The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
FOUND THE $4,000 NECKLACE.
GIRL GETS 500 FOR RETURN
or MRS. HOIT'S JEWELS.
Loser Had Advertised Reward First OF
$1,000. Then Of 81 ,OOO--Finder, a
Young Fast Side Girl. Had Been Wear

The luck of Mrs Colgate Hoyt with re-
gard to lost jewelry has asserted itself
again. The $4,000 pearl necklace which
she lost while shopping on April was
restored to her at ~ o'clock on Monday
morning Two hours later Mr.. Hoyt paid
a reward Of 500 to the finder of the jewels,
Miss Harriette Schade Of go East Thirty
ninth street.
The first advertisement OF Mrs Hoyt
concerning the necklace offered a reward
of 81 900 for its return. Later Tiffany 4 Co.,
acting for Mr.. Hoyt, raised the reward to
5000. Whether Miss Schade intends to
make fight for the larger sum could not
be learned from her yesterday
Miss Schade is the seventeen year-od
daughter of a tailor John Schade, who
keeps small shop on Second avenue.
In the daytime Miss Schade works as a
saleswoman in the drygoods store of Louis
Stern, in West Twenty-third street.
She went out for luncheon shortly after
noon on April 2, the day Mrs. Hoyt lost her
jewels. Walking along the sidewalk on the
south side, which wt-s crowded at the time.
she felt something under the tip of her
foot. and looking down saw the necklace.
Once safely in the shop she showed it to
some of her friends, but none of them be-
lievcd it was real. The string was too long
and the pearls too large they thought. That
night she took it home, and her parents
agreed with her comrades. Her father
said that If the pearls were genuine they
must represent whole fortune.
Miss Schade did not hesitate under such
circumstances to wear the necklace at
several Dances at which the jewels attracted
attention, though no one who saw them
guessed that they were real She had TO
nd LAT of oh hnr tnsf a
for "gaudy" jewelry was considered too
strong for Second avenue.
There was only one young man who
differed from the others. He kept telling
Miss Schade that the pearls looked too fine
not to be worth a good deal, and that she
ought TO inquire about them. Finally she
decided to follow his advice.
On her way down Third avenue last
Saturday she stepped into small jewery
shop with the necklace.
It's nothing but glass, | suppose" she
said. But it looks SO pretty that wanted
to make sure it ii might be worth something
anyhow. Then | should want TO return
it to its owner
where did you get it?" gasped the
jeweler.
will YOU please say if it IS worth anything
at all, she asked automatically.
We'll cant say exactly how much 1t
is worth" answered the jeweller, but | am
sure that it's worth not less than IS 900.
Miss Schade was so staggered that she
could not say word. Then she picked
up the necklace, stamncred word of
thanks and walked out. TIE jeweller had
not heard Of the loss of any piece of jewelry
of such value and was too much excited
himself to think of asking Miss Schade
for her name and address. That very
morning this advertisement appeared in
the newspapers
GAINsBoROUGH-If lady who picked
up string OF. pearls. Madison avenue and
y is pa srsS Se A bgaor z M st
questions will be asked and all future trouble
avoided.
The jeweller saw the account which most
and guessed that the necklace he had seen
belonged to Mrs. Hoyt. That same morn
ing he told Mr.. Hoyt Of what had happened.
He said, also. that the young wo man who
had found the jewelry was in the habit OF
passing his store every morning, and that
he probably would be able to catch her
before long.
Miss Schade appeared on Third avenue at
the usual time Monday morning and was
stopped by tho jewel!er,, who ted her he
she could rneet Mr.. Hoyt in the store at
10 o'clock and bring the necklace along.
The girl met Mr.. Hoyt according to agree
ment and handed over TO him her find
without any condition or bargaining. Mr..
Hoyt drove in gallop to his home al rs
to Miss Schade's home and paid Sl00to her.
Neither the finder nor Mr., Hoyt would
talk last night about the difference between
the reward o. cred and the reward paid
Mr.. Hoyt would not even answer ques-
ton whether the necklace had been recov-
cred or not
Not long ago MIS-. Hoyt forgot some
valuable jewclry in the carriage she had
hired and was fortunate enough to recover
it from a driver who had found it.