The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-30
$5O,OOO JEWELRY ROBBERY.
MT. and Mrs. F. G. Theband, of New
 York, the Victims of n Valet.

New York Dec. 30.-Late last night it was learned at police headquarters that MT. and Mrs. Paul G. Thebaud of Madison avenue had been robbed of iewelry worth $50 900. This was corrob- orated by Mr. Thebaud himself. who was at headquarters at o'clock this morning, where, in company with a member of the firm from whom most of the jewelry had been purchased, he gave to the police a partial list of the Jewels taken. The valuables consisted in part of one pear-shaped diamond, said by MT. Thebaud to be worth S2O,- 900; one pearl. weighing A grains, said to be worth S15,000, and three hundred scarf pins and small ornaments, mak- ing up a total of about $50,000.
 The robbery was discovered by Mrs. Thebaud early Sunday forenoon while she was in White Pains, guest of MT. and Mrs. Howard Willetts of that place The robbery is said by the po- lice, and also by MT. Thebaud, to have been the work of a newly engaged valet, named Edward Kern. Kern had been employed by MT. Thebaud but two weeks, and was recommended 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. Grundrid, the butler is un- der constant police surveillance, and Detective Sergeant Durand last night spent the night with the butler in the Madison avenue house.
 On Saturday MT. and Mrs. Thebaud went to White Palms as the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Howard Willetts. They were to spend Sunday with the Willetts family. Kern. the valet, was taken along with Mr. Thebaud. Yesterday morning the Willetts accompanied by MT. and Mrs. Thebaud. and several other guests of the Willetts family, went to the 10 o'clock services in the St Josephs Catholic church. They re- turned about II o'clock.
 The valet had been, of course, left at the willetts home. Soon after the re- turn from the church services Mrs. Thebaud discovered that her diamond and pearl were gone. She hastily went through all her belongings she had talk en with her to White Plains, but found that little else had been taken from there besides the two pieces of iewelry MT. Thebaud at once commit nicated by telephone with Mrs. Cary, housekeeper of the Madison avenue residence. He asked her to look through the house and see that all the jewels and valuables were safe. Mrs. Cary telephoned back that everything of the kind was in the strong boxes and that they were locked.
 "Rreak them open" commanded MT. Thebaud, and and he told her to see that everything was there. She con- nJied but found that smaller stones and jewels to the value Of S5o,ooo had been purloined.
 The New York police were at once communicated with and Detective Ser geants Kelly and Durand were assign ed to investigate the case They went +o the Madison avenue house, where Mir. Thebaud met them early yesterday afternoon. He gave them description of Kern
 Kern was last seen about o'clock yesterday 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 station abandoned. It is supposed that Kern left town on an outgoing train soon after he drove to the station.
 The New York police last night com municated with the police of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Rochester, Syracuse. Montreal, Halifax and others of the principal cities where Kern would be apt to go.