New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
JEWEL THIEVES CONFESS.
DETAILS OF THE ROBBERY IN THE BUN
DEN HOUSEHOLD.

HOW THE STOLEN GEMS WE'RE HipDf'-
REMOVAL. TO ENGLAND AND THE AT
rrMr,rs TO DISPOSE OF THEM.
,ss,stant Observation-Disclosures Lindsay yesteruas
gave ont a statement to how the thei. VI 49,
HE Jewels from l. Townsend Burden Vi W. -
Twenty-sixth-st., was accomplished vi -,.,
% The details were obtained Dy the
~ ,-i;am Robert Dunlop ana Wina"'
formerly servants in the Burden house"
were arrested in London and proush' '"o'. -
rs,, have nleaded guilty, and are to be sentenced
~, Indigo Cowlng In General Sessions ." ''O
day. "a ,,opned
Mr. Lindsay >eaid that the two men hau pa" ,
the robbery some time before 1t was coN'''' -
,rbev had procured false keys to the sales Vi ~
ond Mrs Burden. On the night OF the ioo"'
sofes were opened with these raise keys, az
..oo heiny taken Of the absence Oh the D"'
Tho only persons in the house at the 'iiiie'
Dur,on and Turner were Edla Stimqcist' nv
on maid. the governess and wine pu''
voung son OF the family The id'te' was "
dra vine-room all the evening readihs'
Tho towels were taken from the s'ies anu nv"
urs burdens bureau. They were caii'e' Wv"
., tho basement taken from shlah oo"'9
ura,ned in ordinary brown paper fi'e'
p,rdcn had gone to bed the jewelry was 'aNe" ~
stair. on the paror floor. Tne snoi"s
,ueen the front and rear parlors was pu.eN ,~
sa ,,a tewe,rv placed in the opening. Inc aoof
w,s then replaced. The Je"eiry :. nos
49, ,,roo n,aeks At the end of that time II was
tasen out and concealed on the V'i nm IT.
folding doors between the PACK p'''o' 80 ,,e
dining-room. A board was taken ~ ~ being re-
iewelTv was put in the space. the Doara oe'"e
placed. , or,nlov saving that
Re was dissatisfied with ms pei He then sailed
detectives asked him questions. ne ~ brother-
| for London where he stayed WIFI . "t chanherIs
in-Iaw William Lander, VINO KEEP .e On vi, n
Arms Inn Then; pursppa yam, - on the Bothnla
In he mean time Dunlop had left the T.;
and carried the jewery TO stapie a. as
! East Fiftieth-st., where his prothSl 49, 16
%s o,cbman Dunlop lived there until MaIcn I'm ~
lie received a dispatch from Turner sisreu W.,
| ian, Williams" saying that ne Wdn q. 30 ,,,
n.in, House in East Boston. Dunlop theh pa.
~ iayyelrv in box and shipped X to turner, a.
poston nv the American Express std.lhs .ns
vaIue ~ the box as $500. The box wa Se 49,
by Turner the next day ana on Union toot
nassaee from here on the Campania' idn 1u, a
| Queenstown visited some relatives !"
| and then went on 10 LonIon. s.. rr,rrer Or
Ue arrived there two days altei ora.
,ho morning of his arrival numoel VI ia.
stones were taken from diamond me- potf
| most valuable piece Of the stolen lloPeIss Tbe,
| started out 10 ulSpOSt VI N''N
went 10 Hatton Gardens, where there arr ~,
her Of cheap fences. The latter ~ &C. bI,
| yaIue of the diamonds and were alrau 49, ~
| rem The two men were told TO go 10 o, -,
er's in New Bond-st the London Tfanys,; n lnsS
went there and were detected as ma al A.
heen reported. The New Bond-st. Jeweas Il" ~ -
,nformed the scotland Yard detectives and 'h'
| two thieves were crested r,., hoo,,
The men had disposed OF Mr. B1rue" "e"'
u,atchchain TO a pawnbroker for fl2 ,,,.,
Mr. Lindsay said that was all he was AT ioe 81
70 sav about the case. He acknowledged ina
about SO 900 worth OF the stolen 1eweitS VA
| missing About 500 900 worth was taken IN all.
Tbn COMPLAINT against Edla Stlmqulst VIII
nrohablv be dismissed on Monday, when the wv
| men are sentenced. She was indicted al IN
time of their arrest in London. and has Deen II
| the Tombs since Both men declare that she ma
no completely in the robbery. She was the swe we,
heart Of Dunlop. The men are each aoI ),
twentv-fve wears Did. The maximum pehait
Gov their offence is ten years imprisonment