The San Francisco call., 1904-09-07
Mysterious Disappearance
of Family Treasures Is
Cleared Up When Young
Woman Is Landed i'm Jail
FAIR PRISONER WILL
NOT BE PROSECUTED
Police Attempt to Suppress
Facts Because of the Pos
sibility That Prominent
Persons Might Be Involved
Special Dispatch to The Call


LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6.-The mys-
terry surrounding the theft from the
pslatisl home OF Mrs. Henry Wander
leck. a few days ago. Of family heir
looms valued at many thousands OF
dollars, which had descended TO her
from ancestors who were among the
most prominent Spanish families in the
State before American occupation. has
been dispelled.
In the female ward Of the City Jail
is pretty Miss Josephine st. Julian,
striking brunette, well educated, much
Travelled and seemingly a cultured
woman. If she did not steal the
treasures she knows who did, for she
sold them. and because Of the sales she
was taken into custody. She will not
be prosecuted, however, for If the case
reached the courts il woulA be ocrtain
10 be productive of an ugly scandal
which might involve other persons.
In order 10 prevent such a scandal
and al the request of the owner of the
stolen property. the Police Department
has made every effort TO keep secret
the fact Of the arrest and the recovery
Of the goods. They have even denied
that such an arrest had been made,
but finally admitted ii.
Tomorrow Miss St. Julian will be
taken quietly to a depot, her ticket
purchased and she viii be sent TO some
destination which viii not be made
public.
More than six months ago Mrs. Van
oerleck, before going out Of the city
for half a year, leased her fine home
furnished 10 Mrs. c. A. Toy, wealthy
lady who had recently come from Chi
csgo. With Mrs. Toy, in the capacity
Of governess TO her two children, came
Miss St. Julian. In a garret Of the
house which had been reserved for
storage purposes, Mrs. Vanderleck
placed two large trunks containing the
valuable heirlooms. She again took
possession Of her house June l, but for
nearly three months thereafter she did
not have occasion 10 examine the
trunks. Then she discovered that her
priceless valuables had been stolen and
the theft was Immediately reported to
the detectives.
Late Sunday night Pearl Morton. a
woman Of the half world. telephoned
10 detectives that she thought she had
= portion Of Mrs. Nanderleck's goods.
She stated that she had purchased
them some time ago from a woman
who called herself Mrs. Stella Smith, ="
and who had been employed by her
as 4 seamstress. She did not know
where this woman was but she was
willing 10 surrender the goods if they
could be identified. he showed the
detectives among other things two eX-
QEsite lace fans carved in mother Of
pearl worth $3.50, an elabOrately flow
cred silk shawl OF Oriental workman
ship worth $500, a Mexican rebosa
valued at $3.50 and a number of very
rare and expensive lace handkerchiefs.
Mrs. Nsnderleck identified the prop
erty.
The detectives found Miss St. Julian,
alias Mrs. Smith. conducting a mani
curing establishment at Hotel Nor
mandie and Pearl Morton identified her
as her former seamstress who had sold
her the goods. When Miss St. Julian
was taken into custody she did not
weep or become hysterical but instead
put on a bold front. threatening civil
suits for damages. She was finally in
duced TO remember that she had sold
certain Valuables 10 the Morton
woman, but asserted that she had pur-
chased them from a negress whose
name she could not remember She
finally admitted having sold other por-
tiOns of the Nanderleck property at
other houses Of doubtful character and
from such places the police have re-
covered practically all of the stolen
property.
AS 10 Miss St Julian's antecedents
the police know nothing. but here she
has been leading dual life. Others
may be implicated in the theft but
with the recovery Of the goods the ca Sc
will be drOpued