The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-17
TIE BURDEN JEWELS.
London Captures the Thieves
Who Escaped Teddy's
Reform Police.
BIZ Gable to.thc United Press.

LONDON, April II, 1S96.-Two men siv-
ing their names as Dunlop and Turner,
and describing themselves as gentle
men servants were arraigned in the
Marlborough Street Police Court yester-
fday, charged with having in their pos
session twenty-eight diamonds, aggre-
eating $4,000 in value, for possessing
which they were unable to give any
satisfactory account Dunlop said they
had got the diamonds from an old Jew
in Halton Garden. Turner said he was
last employed by a gentleman in New
York and had left that situation IN
February last. The two men were re-
manded for a week without bail
Police Inspector Froest searched the
jewelry worth f2o,O0G It is believed that
the jewels are the proceeds of the rob-
berry OF the residence of |. Townsend
is understood that Inspector Froest, who
arrested the men. is entitled to fl,0O0 re-
ward.
It IS asserted that Dunlop was butter
and Turner a footnlan in the Burden
household in New. York. The, men have
been lodging with e, Nsaioonkeeper IN IN
itfaes IN the Street t Z near ear Longs Hotel, in Bond
street. They were both well dressed.
Dunlop had two packets of diamonds in
Police inspector F'rcest said to rep
resentative of The United Press today
that he had often seen Dunlop and
Turner within the last few days in the
neighborhood of Bond street. From their
dress, manner and general appearance
he thought there was something, sus-
pbd peoqs aeS aee he e
peeted, however to find the Burden rob
bers, and. as a matter @ OF fact. fact. nad NO no
were that he and Inspector Hare virtu-
ally seized them without any particular
pretext and searched them IN the street.
They found the two packets of diamonds
in Dunlops breast pocket. and. after
locking their prisoners up, went to their
lodgings where theg found asoooo .woFha iba
latter being loose stones, a quantity of
which were contained in chamois leather
belts. Inspectors Froest and Hare aa be
ceeds of the Burden robbery and claim
for the reward has been sent by them
to Mr.. Burdens solicitors.
The quantity of iewelry seized is i'm
mense, and is by far the largest haul the
police have made in years. The collection
consists Of great nan many sta diamond a e 9eek
cussite workmanship and design. The
Foreign Office and the Police Department
have ea6led to M Mashhng1ea M asag ss1 G wasn s
tradition of the prisoners.
No New. at Police Headquarters.
NEW YORK April IT, 1896. 6.-Uo definite.
information regarding the arrest in Lon
don of the supposed Burden jewel robbers
Headquarters. 1t was said that no COM
munication had as yet been received at
Police Headquarters from the Scotland
Yard authorities This would seem to in
dicate that the Scotland Yard people
were rather disposed to ignore the police
of this city. as it was learned that the
Burden family had received two cable-
grams from the Scotland Yard police.
which satisfied them that Dunlop and
Turner were the thieves and that the dia-
famous Burden Jewels. 1t was also re-
ported that the Burdens intend to sail
for Europe tomorrow as a result of the
arrest Of the two men,
Dunlop is said to have been butler In
the Burden household. while Turner had
charge Of the door, If the men refuse to
come back to New York without being
extradited there will be considerable de-
Law In bringing the prisoners back to this
country.