Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-04
Worldwide Hunt tor $4,000
Necklace Stolen From Gin
ton, la, Man
IDENTIFIED BY CHICAGO SELLER
Necklace Had Been Taken East, and
Was Discovered in New York City
In Wealthy Pawnbroker's shop-sel-
ler Tells Exact Weight of Each Pearl
inferior Diamond Substituted.

New York, Dec 4.-The SIS, 900 pearl
necklace stolen from the home Of
Frank G. Jones in Memphis, Tenn. on
the night of Feb. 10 last was recovered
in this city a few days ago thru the
efforts of Inspector McCafferty, head
of the detective bureau, and yesterday
the owner of the jewel, Carrot f.. Lamb
of Clinton. Ia. identified 1t at police
headquarters and was ready to pay
the $4,000 reward. Lamb was visiting
at the Jones home when porch climbers
entered the hbusf, and got off with
$25, 900 worth of jewery, including
Lambs gem, necklace containing
| sixty-s seven pearls and u large da-
mond clasp.
George r. O'Hare, chief of police Of
turnout the United States, Europe, and
Canada, with description of the neck
lace and an offer of $1,000 reward for
its recovery. The police in all cities
pVSut SSoiShs pul lbSlC was ilo law
of the jewel until few days ago.
when a.young man whose name Nc
Cafferty refuses to divulge. visited POI
lice headquarters here and said he
knew where an expensive necklace was
for sale.
According to the detective, the young
man is a personal friend of his and
was suspicious that the jewel had been
stolen in Los Angeles, Cal, and asked
If any jeWelry robbery was reported
from the west. McCafferty looked up
the records and found the circular sent
out by the Memphis police. Detective
Dominick Reilly was assigned to the
case. The inspectors friend led him
to 113 University place, which is the
store of Samuel Buegeleisen, a musical
instrument maker. Not until he was
threatened with arrest did he admit
that he had the necklace for sale. Then
he told how it came into his possession.
He said a week ago Joseph Seman-
sky, a wealthy pawnbroker who has
shops in San Francisco, Bakersfield.
Fresno, Los Angeles, and Sacramento,
whom he had known for several years,
came to New York and left the neck
quested that the musical instrument
maker sell it for him. He wanted to
get $4,000 on the necklace and $3.50
on Tiffany watch he also turned over
to Buegeleisen.
When Buegeleisen was informed the
necklace was stolen one he consented
to help the police all he could AMI
handed it over to Inspector Mccall
erty Lamb and Mr. Burlington, con-
nected with the firm of c. D.. Peacock
& Co.. of Chicago, who sold the jew
ell to Lamb, both have an accurate de-
scription Of the necklace, and Buffing-
ton volunteered to tell the exact weight
Of each pearl on the string. Before
letting them look at it, McCafferty sent
it to the firm of Black, Star & Frost
on Fifth avenue and had the pearls
weighed.
Burlington, who had made the sale
in Chicago, was right about the
weights and he and Lamb then were
permitted to examine the necklace.
They found that the diamond original
ly set in the clasp had been removed
and an inferior stone substituted.
Lamb, accompanied by Burlington,
left for the west yesterday, but will
return to New York later to take pos
session Of the Jewel when the casr
finally settled Semansky lis now be-
lieved to be on his way back to Los
Angeles, where his headquarters is 10
Gated