase belongs to Mr.. Brayton Ives
OU" e now in his house on Thirty fourth
ou sao+ even Mr.. Ives himself is still
m suited about some things concerning
!" Mr. Ives did not pay $18, 600 for the
p,ocbbIow vase, and yet Mr.. Moss,
tt.So+bor-in-law Of Mrs. Mary Jane Nor
Sar and the executor of her estate, af-
s that that enormous sum was paid
in+o fine estate for the vase after the auc-
d ton sale.
Nobody can tell who it is that is out
# noclet because of the mystery sur
sarndinq the Peachblow, but it is GER
toin that somebody for a reason best
trovn to himself paid out several thou-
sand dollars and has concealed his iden-
ttv mn to this date. Mr.. Brayton Ives
4 onnasrs to be as much mystified as every
a body else.
Emf now that Mr.. William T. Wal
. TORS of Baltimore is dead and promise
If secrecy made by Mr. Ives at the time
tbo vase came into his possession has
baen fulfilled, he has consented to dis
c1ose some facts not hitherto known in
connection with the mystery.
"The vase which is now in my posses
sion. " said Mr.. Ives, 'was bought by
me from the American Art association,
which had conducted the sale of the
Morgan collection. From the outset
there was something very mysterious
about it. was given to understand that
Twas to see something very rare and
precious, but that would have to prom
Use to keep it quiet and not tell anybody
about it for a certain length of time.
Then when my curiosity and interest
had been fully aroused | was conducted
alone into a shaded apartment. After
the doors had been locked and my COM
panion had looked under tho table to be
sure there was no one concealed there,
safe was opened cautiously, and this
vase was taken out from under its cover
Io
blow, which had vanished SO mysteri
Ously."
"One moment, please, said the anna
teur Sherlock Holmes, chow long after
the PeacAblow was sold for SIS, 600 to
Mr.. Walters, as Mr.. Sutton alleged, did
this oc2ur?'
From nine months to a year after
ward, said Mr. Ives. II bought the
vase which was exhibited to me, but l
said nothing about it for long time. /
kept it locked III my house. Before got
it had to promise not to speak about it
for a specified time, but that time has
elapsed "
How much did you pay for the Vase?"
That am not at liberty to state, "
said Mr. Ives. "When | bought it, |
made two promises, one that l should
not say anything about it for specified
time, the other that should never dis
close the purchase price"
What is at the bottom Of all this
mystery?''
Il am unable to guess, answered
Mr. Brayton Ives. Whether or not the
vase | bought was the Peachblow vase,
there was no reason that am aware OF
Why the facts should be concealed. 3"
Mr. Ives admitted that the price he
paid for the vase was considerably less
han SIS, 600, and as an example of ORR
entail porcelain he considered it worth
What ne had paid for it. He said that
curing the years the vase had been in
MS possession many things had come to
DIS knowledge about the Peachblow, and
hat at times he doubted whether the
vase IN his possession was in reality that
famous little mug. 1t seems that when
|At vase was sold to him under the mys-
'erlous circumstances described there
was no guarantee that it was the Peach
UlOw vase, and that the comparatively
small price at which it was offered tend
Gu 10 prove that they were not Identical
Oh the other hand, there are those
VINO assert that Mr.. Ives believed he
was buying the Peachblow vase, and
was at any rate willing to take a '1ier'
VI mat assumption. The facts which he
h subsequently learned seem to prove
;"eyond any question that he did in real
IVY ouy the famous vase, and that his
'HEestment was judicious one.
here is one fact" said Mr.. Ives
' "ren discussing the pros and cons.
En-. mere Is lady in this city who is a
20 i0 nc OF Mrs Moir, who was the sister