The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
MADE MANY RICH HAULS
"HARRY THE VALET SAID TO BE AN
EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.
Thief Who stole the Duchess of Suth-
erIand's Jewels Betrayed by His
Mistress - London Gossip.
Copyright, 1899. bv the Associated Press.)

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which were stolen while the duchess was on
her way from London to Paris in october
| last, proves to be an extraordinary char
acter The judge has postponed sentence
in order to enable him to inform the police
as to what became of the bulk of the jew
els, of which only $500 $4,000 worth out of
s25OOO (S125,O00) contained in the stolen
| satchel We're recovered, the idea being that
the prisoner will get a lighter sentence for
| the information. The prisoner however, re-
| piled to the judge that he would not "split
| on his pals" even if he got a life sentence.
| He appears to be one of the most notorious
| criminals of the generation, is of genteel ap-
| pearance and has grand air and frank,
engaging look. The prisoner boasts he has
made twenty bigger "hauls" than in the case
of the Sutherland jewels, and claims he re-
| duced robbery to a science, making it his
business to know everybody of wealth and
consequence in Europe. He further says he
rarely made mistake, owing to his cautious
preliminaries, and declared that the only
serious mistake of his career was when he
! robbed the Duchess of Devonshire, some
time ago, of a jewel case and found to his
disgust that he had taken paste
Harry the Valet" appears to have made
great deal of money, for he lost several
gambling club. He had the lordliest tastes
| and lived at a West-end hotel, where his
bills were over $50 ($25O) Finally he was
betrayed in the Sutherland affair by his mis-
tress, former actress, who informed the
police of the share he had taken in robberies.
Otherwise there is every reason to believe
that he would never have been caught, as
the police had no clew to him. He was APP
parently devoted to this woman, as, while
awaiting trial. he begged her to come to his
prison and give him one more kiss.
The splendid practice of the American
gunners has galvanized the British into
critical interest in the gun-firing of their
own navy and the results of the inquiries
made are not very reassuring. The perform
ances of the Mediterranean fleet, supposed
to be the crack British fleet, are far from
satisfactory The results of the heavy and
light gun prize firing of 1898, just published.
shows that with heavy guns 259 rounds were
fired at eight knots, and that the percentage
of hits was 80. With the six-inch quick
firers steaming at twelve knots, the average
was also 30 per cent, and with the Maxim
guns the average was 46 per cent The
slx-inch quick hrer is the most used gun
IN the British service, and the papers point
out tnat II IS evident that even the crack
squadron has much to learn regarding it's
use In the case of the smaller weapons
the results We're still more diSadYanta geous
and this without the disconcerting effects
OF hostile fire. The papers now ask if it is
not time that measures be taken to make
gun practice something more than a per-
functory exercise, as in the case in many
of the British ships.
People here seem to have settled in their
own mind that an American squadron will
visit Portsmouth in june and it is unhesi-
tatingly announced that the Admiralty au-
thorities have arranged to have the British
channel fleet, with the Duke of York at its
head, assemble in the Solent to meet the
American ships. One paper presumes to
know that the American squadron will con-
sist of all the best types Of modern war
ships. The Portsmouth municipality is evil
IDENTIFY trying to boom the event for all it is
worth, and dispatch from Portsmouth to-
day says official information on the subject
is eagerly awaited there in order to prepare
the arrangements to give fitting welcome
to the officers and men.
Lady Henry Somerset, w T. Stead and
other friends and admirers of the late Mrs.
Haweis, the author of "Chaucer for the
Children "Chaucer for Schools" Chaucer's
Beads, - "Tales from Chaucer," have formed
a committee to perpetuate her memory by
raising fund to be called 1.-The Mrs. Haweis
fund for working girls, the object of which
is said to be to financially aid English and
and twenty to learn a self-supporting trade
or to engage in remunerative trade.
There is an cutlery among the jewellers in
the famous Peabody buildings, which were
established by the American philosopher,
George Peabody, who died in 1869, against
the proposal of the trustees to raise the
rents. Some of the tenants have written
to papers complaining that the buildings
are now let to well-to-do artisans, instead of |
to the poorest classes, for which they were |
originally intended. In behalf of the trus- |
tees 1t is pointed out that the buildings are !
managed at q very small cost, only half the |
profit produced by Lord Rowtons lodging |
houses, and that an increase of Sd (siX cents) |
weekly per room is necessary in order to !
fully. -
1t may be said that London has been de-
serted by the society people, who are most
ly entertaining or being entertained at coun- |
try houses. The Duke and Duchess of |
Devonshire. intend to cap the season Of |
gayeties with a grand ball at Chatsworth |
House, Derbyshire, which is to eclipse the |
famous Devonshire House fancy ball.
The Duke of Northumberland, who died |
on Monday, will be inferred in ST. Nicholas !
Chapel Westminster Abbey, where the |
Percy family have the right of burial. Sons |
pressure was put upon the family to waive |
this right in view of the limited space now /
remaining in the Abbey, but without avail. |
The income from the estate is nearly $780, |
600 year.
The Duke of Marlborough by his appoint |
ment as paymaster general, in succession to |
the Earl of Hopetoun, who was recently |
made lord chamberlain, becomes a member |
of the government. The office, however. is
only a stepping stone. There is no work |
and no pay. But the duke may occasionally |
have to answer a question in the House of |
Lords. The appointment is a reward for /
the dukes labors for the Conservative |
cause. He is an interchangeable worker in |
the Primerose League. Hardly a week |
passes without his having presided at a |
meeting of the league somewhere. William |!
Astor's Pail Mall Gazette says: The duke |
is a young man who has the good sense |
to take himself and his position seriously /
and not rest satisfied, like a Beau Marchais |
nobleman. with having taken the trouble to /
be born. In the age we live in 1t is eminent !
ly desirable that men of rank and wealth |
should throw the influence OF their position |
and personality into the scale Oh politics.
The Hogemay or New Years eve festivi- |
ties celebrated at Glasgow were marked by |
the greatest exhibition of intoxication in |
the streets ever seen, even in Glasgow. One |
account of the scene says: 1t would need !
the pen of lola to describe the state of the |
streets. The most astounding feature OF the |
debauchery was the appalling number OF |
young lads rolling about the streets.
Destiny.