The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-15
PRICE ON HER HEAD
$3.50 FOR ANYBODY WHO CATCHES
THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS.
JEWELLERS OFFER REWARDS.
THEUs BROS. PUT UP 5000 AND DEs-
BOUILLoNS ADDS $50.

Offer of the Rewards May Inspire
Those Seeking the Bold Diamond
Thief to Greater ExertiOns-Little
Chance Now That She viii BE
Caught-Case Is a Difficult One and
There Is Little to Work UpOn-Su-
perintendent of Police Reported
to the Acting Mayor That Clue Aft
err Clue Had Been Worked with
out Success.
A price has been set upon the head
of the Queen of Diamonds, the mys-
FERROUS woman who played her nerVy
game and touched Theus Bros, for
81 ,45O worth of diamonds and A. L.
Desbouillons for $3695O worth of dia-
monds and jewelry. The jewelers. an
nounced yesterday morning that they
would pay a reward for the apprehen-
sion of the now famous crook.
Theus Bros. want the woman cap
Gured, and so does Mr.. Desbouillons.
So badly do Theus Bros. want her
that they decided to offer reward of
5000 for her arrest or for information
that would lead to it. Mr.. Desbouil-
ions offers $50, an amount that bears
about the same ratio to his loss as
does the Theus reward to the loss of
that firm.
The rewards were offered in the hope
of squirting those engaged in the quest
of the woman to greater efforts. 1t
would be difficult, however. for any
more sincere or earnest work to be
done. as the detectives have labored
diligently almost every hour since the
scheme that relieved the jewelers. of
their treasures was sprung. Clue after
clue has been taken up, investigated
and abandoned, as it proved of no
value The police seem as much in
the dark as during the first hour after
the Jewels were secured. In fact they
are probably worse off than they were.
Before their work was well under way
there was a strong chance, 1t seemed,
for the capture of the woman. There
was this hope to buoy them. AS the
hours passed, however, without re-
suits, their hope gradually weakened.
until now there is apparently very lit
tie likelihood that the shrewd artistic
will be found.
Superintendent of Police Reilly. in
making his daily report to Acting
Mayor Dixon at the City Exchange
yesterday, touched upon the diamond
robbery. He told the acting Mayor
that the police had followed many
clues, but none had shown very much
promise at any stage, and, after in
vestigation, it was clear than none was
tenable. The superintendent had to
admit that there seemed little chance
of success. The case is a difficult one,
and could battle the most skilled de-
tectives There has been nothing save
inaccurate and insufficient descriptions
upon which to work.
Mr.. T. N. Theus and Mr.. Richard
M. Courtenay of Theus Bros. have
been the most assiduous disciples of
Sherlock Holmes in the case, while MIR.
Andre Desbouillons has been the anna
teur Foxy Quiller who has represent
ed his father in the search for the
woman. They had probably the best
view of the woman, and are, therefore,
regarded as best able to identify her.
They have been called upon several
times to say whether any of the wo-
men pointed out to them was the
Queen of Diamonds.
Detained "A Suspect.
During the forenoon somebody got
an idea that woman seen in a gro
Gerry store on Whitaker street, near
Forsyth Park, was the Queen of Dia-
monds. The suspect was detained
while some one went in post haste for
Mr.. Desbouillons, who, when he ar
rived, relieved the apprehension of a
greatly frightened young woman and
the curiosity of a large crowd that had
gathered by announcing that she was
not the Queen.
Another report was that Constable
Harry Beckett had arrested the Queen.
This grew out of the fact that he had
been seen with a woman under arrest,
the woman having been taken on
peace warrant. Throughout the day
there We're such reports, and the ques-
ton when some one who might know
was seen was Have they caught the
Queen?"
Mr.. T. N. Theus was seen about the
reward his firm had offered.
What is the reward for the woman
or the diamonds?" he was asked.
why, the woman. I'd Just like to
have look at her again. We don't
ever expect to see the diamonds. l
guess they have been sent away from
Savannah"
Mr.. Desbouillons was inspired by no
such desire. He was not particularly
anxious to see the woman again. mo,
he said, "the reward is not for the
woman; it is for the jewelry"