New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-13
HAD AN EMPREss'S GEMS.
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING
MAMMALIAN DIAMONDS.

Two Mexicans who gave their names as
yelino NJ Preza and Alexandra A AaroueS'
were arrested by Special Treasury Agent :"
lam II TheObald and Policeman slogan q '''
Broadway Squad. yesterday morning eHi
with smuggling into this country part OF inc
famous levels al one time worn by Empress
Charlotte The widow of Emperor Maxi'nii'ah u
Mexico.
Mr.. TheobaId said that he received ZIP SON
time ago from a private detective "a '1ed -
r Siivey that the Jewels were in ms Cum
rheobaId said tlat he found Maroucci at '"'
Hotel America. Fifteenth-st anu nc
Place. some time ago ana learned tha' -
came here three weeks $50 and went 20 I'VE -,
Mayoueci Preza does not speak English, aAo
Maraucci acted as Interpreter for MIN
came here from the City Of Mexico
7he r-en were Swallowed. and yesterday Iheo-
Na1d saw the rive men with another man meet
=, rraedvav and Seventeenth-st- he ap-
nroacbad th.,rn and told Of them that ne
,rse = r-,soner The man protested and as ne
did = hs7ded two packages TO one Of the otheE
men. Policeman slogan was calico ana 'Ae
Two were arrested. The third man VAS H9' al
80, h,,t went to the West Thir,i=th-st. station
in a closed carriage
At the station the rEen protested al their az
80 -ha nackaees were opened. and in one
,ea-a f,un5 two diamond rings. said 10 be worth
.bou, $4,000 apiece. The other package con-
tanned diamond pendant. which Is said py
Tbeoba1d 10 have once been worn - the I'M
urees Charlotte suspended from 4 je"eiled
necklace TIE pendant consists Of ;arge o.a-
7,onc Sc; around with eighteen smaller stones
nd Two large stones hanging beneath The stone
= the centre Is said 10 D. a famous . ah-tnd.
It Is # ;hirty-thre- caTaIs. fawless, and the
pendant is said 70 be worth $4bHft
The Jewels we're turned over 20 Agent Iheo-
F4E
noon. and were taken, closely guarded 70 the
O. fFic ~ United States District Att2Ta y Burnett
In the Federal Building. The third man. VINO
was not arrested. accompanied them tie salo
he was General a. A. Mcscoso Of Mexico
On motion Of Assistant District Attorney Bald
win the men were held in bail, Preza in 5000
and Maroucci in $500 and the late for their
examination was set for 10 o'clock M"ncay.
Thomas A Atkinson. Of No. 10 Wall-st-, their
counsel made no objection to The action taken
and the prisoners were placed in the custody OF
United States Marshal Henkel and taken to
Ludlow Street Jail. General Moscoso who IT
was found was the host Of the men 81 the Hotel
America. took no part in the procee lings and
refused to talk saying that he knew nothing
about the case.
was considered the principal in the rase ana
Maroucci was merely his servant and inter
prefer The gem was exhibited many ii the
and was pronounced perfect
1t was learned that the struggled gems came
across the border at Laredo, Tex. How they
came into the possession Of Preza has not teen
learned il is said. but Theobald said that it
would be made clear al the prisoners arraign-
nent next week
The Jewels were offered for sale at Tiffany's,
ColeIEan's. Sixty-frst-st. and NadisOn-ave., and
other jewelry houses They were always offered
and shown by PreZa.
It was learned that among the papers which
Preza had on him when he was arrested was
fna 1f1rr lie FnF
Is said that one of the men has told the officials
that the stones were given 70 them 70 sell by
woman. This woman is said TO be Prezas
fancEe.
The jewels were IN red leather case. and in
the case was a piece Of paper which was
written in English: Diamond necklace is from
Maxnilian's crown.-1S60. The centre stone is
% 1-16 carats, and non' Of the eighteen sur
rodnding stones less than one carat The dia-
mond ring Ohere were two seized), the stone
thereof was in MaximiIians ring at the time he
was shot"