Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-27

New York
Letter.
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AIsapIetrurco and mysterious recov-
cry oi iewolry valued at 100000 and
belonging to Mrs Ogden GoeiDt haH
given che newspapers and tho mem
beers uf select society welcome mater
aI .r .. .Ip TH. C.rruWs IanrDa Hur.
rounding the anair 81 correctly &C.
ported. are peculiar enough Co form
che bsaIs or the most sensational con
lectures. and che gusslps dlj not have
To- strain their imagination to make
thelr stories iutorpstlnE The anthem
tic facts Iu tno case are rather mca.
ger a short time ago Sc was reported
that icWeIry valued at 100000 had
myHter.0usly disappeared from one or
the most aristocratic mansions nt
EgNpolt. Tho Pinkortous we're on.
gagged to investigate tho matter and
they sent out a description of Che
missing iewolry 70 was stated at the
time that the treasure disappeared in
some mysterious manner on the 2n'h
or gtst Of June A few days after the
description OF the supposedly stolen
Jewels aed been sent out aud the
newspapers had discussed the facts
OF tho case os given out and their own
Tho at great length fho statement
Ras given out that Mrs Goclet had
recovered her iowglry. or. rather. had
never been robbed. 10 was stated that
ou coming back Co hor town residence
iu Sow York she discovered chat the
jeWgIy Was safe aud un1isJurhCl iu
tnr safe Th, inference was that Mrs.
Goclat had completely forgotten that
she had ly.t hur iDWelry at home when
she started for Newport 90 attend the
wedding OF her son 90 Miss Wbolan
How tho rumur originated viii prob.
ably never bee found out hut % was
openly discussed by the newspapers
al the time. that Che Jewels had been
stolen hy some Rallies moving IN
the most exclusive SET OF New York
society and for that reason, enjoying
opportunities which common. ordinary
thieves could only envy The most
mysterious hints were made as % tho
personally OF the Understanding to
one story "a prominent society woman
afflicted Wlu kloptomania. according
tO another story a swell" club man
ON the most Intimate terms with the
leaders Ot the -Four Hundred So
persistent were these rumors and so
much mystery was shrouding the ob.
talnublg facts that when che announce.
mout was made that the Jewels had
not been lost at an but bad an tho
time been peacefully resting DO MIRA.
G0elots safe in New York. nobody
was Inclined 90 believe o.
Some 0i The papers printed alleged
interviews with prominent society
people. Doc which the latter openly eN.
pressed their disbelief Since then a
now theory has been sprung ON am
unsuspertlug and patiently suffering
public Some clever Sherlock Holmes
has mado the discovery that tho dis
appearance of the gems was directly
connected with certain fluctuations of
the stock market, which sent Metro
puiltau way up aud made things de-.
cidedly uncomfortable for the bears
no direct accusation is made. but %
ls strongly iusiuuatCd that the yalu
ahlo gems We're used by someone us
collateral security iu o. stock trans
action which required a large amount
Of money or It's equivalent Anybody
is entitled 20 draw bis or her own IN
furonccs
If the organization known in polio,
aud newspaper circles as Tho Blact
Hand is not a mere tissue OF fancy
produced by an imagination strongly
affected ly powerful drugs or an over
dose uf Conan Doyle, its members un
doubleday deserve the soyorest pun
isbmsnt which the law innlcis upoI
its vulaj1rs. There is scarcely ans
crime from the miIdCst case OF black
mail 90 the most atrocious individual
on plural murder, that has not heel
attributed 90 that organization. Dul
ing the last few months The BlacI
Hand l8s become particularly bold
and several cases of kidnapping am
Matchmaking. several dynamite oXplC
sions and other crimes were laid q
tho door of that gaue of criminals
The building trades strike. whic
al the present time Involves owe
fsrty thousand men, stll continue.
hut there is sufficient evidence 90 wal
rant the prediction that the dInol
ouces between the employers and th
unions VIII soon be 8mlcably adjusted
There is not much enthusiasm anon
the men who we're locked ont, an
many of Thorn would GLADLY rD bnF