The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-05
DIAMONDS CAUSE SEVERAL ARRESTS Woman and Men Detained by
 Police Department A PAWNsROKER INVOLVED Loaned $640 on Four Large stones and a Search Warrant Was Issued
 for Them-Arrests
 Follow.
A PAWNsROKER INVOLVED

A search warrant for diamonds said to be worth hundreds of dollars, the sudden arrest of a. woman who was about to leave the city. the arrest of well konwn local man. who was detained at police headquarters for nearly twenty-tour hours, and the detention of the man swearing out the search warrant for sev- eral hours, are some of the details or what has the appearance of being one of the biggest mysteries the police have been called on to solve for long time.
 The diamonds are at present in the hands of Menzo W. Parsons, constable, who has the woman in charge They are wanted by E. Wald of the Birmingham Loan company, who says he advanced about $500 on them to c. B. Mason, who is said to have acted for the wife of J. C.. Foley, alias John O. Fuller the man who claims the diamonds and the man instituting the search warrant. The detention of the wife and her agent was caused by warrants sworn out against them by Wald, the loan man. The man pawning the gems has given an appear ance bond of 5000 to appear before Jus tice Benners, and the woman will be ar raiened before Justice Abernathy.
 Beginning of Story.
 The beginning of the diamond story so far as the police are concerned, dates back to the time when Foley, or Fuller, was arrested October 4 While. he was in A cell at the police jail, beautiful woman called to see him. She called second time and was questioned in the office of the chief of police by Detective Patton During the conversation 1t seems she told the detective the man in jail was her husband and she volunteered the statement that he had sent her number of diamonds from time to time and that he was a travelling man. The detective went to the Birmingham Loan company's place and secured the gems for examination There were four of them. valued at about $15OO, and the tickets showed that ss4o had been advanced to Mrs. Fuller, the person acting Tor her The diamonds were returned to the pawn shop, and Foley was released, there being nothing to show that he was guilty of anything.
 Nothing more was thought of the mat ter until Friday when Foley, or Fuller, obtained a search warrant from Justice Abernathy and placed it in the hands of Constable Parsons, who went to the Bir- mingham Loan office and secured the gems. Foley claimed that the gems be- loneed to him and that his wife had no right to dispose of them after he sent them to her for safe keeping.
 Warrants Issued.
 E. Wald the loan man, was not inclin- ed to see $64O, which he advanced on the gems, slip from his hands so easily, and he secured warrants. He consulted De- tective Patton, and the latter reached the woman's house late Friday night Just as she was packing her trunk to leave the city She was taken to the police station and guarded all night, and removed elsewhere yesterday by the con- stable Her friend, the man who Is said to have pawned the diamonds. was also taken into custody on the same charge, false pretense, and kept at the station overnight. He was released yesterday on bond. Foley, or Fuller. was detained several hours, but there was nothing to show that he came by the diamonds in . dishonest way. The detectives claim, though, that he is friend of Johnson Ray Tyler, the alleged pickpocket who was released on $500 bond recently to appear tomorrow afternoon before Justice Abernathy. They say that Tyler and Full Ter have been together since the former was released.