The sun., 1900-11-19
Trunks PASSED. THEN HELD.
Ni.. Dorrances Diamonds Escaped the Gus
toms Inspectors.

Noticeable among the passengers aboard
the American liner New York. which arrived
yesterday from Southampton and Cherbourg.
was a woman, apparently about Is years old,
who wore a gray rainy-day skirt and seal
skin sacguc. She had the air Of one who knew
how 70 take care OF herself and nonchalanCe
that even the inspectors who seized two OF her
trunks at the pier were unable To rufe. She
occupied stateroom 1886 and. according To the
passenger list. she Is Miss NJ. Dorrance" II
Is said that she was escorted by a dentist who
appears on the passenger list as Dr Franklin
d. Kelly Both were said to be from Peoria
The three trunks Of Miss Dorrance were passed
by tho customs insr cctors of Deputy Surveyor
Bowling. star and chalked.
Then there was A stir among the inspectors
A Young man who refused To give his name
but who said he represented Collector Bidwcll
went 10 Mr.. Dowling and asked that a retx-
animation Of the trunks should be made. The
young man. assisted by three special men who
were strangers to Mr. bowling and his stafI.
went through Miss Dorrance's trunks carefully
and found n lot OF unset diamonds. and a smaller
quantity Of stones that Were set. one Of the
latter was stud attached TO fragment Of a
dress SHIRT bosom, which had apparently been
cut out with penknifc.
The collector young man laid the diamond.
out on the top of one ~ the TRUNKS ana ordered
searched 10y a woman insI eCiur. She Was
taken into the Ter SUI crintendents room.
The dentist II is sad va. % sHhrrtHd H To- s'mGr so
had been alprizcd of the coming of the Young
woman and informed that slc would have n
quantity of small gems concealed H. her teeth
The private examination showed tlut all ~"
diamonds had hecn put in the trunks of Mis-
Her coolness never loft her while tho nsrcc-
tors were oyerhaullnc her dro--cS ard thing
and she did not turn a hair when they can"
Z ,l,au ltp tY ~ ft
sompw hat PUZZLED the inst eC'urs IL Nd- luSi
after they found the diamonds, and was I'm
something Of Republican my ,clt
Ihs ',ilna,r "i 'ir ~ ,,r; a,u,t iah whg s"lHr-
monds are worth about s5r1 A hill ot sale
Indicating that most of them Rad been bought
e,"cr, a big gold tooth which. il i sad. in
intend, TO u>e for advertising PURPOSES
the public stores aud sle Was Icrmtt"l 80
leave the yier with Dr kck She told
reporter who asked for her name thc' 81" WI.
Miss brown" Rrd that she WuS gOing to the
,hare either as Mis-. Nr -yn or Nj, Dnrtaucr
II /. not unlikely tnat the. int e',ors Who
passed tho trunks - III T." asked ~ cN' lam why
they did not iud tie diamond AlInr"rt',
no attcmp' had beer, made TO- ggncGn. th"n ~.
Deputy SURVEYOR puvlirG said !" I'D r.'
know tho men who had aC"o'uia' lcd tie '"l-
%frd %r%d him mug i" let % any cSn NJ %no ' dc-r IT,
aVtIniue baggage. and that he therefore 'Dld
the CoUectGr'S N"lrs man :" -" 1,"td ll"
nare, Of the inst cctur- who nntc Tho orr
ptugi o,au,iuatior could NOT hc ul,'a.noI from
rTori,' in, Nov Is Frank u Kelly Is
nentor Of Ne fm i kriIr s CIar NJ
Dorranrc has hco' 10 p.I'- sIuo" M" ",.l"
summer w k'ilv had In" "Nn'.h' Of do n'.I
work a. tl'c Exposition