New-York tribune., 1895-12-27
A MYSTERIOUS LOSS OF BONDS.
MRS ISABEL. J. IRVING SAYS THEY WERE
STOLEN FROM A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.

MRS ISABEL. J. IRVING SAYS THEY WERE
STOLEN FROM A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.
mysterious loss of bonds Of the value of $1,000
has been reported to the police The bonds were
the property OF Mrs Isabel j. Irving said to be the
widow of the late Professor Irving, OF Yale. Sne
lives in a small frame house at NO ITO East fifty-
second-st Her two daughters. who live with her
when they are the city. are actresses Miss lsa-
bel Irving is the leading lady of the Lyceum Thea
tire stock company and Miss Evangeline Irving is
a member OF Stuart Robson's company.
Mrs Irving has box in the vault OF the Lincoln
Safe Deposit Company, in Forty-second-st near.y
opposite the Grand Central Station. She Kept her
bonds and jewels Of considerable value IN
the box In October she was admitted 10 the vault
"a cut some coupons from her bonds. and she did
NOT go there again until last Monday when she said
she wanted TO take out bonds Of the value OF 5000
for investment When she was admitted to the
vault and had opened the box with her key. she be-
came hysterlcal and declared that all OF her bonds
had been stolen. Her jewels were In the box, but
the bonds had disappeared.
Mrs Irving went the law office OF Lexcw. Mac
Kellar e. Wells at No 10 Liberty-st.. and consulted
with State Senator Lexow and Mr.. MacKear The
police were informed Of Mrs. lrvings loss and ad-
vertisements were published to warn bankers and
brokers against negotiating the valuable securities.
The missing bonds were described follows:
First mortgage per cent bonds 81 900 each. OF the
New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad Com
pany, due 1900, numbered ivs, l4lVo, a. DOL, o,oS
$3.50 4S4l 43i2 II i62. H.l0 and Is 1872: also per
cent bonds OF the New-York and bar.em Railroad
COMPANY 81 OC0 each, due 1900. numbered 3,2l2 and
ans also one bond OF 81 ooO per cent. due January
/, 1909. numbered 2.si permanent water bond or
BROOKLYN aso shares OF the capital stock OF the
American Surety Company.
officials of tie Safe Deposit Company said yester-
day that II not possible for the bonds TO have
been stolen from the vault. 10 have been taken
rom Mrs Irvng's box by any person except herself
or her daughter Evange.ine. who also has key TO
the box. Miss Evange.!ne Irving was allowed to
enter the vault and unlock the box In July. The
next time the box unlocked was In October,
when Mrs Irving cut some coupons from her bonds.
The companys records show that no person touched
the box again until Monday last, when Mrs. lr-
wing declared that the bonds had disappeared.
Miss Evange.ine Irving has been travelling with
Stuart Robsons company and has not been In the
city for five months Mrs Irving. the officials say.
probably took her bonds away from the vault IN
October mislaid them and failed to remember
what she did with them They recalled the case OF a
wealthy woman In the city. who made similar
charge that bonds had been stolen some years ago.
and later admitted that she had sold the bonds her
self to the person who had possession OF them.
A wel,-known broker made the charge that a
bond had been stolen from his box In the vault and
later remembered that he had given II away to
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