The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
HURRY ORDERS
GIVEN TO THE
CITY DETECTIVES
hawkshaws Working on Mardi
Gras Ball Robbery CIew
Under High Pressure
Henry T. Scott Takes Active
Part in Directing Quest of
Pearl Necklace

izing an Investigation of the brilliant
gems being offered for sale there. Word
already has been sent TO the canal zone
OF the loss OF the gems, the reward
for their return, and the size and value
OF the jewels. This Information was
sent through the Pinkerton foreign Of
zee
Chief of Police Cook and Captain of
Detectives Anderson repeated yesterday
that they did not consider the letter
worth more than the notice they had
given IT. but it is suspected that the
shrewd police officials are concealing
under> an outward show OF ennui the
fact thar they in reality are working
hard on the case. 1t is known positive
~. however, that the police have never
gone so FAR as 10 communicate with
Panama regarding the letter, and the
first word TO be received there viii be
the message from Henry T. Scott. sent
through the Pinkertons. The police pre-
pared and mailed letter TO Panama
yesterday. but it viii be 10 days before
It reaches its destination.
Controversy About Letter
Perhaps the most Interesting feature
Of yesterdays frehzfed Investigation
brought about by the letter. was the
controversy concerning the time of its
despatch from Colon and the number
OF days it would take for a man or a
mailed package to get to the Panama
country.
AS the pearls were lost February %,
and the letter received by Chief Cook
March 81, SO days elapsed between the
loss OF the jewels and the receipt Of
The letter here The detectives con
suited the Pacific Mail officials, and
found that it took one OF their steam
ers about Is days 10 steam the s.27T
miles between Panama and San Fran
cisco, and as long to return. IL the
pearls had Travelled this route. and. the
letter returned, the same way, Sc days
would have elapsed
Then the New Orleans steamer line
TO Colon was thought Of, but II was
found that the first steamer of this
line-the United fruit company-to
leave Colon after March 20. the date
the lettsr from Colon was-written, was
the Here6ia. which left March %. But
this steamer did not reach New Orleans
until March 80, and the letter was re-
csived here on the s1st- So attention
was turned to the New York line to
Colon. the Panama Failroad steamship
line, and Il was found that the steam
er Alliance left Colon for New York
March 21 and arrived at the metropolis
March 81 A trip to the postofice dis
closed the fact that a shipment of
mail from Colon had been received
here March 81 The tag which came
with the sealed shipment was stamped
from Colon March 2L Thus the route
taken by the letter was proved with
out a doubt
Mysterious Cook or Waiter
No cook or waiter named Keene has
worked at the St Francis during the
last few months, and the detectives
are positive that there is no employe
OF the hotel. whether he has left 1T
since the pearl robbery or not, whose
whereabouts are not known TO them.
An inquiry at the headquarters of the
cooks and walters in this city likewise
failed TO bring Keene TO light The
detectives believe that, II the pearls
are the C-ocker gems, that some one
sent them from San Francisco to a
friend In Panama to sell. -
Miss Crocker and Henry 7. Scott
stated yesterday that they had received
no letter from Panama themselves. and
the understanding that they had re-
ceived one similar TO the one in Chief
Cooks possession undoubtedly arose
through the fact that a letter from a
city with similar name recently was
directed to them through the mail