The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

years. / was never before tempted TO take
them. / cannot tell what impelled me to do
it this time. IT was not hunger: for I have
always made enough to live on. But when !
saw tn, diamonds l was irresistably i'm.
PEELED to get away with some Of them and
I smashed the window. grabbed the tray and
ran. If / had stopped to think Of II, the
chances against my getting away, IL moth
ing else, would certainly have stopped me-"
TWENTY RINGS RECOVERED.
Twenty of the rings, valued at 5000, have
been recovered.
Three Of the rings were found by clerks
in the window OF Simpsons pawnshop. one
was returned by a Iaborer, who picked it up
In the street, four were returned in by
Holmes men and twelve were found by the
men digging in the snow on the trail of the
thief. in front of No. 2I West Fortieth
street.
The Holmes men traced the fight of Nc
Pherson for four blocks, finding a hand
some jeweled ring on each corner. The po-
lice are now looking for a man who found
q ring, containing a large diamond, at
Forty-second street and Sixth avenue and
who Immediately ran up the elevated sta
ton stairs and boarded a train.
A few minutes later Miss Thurber heard
a low. but shrill whistle on the lower floor
glar, stepped quietly into the hall.
She met her mother coming from the sit
ting room in the rear Of the second floor
with Miss Margulles, a friend who had been
with her mother. Going down to the lower
floor. they found both the front doors open.
ENTER. THE DETECTIVES.
The maids in the house were awakened.
and a telephone message was sent to P0-
lice headquarters asking that detectives be
sent at once to the house.
Detectives Duffey and Phillips from the
West hirtieth Street Station arrived and
made a thorough search Of the house. They
found evidence of the visit Of the three
burglars.
Nothing was taken from the house ex-
cept a heavy Colts revolver. the weapon
used to intimidate Miss Thurber. In speak,
ing of the affair, Mrs. Thurber said:
II was sitting in the rear room of the
second floor. which 1 use as a sitting-room,
when 1 heard the sound of voices in the
front room. Miss Margulies was with me,
and. 1 paid no attention to 1t, thinking it
with one of the maids or with Jeanette.
I stepped into the hail or hearing a whis-
tie ON; the lower floor and met Jeanette.
who placed her fingers to her lips and said:
Hush, don't make any noise. There are
burglars in the house.
We waited a few minutes. and then.
hearing no other noise. went into the base
ment and the servants. sending
them for the police. Then. we t%elephoned to
"Jeannette was very brave and cool. She
was not frightened at any time. When she
asked the burglar to sit down 1t was be,
a kindly. Intelligent face. A
She wanted to ask him why he degrad-
ed himself by housegreaking and to urge
him to change his ways. She was perfectly
calm. and gave him her word OF honor that
she would not cry out while he was. talking
to her.
Il believe in giving publicity to such at
fairs, as 1t tends to warn the public and to
break up burglary"
st was dazzled by the glare of the dia-
monds. For two or three days l had passed
by the pawnshop and each time 1 thought
how much they would buy.
There, was so many that ! thought It
worth taking the chance for, so when the
crowd was thickest 1 smashed the window
with a stone"
That was the statement made by Nc
Pherson to explain why he had stolen the
gens.
The excitement in the Broadway neigh
borhood was intense all night. Policemen.
newsboys and in some Instances women
with lanterns or candles were digging into
The few who knew Of the diamond mine
were reticent about It when approached By