The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-11-21
Young Man Arrested as He
Stepped From Train.
Confesses to Having Stolen $40, 900
Worth Of Jewels at Louisville
Was Here Several Days.
SAYS THREW JEwELRY AWAY

When Schuyler Baird, a youth OF
is, boarded the train here at the I'm
ion depot Saturday at noon, he little
suspected that within a few hours he
would be in Jail with the penitentiary
yawning before him. He had been
here since Wednesday, and the story
of his trouble is thus told in the
Courier-Journal
Schuyler Baird, an employe of the
Louisville Transfer company, was ar
rested at 10 O'Clock last night b,
Capt. William Sullivan, of the detec
tive department, and Detectives Don
ahue and Charles Ross, and after al
hours sweating, confessed to havinI
broken open the trunk of Mrs. San
II. Holley, wife of DR.. Sam II. Holley
of Lexington, and robbing il of $40,
600 worth of Jewels. He claimed
that he did not know their value and
threw them away. In a search for
the missing jewelry last night in the
place named by Baird, the detectives
found a part of the jewelry and are
confident of securing the remainder
today.
Mrs. Holley was robbed of her
jewelry before or during a trip to
New York, TO which place she started
from Louisville last Tuesday. Upor
reaching New York, she found tina
her trunk had been broken open dur
ing the passage and family heirloom
and jewelry valued at 100000 haC
been stolen. The Jewels reported
missing were as follows: A garne
necklace, which had been in the fam
lily for more than a hundred years
valued at $4,000; an amethyst pin
surrounded with pearls and forget
me-nots; string Of coral pins. gold
and blue enamellng; a large gold
loeket, a pear stick pin and a string
of amethyst beads.
Learning that the trunk in which
the jewels had been packed had been
taken to the Seventh street station
by driver for the Louisville Trans
fer company a search was immediate
ly made for the driver.
Upon investigation. II was learned
that the wagon was in charge of
Baird at the time and further search
revealed the fact that Baird left Lou
isville last Tuesday for Paducah.
Feeling sure of their game, the detec-
tives watched the railroad station.
and were rewarded last night to learn
that he had arrived in Louisville. He
was arrested shortly afterward at his
home. 2234 West Grayson street.
while removing the trunk from
the residence. he heard a conversa-
ton among the servants which led
him to believe that there we're valua-
bles in the trunk. Seeking his OPP
portunity, he drove down an alley.
and with a wrench carried on his
wagon, he pried open the lock and
found the jewelry in the second tray
of the trunk.
after opening the boxes. Baird
declared that he did not know the
Jewels were valuable, and, being una
BILE to dispose Of them, threw them
away. The detectives do not believe
this part of his story. altogether, and
think that at least part of the jewelry
has been disposed of; If not in Louis
Vile, in Paducah. He told the OFF,
GERS where they could find the valua-
bles, and they located the amethyst
pin and the pearl stickpin in his
home. He also claimed that the lock-
ct was in a jewelry store on Market
street, and that he had sold a pin to
a man named Faulkner. The garnet
necklace, he said, had been thrown in
lumber yard. but itscould not be
found last night"
Baird is said by the detectives to
have a bad record, and the investiga-
ton of his character by the detec-
tives had very much to do with his
arrest. On January is, 1904, he was
arrested on a charge Of house-break'
ing, but succeeded in clearing himself
OF this charge. The detectives also
claim that he has been arrested on
several similar charges"