Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-07
fAY DIAMONDS
ARE RECOVERED
Clinton Editor Gets His Gems
After Eighteen Months of
Unremitting Search
THE DENNlsoN GANG oUTDoNE
Same Gang Which Shielded shercliffe
and Made Way With the Pollock Dia-
monds Made to Dissorse by an Iowa
Editor - Clever Work Against Great
Odds Wins Out.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

/ Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, May 7.-Battling all
most single handed with the allied
! hosts of crime thruout Iowa and their
confederated agencies in Omaha, Edi-
| tor L. Z. Fay of the Clinton Advertiser
yesterday won a complete triumph by
securing the return Of the $1,000 worth
| of diamonds and jewelry stolensfrom
| the home OF his brother, C.. A. Fay at
| Clinton, in November, 1902, the theft Of
which is charged to w. C. Rogers, re-
Gently convicted in this city for the
murder OF Bert Forney.
The annals OF the state show nothing
more startling or sensational than the
success of this journalistic Sherlock
Holmes, hitherto unframed in the pur-
suit Of criminals. in thus bringing about
the restoration of the property to it's
owner. breaking up the Rogers -Dolan-
Bhrrier gang of thieves and murderers.
all of whom are now serving long terms
/ in the penitentiary. and securing the
nison for implication in the famous
Pollock diamond robbery.
The diamonds were recovered thru
Fred Bunting a former saloon keeper of
Council Bluffs, and Harry Bernstein, an
Omaha pawnbroker, who is also bail
if of Judge Sears court there and
member OF of the Dennison political
machine.
They were obtained thru compact
that prosecution recently begun
against Bunting at Clinton for receiy-
ing stolen goods while he was In busi-
ness at Council Bluffs should be dis
missed. Bunting was in the city On
Thursday night, and registered at the
Grand. While not believed to be con-
nected with the theft of the Fay dia-
monds, he was sufficiently in touch
with the criminal and gambling ele-
ment OF Omaha to be able to secure the
return OF those Jewels. Bernstein is the
man who received the jewels and sold
them. He got them back by hunting up
the purchasers and buying them again
at a premium over his selling price.
The denouement OF the noted case
has brought to light many interesting
details not heretofore known. One OF
these Is that warrant sworn out by
Tom Dennison at Omaha on the charge
of attempted blackmail has been hang
ing over Fays head for several weeks
past. 1t has been In the hands of the
police Of that city during this time, but
has never been served, tho Fay has
made several trips thither since it was
issued.
To- .f,,r> n,,f ftA vryov or1tn T.
son doubtless intended TO frighten Fay
on account of his activity in securing
the indictment against Dennison at Lo-
gon connecting him with the famous
Pollock diamond robbery in 1892.
For, this crime Frank Shercliffe was
sentenced to the penitentiary. His
subsequent parole gy Governor Shaw
at the request of leading politicians Of
Iowa and Nebraska has recently been
causing much sensational comment
thruout the state.
Dennison's Equal.
II such was the objects of this pro-
ceeding against Fay 1t failed utterly in
its purpose, as Fay was not deferred
one inch nor one minute from the end
he had in view. Indeed, it appears
from the outcome of the case that Den
nison himeslf was the man who was
frightened 1t is charged that the re-
turn of the stolen property in cOnceal-
ment in Omaha could not be accom-
plished without the sanction of Den
nison The inferencegis therefore, that
the gambling king must have consid-
cred himself placed in a serious posi-
ton by the Logan indictment and that
he tried to make peace with his most
formidable foe by granting a demand
which he once refused.
When Fay met Bernstein at the mid
die of the Missouri river bridge to
discuss the return Of the diamonds,
the Omaha pawnbroker said to him:
Well, Mr.. Fay, I've got to take my
hat off to you. Over at Nestlehouse's
saloon they all say kink Tom has me
his match in YOU
Fay replied: I'VE started to buy
these goods back; next we tried to beg
them back; now we're going to drive
them back And l think that's what
we have done
MY opinion is that the Dennison end
of the deal is what forced the returi.
of the diamonds. If it had not been
for that indictment and If 1t were not
for the fact that the Indictment has
something back of it, l think we would
still be looking for them
Prosecution Cost $t500O
The original cost Of the diamonds and
jewelry stolen from c. A. Fay was
about $1,000. In prosecuting the search
for the property and bringing to JUS
tice members of the gang no less than
5000 has been expended. An item
ized statement prepared by Editor Fay
gives the summarized cost as follows:
Prosecution Of Murphy and
Conroy ;. .....$ 2,ooo
Defense of Murphy and Con-
roy I. 5000
Cash spent by individuals and
Clinton Citizens Committee 1,700
Expense of Rogers trial !. ]. 1,50e
Defense of Rogers -. 1000
Prosecution of Burrier ). >. ~ 100