New-York tribune., 1899-06-29
PART OF THE GEMS HELD.
MANY, HOWEVER, OF MRS. DoDGE's JEW
ELS RETURNED TO HER.

Tho examination Of the jewelry and the dresses
In the two trunks the property OF Mrs IN! ''' -
Dodge which were seized last Saturday on the d"
rival Of the steamship st. Paul was mace yes'e
day on the fifth floor Of the Appraisers 0'ofes
under the direction Of Assistant Appraiser Brewer
7, ,ook several hours 10 make the examination
ard after II was completed II was learned al the
annraiser's Office that four lots OF Jewery "eio
seized II was said that the value OF the ioui 40
OF tewelry seized had been fixed at $oV"' O"e y
these lots was the pearl necklace ana a"o''ie -
,be nearI and diamond dog collar. The two o'he'
lois were made up Of miscellaneous small arueIeS'
IT. ros, ~ the iewelry was shown TO have oeeh
,,,cbased in this country. and consequently was
No, dutiahle As Il was not subject 10 du'|' " was
not appraised. ~ .,,r io,s will
doubtless mean much litigation, and lhd' II "'1'
probably be a long time before the STUN = 80 !
auction IL IT is ever sold All OF the gowns anu
n,ber drvgoods will probably be returned II was
learned TO Mrs Dodge to-day. portion Vi M .ne
goods was declared 10 be subject to duty ABOUT sV'
worth Ii was relatively insgnihcah' th"' 10 10
Dodge will probably be permitted 10 pay 'le uu''
on IL and reclaim 1t. according TO report An 'e
,nfornoaton given out at the Appraisers Stores II
was carefully explained, was entirely uhoiilc'd' !.
was generally accepted that the value OF 'he seiAe
teweIrv was about $4,000 but this was not stated
officially.
Among those present at the examination were
Mrs Dodge her counsel. Edward Lauterpach' se'
eraI special agents of the Treasury Department
besides Colonel Phelps. chief of the la" uepa' !
lnent Of the Custom House. Ii was said tha' MI
Dodge at the close OF the examination asKeo 10 Oe
shown out OF the building by a back way as she
wanted to avoid those persons who wanted &c
crafty their curiosity by seeing her Her reques'
was promptly granted. She was taken down on
freight elevator and she reached the street by way
OF a entrance.
According 10 Ferdinand E. Minrath. OF the Ia"
firm Of Hoady. Lauterbach Johnson counse
for Mrs. Dodge. the contents OF the two trunks
were surrendered to MIS-. Dodge without the eX
action OF cent of duty as she had proved ina
the French dresses were puL chased IN TINS couhlIA
by her. before sailing for Europe. This statemen
was corroborated by several persons present d
the examination. -
''In reference TO the jewelry. every piece, witt
the exception Of three necklaces. said MIR. Min
rath, was returned 10 Mrs. Dodge The Nalu
OF the returned jewelry was about S25VN INT
value of the three necklaces, which are merely
held until further evidence can be submitted re
gardng their purchase. is about $1,000 The pub
lished story OF a champagne basket filled viii
Jewel having been thrown into the bay Is
falsehood made out Of the whole cloth.
Three large pearl rings passed by the Govern
ment appraiser at $4,000 each. were easily proved
by Mrs. Dodge 10 have cost Just forty francs II
Paris, or about eight dollars each in American
money
The jewelry and other articles at the time the,
were seized were roughly estimated TO be wortl
than 800 coo