The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-28
LEwMAN DIAMOND ROBBERY.
Costly Gems Lost by the Atlanta
Contractor in New York.

Costly Gems Lost by the Atlanta
Contractor in New York.
The Morning News dispatches of day
or two age stated the fact that Mr.. l..
D. Lewman of Atlanta had been robbed
of valuable jewels in New York. Mr..
I.ewman is very well known in this city
as being connected with the building of
the De Soto and the Independent Presby-
terrain Church. The Herald of Wednesday
gives the following account of the rob
berry:
On a train which started for the South
Yesterday were two residents OF Atlanta,
Ga who have reason to remember with
sorrow their visit to New York. They
were Mr.. and Mrs, L. d. Lewman. Aside
from ordinary expenses, they started for
their home $500 poorer than when they
arrived, Mrs. Lewman having lost pack
age of Jewels, which had been collected
at great expense and with great care by
her husband The loss occurred while
STAYING at the Hotel Imperial, but the
management there will not admit that
theft was perpetrated
Mr. Lewman is a prominent contractor,
having large interests in Atlanta, Louis
Vile and other Southern cities. With his
brother he owns a fine stock farm in
the Blue Grass region, and his blooded
horses have a wide reputation. He has
sufficient wealth to be abe TO indulge in
leisurely trips to the North when business
is not pressing enough to interfere with
his enjoyment. He usually stayed at the
Waldorf-AstoIia.
on arriving last Thursday night with
Mrs Lewman however he found that
hotel so crowded that he could not obtain
the accommodations he desired so he
went to the Imperial. Friday and Satur-
and on Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
I.ewntan decided to go to the theater.
While dressing, Mrs. Lewman tried to
min at her throat a magnificent diamond
sunburst which her husband had given
her The fastening proved refractory, and
finally the pin broke. She then placed the
ornament in a chamois bag, with a small
Ter diamond brooch and a diamond pin,
the three articles being the richest of her
iewelry. The bag she placed in her trunk,
she. reported afterward, and went to the
theater3
The management of the hotel We're very
much disinclined to give information about
the loss yesterday; but l learned that on
Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. Lewman re-
ported 1t az the desk. The house detec-
tives listened carefully to the complaint
and promised to do all in their power to
recover the jewels They offered their as
sistance in tracing them, and advised Of
fering a reward, but they did not admit
that the property had been taken from
Mrs Dewman's room.
learned last night that Mrs Lewman
Tad become nervous on hearing Of a jewel
theft in Washington a few days ago. and
made for herself a chamols bag in which
70 carry her ornaments while travelling
This had a string attached and was to be
worn around her neck
Mr. and Mrs. Lewman went to the EN-
pire Thegter Saturday night and the hotel
ueople declare she wore the bag as de-
scrlbed and must have lost it on the way
to or from the performance.
mo matter now or where hotel patron
loses anything" said one Of the attaches
to me- he almost invariably reports that
the loss occurred in the house where he