The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-14
SEEKING The QUEEN
SAVANNAH BEING SEARCHED FOR
THE WOMAN WITH DIAMONDS.
SHREWD AS SHE is Merry.
CAN ELUDE POLICE As WELL AS
SHE CAN WORK A TRICK.

SHE CAN WORK A TRICK.
Everybody Interested in the story
of the Queen-Odds Are on That
She viii Not BE Caught-Some De-
clare They Admire the WOman's
Nerve-JeweIers Say They Free
quentIy Send Gems Out Upon Writ
ten orders-Many Clues Have Been
and Are still Worked by the De-
tectives and the Amateurs-COncert
Hnii Singer Held Up and Charged
with the Theft.
The Queen of Diamonds still reigns.
With a shrewdness equal to her nerve
she has eluded the police and profess
sional and amateur detectives who
have sought to find her. Neither the
queen nor the diamonds have they
discovered, and bets of two to. one are
offered that she will not be caught.
1t has been many days since a story
has caught and tickled the public
fancy as did that in yesterdays Morn
ing News, telling how a mysterious,
as the niece Of the wives of wealthy
citizens. presented herself at the stores
of Theus Bros. and A. L. Desbouil-
Ions and, upon forged notes, secured
diamonds and jewelry aggregating ST.
SIG. 30 in value.
Everybody was interested, and the
account of the nervy deeds of the wo-
man was read with avidity. All mar
yelled that the jewelers. had been SO
caught, for. after the diamonds had
been secured and the knowledge gained
that the notes purporting TO be from
Mrs. J. P. Williams and Mrs. Henry
Blum were forgeries, it seemed such
foolish thing for the proprietors of the
stores to have allowed a woman un-
known to them to carry away such val
liable goods.
II Was No New Thing.
1T was no new thing for US to de-
liver goods upon the receipt of notes
from responsible persons" said Mr.. T.
y. Theus. I'VE have done it often in
dealing with our customers. Mrs. Will
iiams has frequently sent notes to us
for jewelry. which has been delivered
TO the bearer. OF course. we know now
that we should not have let the woman
have the goods, but We did not know
nor suspect then that she was not just
what she represented"
Hundreds of times have I sent out
goods upon such ORDERS" said Mr..
Desbouillons. and nothing like this
ever resulted before. At various times
we have sent Jewelry and precious
stones TO Mrs. Blum. We have accepted
the notes as bona fide, and they have
always proven so until this time.
Did Not Suspect Her.
Not because we had any suspicion
OF the woman. but SIMPLY because we
thought it might be a convenience, my
son suggested that we send the goods
she had selected to Mrs. Blum. To that,
in very debonair way, she replied,
oh never mind, 1t is but a small
package, and 1 can carry it without
the slightest trouble
80 she took it with her. We made
no point upon delivering it ourselves.
Naturally, man does not want to be
impolite to a woman. 1t is his nature
to want to please the sex. We had
no suspicion, as l said, but. anyway,
1t would have been hard to be rude.
Sold Out to Mr.. Williams.
AS soon as Mr.. Desbouillons learned
from Mr.. w. S. Blum that he had been
swindled by the woman, he FASTENED
to Theus Bros. There he met Mr.. T.
N. Theus.
Has a woman been in here, and did
you let her have goods on an order
from Mrs. Henry Blum" Mr.. Desbouil-
Ions inquired.
mo, but l have just sold out to Mr..
J. p. Williams" was the satisfied an
swer of Mr.. Theus. This satisfaction
vanished, however, as soon as he heard
Mr. Desbouillons' story.
In the store of the Theuses there had
been some little jollity following the
exit or so excellent customer, and
there were mutual congratulations
upon having made such a sale.
JOked the Losing JeweIer.
Some of the friends of the Jewellers
were inconsiderate enough to joke
them about their losses and the way
they had been taken in. The notes
presented were illiterate They were
pencilled, and the grade of paper was
poor.
Jokes took various forms After a
bit they ceased to be funny to the
victims, and they usually shut the
perpetrators off with a warm reioinder.
II was not pleasant to those who had
lost so heavily to have a man walk
In and remark. for instance, that
he was the nephew of ]. Pier
pont Morgan. and would like about
*z'OOO worth of diamonds"
Followed Cline After Clue.
The detectives and the jewellers were
very busy throughout the day. Ever
since the woman walked out of the
Desbouillons store there has been a
vigorous search. Mr.. Desbouillons
rushed out of the store as soon as he
learned from his father whom the wo-
man had represented herself as being
He declared that she could not have
mad time to go more than a block, yet
ne could not see her anywhere.
To the detectives was given the fol-
lowing written description of the wo-
man: Short, chunky, dark complex
ION. dark hair, or wig, square features
about the eyes, 80 to 35 years of age
dressed plain, but nicely"
A few amateurs also went to work
Clerks and proprietors of the buncoed
tewelry establishments joined their eff
forts with those of the detectives. and
It seems strange that one woman
should have. thus far, been able to
elude them ALL
Admired Her Nerve.