The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-27
So Mary o'connoP Confessed to
Theft Of Brooch
JtWELEO GEM IS VALUED At $4,000
mA,n WE'D SHE WAS GOING
TO DIE AND SENT FOR PRIEST
AND TOLD HER STORY.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The mystery
surrounding the disappearance OF a
ruby and diamond brooch valued at
$4,000. the property OF Mrs. Oscar
Livingston of No. 1O8 East 30th street,
was cleared up yesterday by Detec-
tive Sergeants Valley and Jackson,
of INSPECTOR McLaughlin's staff. All
the precious stones were recovered,
and the history of heir disappearance
was revealed Mary O'Connor, a maid
in Mrs. LivingstOn's employ, and
Frank Logan, her lover, who is a
chauffeur, confessed to the robbery
and will be examined in court this
morning. Inspector Mclaughlin con
graduated Valley and Jackson fol
their good work in the case.
Mrs. Livingston, wealthy widow
missed the brooch on the evening OF
Feb. 9 as she was preparing for the
| opera. 1t had been laid out with other
| Jewels which she intended to wear
She questioned all the servants, but
was unable to obtain satisfactory in
| formation. The following day Mary
O'Connor was taken ill, and Mrs. Liv
ingston, who had no suspicion of hel
guilt, had her taken to St. Vincent
Hospital, with instructions that she
be cared for at her expense.
! Maid Confessed in Hospital.
! 1t was to the sisters at ST. Vincent's
! that Miss O'COnnor gave the hrst clue
to the robbery. She said she had com
, mitted great sin and that she be-
/ lieved her illness was designed as a
punishment. She asked that a priest
be sent for, and the Rev. Father DOYLE
OF st. Joseph's Church, was called in
1t was by his advice that Miss O'Con.
nor told the story of the robbery to
the police. She said she had taken
the brooch while helping Mrs. Livings-
ton dress for the opera, and that she
had given it to Frank Logan, chauf-
feur, whom she had met while at ser
vice in Tie country last summer. Lo-
gan, she said, lived at No. 1884 West
63rd street
The detectives watched I4ogan's
apartments Monday night for several
hours. When he finally emerged he
was in evening dress and wore a new
fur-lined overcoat. He at first pre-
tended to be ignorant over his arrest,
but changed his tactics when confront
mltted that she had given him the
ed by his former sweetheart He ad-
brooch, claiming that she had told
him that she had found it, but when
asked what I'D become of it he said
that he had later learned it was stolen
and had thrown it off Brooklyn Bridge
to avoid getting into trouble. He was
unable to tell where he got the money
for his fine clothes or to account for
$3.50 which was found in his pockets
when he was searched.
Forced Truth from Him.
Logan was turned over to Valley
and Jackson yesterday after he and
Miss OConnor had been photographed
for the Rogues' Gallery. He seemed
deeply panied when the detectives
refused to take seriously his state
ment that the jewels had been thrown
into the East river. By subtle argu-
ment and persuasion they forced the
truth from him. In his apartment he
showed them a large ruby that had
formed the centre of the brooch and
which he had hidden in the wall be-
hind a picture. Then he led the way
to Louis G. Newberger's pawn shop
at No. 1884 Sth avenue where the re-
naming jewels had been pledged.
There were one large diamond and
As smaller ones which he had pledged
for $450-a small fraction of their real
value.
After Miss O'Connor had given him
the brooch Logan said he had hired
a room in the Hotel Empire, at 63rd
street and Broadway where he pried
fro, 1O;,,