The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
JEWELS RECOVERED
VALUABLE PEARL NECKLACE LOST IN NEW YORK FOUND
 IN OMAHA NEE.
WAS IN POSSESSION OF 4 GREEK LADORER
The Jewels Are the Property of Mrs. Otto C. Heinze and Were Lost In the knickerbocker Hotel Last No Vember and Are Valued at S25,ooo-- The Greek Under Arrest.

Omaha, Neb., Mar 6.-While trying to sell to Albert Edholm, a local jewell CT, necklace worth at least S101 100 and possibly much more John D. Sc!a- vinitis, a Greek, who for the convent ence of Americans calls himself Savis was arrested Thursday by the Omaha police. The necklace consists os a single strand of 63 pearls, carefully matched and fastened with clasI set with diamond of unusual size According to MT. Edholm. whose opin ion is corroborated by other experts the strand may be valued as high as $300,0 ,000.
 Savis entered the jewelry store this afternoon and presented a single pearl which he offered to sell. Assuring himself of its genuineness, MT lsdholm gave him a valuation of $50 or SG0 whereupon the Greek offerel 10 sell him a dozen at $40 each but sal a friend had them. By ruse the jewell CT succeeded in notifying the polic2 and two detectives were sent to the store where the man was arrested. h his possession was found a huge 3S caliber revolver but he made no resist ance At the station a search reveal ed the entire necklace which ho was carrying in his pocket. It was fouid that the gem offered for sale was the smallest of the 63.
 It's value MT. Edholm estimated at $200 or $500 while the largest Tn the strand would run into the thousands
 The police had received from the New York police department the de- scription of the necklace which WAS said to have disappeared from the Knickerbocker hotel in that city No vember 26 last This information, however, did not reveal the name of the owner.
 Savis explains having a revolver by saying he was advised to arm himself when he went west He secured em- ployment through Michael Mandaais. King of the Greeks" in South Omaha and this city and who is now acting for those Greeks who recently were victims of the South Omaha riots. He says Mandanis told him to pur. chase the revolver.
 Besides the necklace the police took from Savis 3S Colts revolver and holster. valuable watch and chain. two purses, a memorandum book, pronouncing dictionary and $6155 fin money. Marks in the dictionary in- dicated he lived at 6S5 or 705 Sixth avenue New York. His English is considered good for man being in this country only 16 months. With view to getting more information the police sent to Council Bluffs for his belongings, which are expected to develop further information.
 New York, Mar. 6.-The police here when notified Thusday night of the arrest in Omaha of Greek, John Say is, who went there from New York, having in his possession a val uable pearl necklace, said the jewels were probably those lost by Mrs Otto c. Heine, in or near the hotel Knick- erbrocker on the night of November 26 last The same opinion prevailed at the Hotel Knickerbrocker Savis, the man held in Omaha. said he was a street cleaner and that he found the jewels in a mass of refuse which he had swept together near the Knicker- booker hotel