New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
M4NY JEWEL CLAIMANTS.
Captain COttreU Thinks Business
Woman Rightful O7Cner.

Twenty-Five claimants of the jewelry sent to
Police Captain CottreIl OF the Tenderloin sta
ton through the mails appeared at the West
Thirtieth-st. station yesterday. These self
styled owners came from all parts Of the city.
( One was from Newark The dates OF their
losses range from last Thursday night TO two
years ago. and various were the stories volun-
teered as to how the jewels were lost.
Among the claimants woman, who told
such plausible story and gave such an accu-
rate description of the jewels and the circum-
stances under which she lost them that Cap
tain CottreI is practically convinced that she
is the rightful owner. and the diamonds prob
ably will be handed over to her. The captain,
however said last night that he by no
means certain that the rightful owner had APP
peared and the woman will have to go through
considerable red tape before she can wear her
diamonds again.
Mrs Sarah Kimball. of No. 303 West One-hun-
dred-and-f ourth-st. is the woman who, Captain
Cottrell believes. Is the legitimate owner OF the
gems. She is business woman, with office
in the Lincoln Building Union Square. Accord
ing TO her story. she had the rings and sunburst
with her. tied up in n handkerchief. on Thursday
night. when she left her office at $50 O'Clock.
With friend she went to a restaurant
in Union Square. While there she got speck
of dust in her eye. When she sought for her
handkerchief she could find none save the one
I'm which she had wrapped her diamonds. and
she was forced 10 use that
After this she left the restaurant and took a
Sixth-ave. elevated train uptown. On reaching
her home Mrs. Kimball missed her jewelry. and.
in great alarm. went to her friends home ask
Ing anxiously il she had the handkerchief. Her
friend had not seen it after Mrs. Kimball had
used IL in the restaurant.
Mrs. Kimball FASTENED to the One-hundred-
and-twenty -ffth-st. police station. where she re-
ported her loss. On Friday morning she also
went TO the lost property office of the elevated
railroad and to the restaurant. When yester-
day she read of the curious present the mails
had brought to Captain Cottren she FASTENED to
the station. Captain Cottrell put her through
an examination which lasted over two hours.
She described how the diamonds in some of the
eight rings had originally been set in other ar
ticles OF jewelry, and were afterwaTd changed to
the ring settings by Tiffany. All the diamonds
except one ring were given to Mrs. Kimban by
her husband. Captain CottreT will take the
woman to Tlnany's and see if they can identify
the property clerk at police headquarters, where
Mrs. KimbaIl must finally apply for it.
The other applicants were of both sexes and
most OF them burst dramatically into the sta
tiOn and rushed breathlessly up TO the ser
geant's desk. The woman from NeW-Jersey had
lost her diamonds over two years ago and the
expression Of expectant Joy her face so
PEELED TO tell her that the jewelry was not hers
after she had described what she had lost.
The police have discovered no Clew TO the
identity Of the anonymous sender of the jewels