New-York tribune., 1902-06-11

YOUNG MAN LEAVES THE STOLEN JEW
ELS AT THE HOME OF DETECT
I'VE SERGEANT VALLEY.

Captain Titus of the Detective Bureau an
SIS, 600, that had been stolen a week ago from
the apartment of Mrs Charles D. Kingdom,
mother of Mrs. George J. Gould. while she
staying at the Waldorf Astoria, had been recov-
cred.
Captain Titus said that at about p. m.
yesterday a smooth faced man, about twenty
years old. called the home of Detective Ser
geant Valley, at No. II West Nnetyeighth-st.
The young man had package in his hand. He
asked for Valley. Mrs. Valley told him her
husband was not at home, but would return
later The young man said he would not wait,
gave the box TO Mrs. Valley, and asked her If
she would see that it reached the detective ser
geant. She took the package and placed it on
the manteI.
About o'clock Valley reached home He
opened the box and found in it the Kingdom
jewery. There a gold chain purse,
studded with pearls, rubies and emeralds;
a peacock breastpfn, studded with diamonds
and emeralds; a watch set with a large
diamond: chatelaine pin. set with diamonds
and rubies; ring, set with a diamond and an
emerald, each stone being about five and
half carats in size; and three gold coins,
English sovereign With the jewelry there was
also returned a handkerchief of Mrs Kingdom,
bearing in one corner the initial *" The coins
and handkerchief had not been reported to the
police stolen.
The jeweIry was III a small pasteboard box
that looked though it had originally been
hose box, cut down to about six by seven inches
by four inches. Wrapped in cotton in this
fiimsy receptab bic were the Valuablas.
Detective Valley at took the box OF
jewelry to the home of Captain Titus No.
317 West Twenty-fourth-st. Captain Titus in
formed the management of the Waldorf of the
recovery of the jewels, and then telephoned to
Mrs Kingdom, who is at the Gould home at
Lakewood. Mrs. Kingdom was overjoyed to hear
the news, and said she would the city
this morning to get her property.
The jewelry stolen from the Waldorf early
Tuesday morning d week ago. Mrs Kingdom
and her maid had gone to the hotel and regis
tered on Monday evening. The maids
some distance down the hall from that occupied
by Mrs. kingdom. About 6 o'clock Mrs King
don awoke, and. getting up, unlocked the door
to her apartment, that her maid might get in
when she should awaken. Mrs. Kingdom says
she then went to sleep and did not awaken until
after o'clock. when the maid entered her
room. Before retiring she had placed her jewels
in the drawer Of a chiffoner, locking the drawer
and placing the key, a small one. under dolly.
The first thing the maid noticed when she en-
tered the room in the morning was that the
KEY was not where il had been placed. but in
stead was in the lock of the drawer. Mrs
Kingdom opened the drawer and found the
jewelry gone.
trace of the missing jewels until they
turned. Two men were arrested on suspicion,
but they We're discharged yesterday in the JEFF
ferson Market police court.
Captain Titus and Detective Valley said they
had no Idea of the identity of the young man
who returned the jewelry- Valley said he had
q good description of the young man from his
wife. and that the police We're now trying to
find him. Captain Titus said he supposed that
those implicated in the theft had felt that the
police were getting too close to them, they
had voluntarily returned the valuables.