The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-18
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Dispatches Say That Over 100000
Worth of Diamonds Were Found in
Possession of the Men.
London, April 1.-THE men who
gave their names as Dunlop and Tur-
ner, and who described themselves as
gentlemen servants" were arraisned
in the Marlborough street police court
yesterday, charged with having in their
possession twenty-eight diamonds ag-
gregating $4,000 in value, of the pos
session of which they were unable to
give any satisfactory account.
Dunlop said that they got the dia-
monds from an old Hebrew Turner
said that he was last employed by
gentleman in New York, and had left
that place in February last. The two
men were remanded for week with
out bail
Police Inspector Froest searched the
lodgings of the men, and found there
jewelry worth 100000. 1t is believed
that the jewels are the proceeds of the
robbery of the house of 1. Townsend
Burden in New York some time ago.
1t is understood that Inspector Froest,
who arrested the men, is entitled to
the reward offered.
Police Inspector Froest said to-day
that he had often seen Dunlop and
Turner within the last few days in the
neighborhood of Bond street.
From their dress, manner and gen.
eral appearance he thought there was
al,
yesterday he and Inspector Hare deter
mined to ascertain their character. He
had not expected, however, to find the
Burden robbers, and, as a matter of
fact, had no description of them
The circumstances were that he and
Inspector Hare virtually seized them
without any particular pretext and
searched them in the street. They
found the two packages of diamonds in
Dunlop's breast pocket, and after lock-
ing their prisoners up, went to their
lodgings, where they found 100000
worth of jewelry and diamonds.
Many of the latter were loose stones,
a quantity Of which were contained
in chamois leather belts. Inspectors
Froest and Hare believe they have Sc
cured the entire proceeds of the Bur-
den robbery and a claim for the re-
ward has been sent by them to Mr..
Burdens solicitors.
The quantity of jewelry seized is i'm
mense. 1t is by far the largest haul
the police have made in years. The col
lection consists of great many dia-
mond necklaces, rings, studs, links,
etc, all of exquisite workmanship and
design. The foreign office and the po-
lice department have cabIed to Wash
ington asking when application will be
made for the extradition of the prison
ers.
New York, April 17.--The news of the
capture of the Burden diamond thieves
by the Scotland Yard detectives in
London was confirmed this morning by
two cable dispatches received at the
house Of Mr. Burden. The two men ar
rested were servants employed in Mr..
Burdens home. Their arrest was a
great surprise to Captain OBrien of the
detective bureau, and also to Mr.. Bur-
den. The Evening Sun says:
Ever since the diamond robbery was
committed Captain O'Brien suspected
that it was an inside job. He was sat
isfied, he said to-day, that some of Mr..
Burdens servants We're guilty of the
theft. There, however, progress In
solving the mystery ended, at least so
far as the detectives in this city were
concerned.
Captain O'Brien did not know of the
arrest of the two servants until he
heard of it unof1icially this morning.
He Immediately cabled to Scotland
Yard for confirmation Of the report.
Soon after that Captain O'Brien had
a telephone message from Mr.. Burden
that he had received a confirmation of
the news. Mr.. Burden received a sec-e
ond cablegram at 10 o'clock. He was
then satisfied beyond all doubt that at
least part Of his wifes stolen gems had
been recovered. He cabled back that
he would sail for London tomorrow to
look at the property.
1t was evident about police headquar-
ters this morning that the Scotland
Yard detectives will claim the $4,000
reward offered by Mr. Burden if they
succeed in getting back the rest of the
'jewelry. Captain O'Brien admitted this
morning that he had not cabled to the
Scotland Yard detectives to arrest the
two men now in custody. Long ago, he
said he had sent a full description of
the stolen jewelry to the other side, and
also had the Scotland Yard men look
up the records of those of Mr. Burdens
servants who had come from England,
Two days ago he said that nothing
had come of his investigation into the
records of the servants. He then wrote
a letter to the chief of Scotland Yard
and that letter is now on it's way.
Mr.. Burden said yesterday that the
mystery Of the robbery was no nearer
being solved than the day after 1t was
committed. Captain OBrien confirmed
that statement. The Scotland Yard
men had no more data to work from
than the detective bureau here did,
but from the cablegrams received it is
evident that they have succeeded where
the American detectives have failed.
The Burden robbery was among the
first big cases that Captain O'Brien had
after he assumed office, and he was
anxious to make a record on it. He es-
tablished the fact to his own satisfac-
ton that the robbery was committed
from the inside and got no further.
Mr.. Burden refused to see reporters
this morning. He sent word by the
butler that the cable dispatches were
correct. Dunlop, he said, had been his
butler. He went away three weeks ago,
He asked for a leave of absence in or
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