The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-30
Burglars Go Through Residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G. The
baud in New York and That of
Friends in White Plains
VALET SUSPECTED
OF DOING THE JOB
He Went to the Railroad Station
at White Plains in One of His
Employers Rigs Yesterday
Morning and Has Not Been
Heard of Since

New York Dec. 9O.-Late last night it
was learned at police headquarters that
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G. Thebaud of Madi-
son Avenue had been robbed of jewels
worth $4,000. This was corroborated by
Mr.. Thebaud himself who was at head
quarters at 1 o clock this morning, where,
in company with member Of the firm
from whom most of the jewelry had been
purchased, he gave to the police partial
list of the jewels taken.
The Valuables consisted in part of one
pear-shaped diamond, said by MIR. The
baud to be worth $4,000; one pearl,
weighing Al grains said to be worth $l5
600, and 800 scarf pins and small orna-
ments, making up a total of about $oO,VOO.
The robbery was discovered by Mrs.
Thebaud early Sunday forenoon, Wnlle
she was in White Plains, guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Willets OF That place.
The robbery is said by the police and also
Mr. Thebaud to have been the work of d
newly engaged valet, named Edward
Kern. Kern had been employed by Mr..
Thebaud but two weeks, and was recon-
mended to him by the Thebaud butler,
who had been in the family service a
matter of only a few months.
Kern the valet, is missing. Grundrld,
the butler is under constant surveillance,
and a detective spent last night with the
butler in the Madison Avenue house.
Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Thebaud went to
White Plains as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Howard Willets. They We're to
spend Sunday with the Willets family
Kern, the valet, was taken along with
Mr.. Thebaud.
Yesterday morning the Willets accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Thebaud and
several other guests of the Willets fam
lily, went to the 10 o'clock services in the
st. Johns Catholic Church. They re-
turned about IL o'clock. The valet had
been, of course, left at the Willets home.
Soon after the return from the church
services Mrs. Thebaud discovered that
her diamond and pearl were gone.
She hastily went through all her be-
longings she had taken with her to WHITE
Plains, but found that little else had
been taken from there besides the two
pieces of iewelry Mr.. Thebaud at once
communicated by telephone with Mrs.
Cary. housekeeper of the Madison Ave
nue. residence. He asked her 10 look
through the house and see that all the
jewels and valuables were sa1e; Mrs:
Cary telephoned back that everything of
the kind was in the strong boxes and
that they were locked.
Break them open!' commanded MI
Thebaud, and told her to see that every
thing was there. She complied, but
found that smaller stones and jewels to
the value of $500 had been purloined.
The New York police were at once com
municated with, and Detective Sergeants
Kelly and Durand were assigned to in
vestigate the case. They went to the
Madison Avenue house, where Mr.. The
baud met them early yesterday after
noon. He gave them a description of
Kern.
Kern was last seen about 9 o'clock yes
terday morning, when he took one of
Howard Willetts rigs and drove to the
railroad station in White Plains. Three
hours later the rig was found at the sta
ton, abandoned. 1t is supposed that
Kern left town on an outgoing train
soon after he drove to the station. The
New York police last night communicated
phia. Washington, Rochester, Syracuse,
Montreal Halifax and others of the prin-
cipal cities where Kern would be apt to
go.