The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-05
LOST HER RINGS.
Central Falls Young Lady's
Jewels Causes Trouble.
The Sparklers Were Taken From
Her Home By Two Children.
One Fell Into the Hands Of Young Man, Who
Used II For Engagement Purposes.

A young lady residing on Kendall street,
Central Falls, was, until few days ago,
the proud possessor of four elegant rings,
which were particularly endeared to her
on account of the memories attached to
them. The rings disappeared one morn
ing two weeks ago under very peculiar
circumstances, and their recovery, or least
part of them, is due to the persistant and
shrewd work of Officer Coombs of Central
Falls. One ring in particular has brought
modification and chagrin to young man
who has been paying devoted attention to
young lady living on North Main street,
and may be the innocent cause of bursting
asunder the loving ties which bound these
two young people together.
The young lady who is the loser by this
combination of circumstances, when call
ed upon this morning by TRIBUNE re-
porter, related the following facts: "On
the morning of Jan. u, being in hurry to
catch a down town car left the rings In
question on the top of machine, calling
at the same time to my mother to put them
in a place Of safety" The lady's mother
did not pay particular attention at the
time and busted with the many household
duties, the request faded from her mind.
When her daughter returned that even
ing explanations were in order, but
thorough search revealed the fact that the
rings were among the missing. Two chill
dren, aged 10 and IL years, belonging in
the neighborhood were present at the time
when the rings were left on the machine,
but the ladies could not bring themselves
to believe that they were the guilty par
ties. During that particular day several
persons had entered the house, among
whom were an insurance man, and trades
men looking for orders or delivering
goods. OF course there was no direct
ground upon which to charge any one in
particular, yet after debating the matter
| over in their minds, the young lady and
| her mother came to the conclusion that
the children knew something about the
rings.
A system Of coaxing was inaugurated,
and by dint of promises an opening was
made toward unravelling the mystery.
Monday morning the older of the two
children came into the house with plain
gold ring, and claimed that she had found
it 'out there in the snow. No amount
OF persuasion could induce the child to
say anything further on the subject. The
circumstances Of the case were related to
Officer Coombs, who went to work and
succeeded in securing the diamond ring
after it had passed through many hands,
figuring in the last instance as a love token
from a young man to his future better
half.
The two children when questioned by
Officer Coombs finally admitted that they
had given the ring to an elder sister, who
in turn had given it to girl at the Lor-
raine Mills. The sister told the young
lady tha. she had got it in popcorn
package, and in return for many favors
gave the ring to her. This young lady
lives near the Home on Main street, Paw
| tucket, and when she arrived home her
brother admired it SO much that he appro-
priated it for himself.
That evening the young Romeo went to
call upon his fair Juliet, living on North
| Main street, and there and then, it is
hinted, popped the question, pledging his
| everlasting love with the ring belonging
| to the Kendall street lady. Officer Coombs
| traced the ring on its circuitous passage,
| and in company with the young man
| waited upon the North Main street lady
where he secured the ring. The officer
| did not go inside, 80 he does not know
how the young man squared himself in the
| eyes of his lady friend.
| Two of the rings have been secured, and
two of them according to the children's g
story are lost forever. The young lady
who owns the rings is pleased to recover
the diamond ring, which is valued at 800,
but at the same time she will be exceed
ingly sorry il she will be the cause OF
chilling the fond expectations of those
1.-TWO young people.