Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-05

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and never for a moment get out of his
sight"
Greek is Uneasy.
1.-THE Greek seemed a little uneasy and
l went to the telephone, ostensibly to call
up the police station, but to make him
believe that 1 was calling up the shop to
ascertain the result of the test of the
pearl. About this time a policeman walked
along In front of the store. back and
forth, and l noticed that the Greek was
still more nervous. My purpose was to keep
him in the store until the arrival of an
officer from the station. Detective Murphy
came in a moment or two later from the
station and arrested the Greek. When ar
rested he had on his person one Of the
latest models Of Colts revolvers, which was
taken away from him by the officer"
81 would estimate the value of the entire
necklace, which / afterwards saw at the
station. at a very high sum. The
diamond clasp, while OF considerable value
in itself, was insignificant as compared
with the pearls. Pearls increase much
more In value in size than do diamonds.
The collection OF a string of pearls of this
or any other size is a laborious process,
hence their value, as they must be gath
cred up, one by one, here and there in
all parts OF the world"
Savage Searches the Man.
The Greek was taken to the station at
once by officer Murphy and when con-
fronted by Captain Savage to be searched
he began to relieve himself of all his val
uables, a watch, some little money and
other articles.
II was impressed" said Captain Savage,
with the eagerness with which he began
to surrender his valuables and was salts
fled that he had not given everything up.
We made a close search and were re-
warded by discovering to our great surprise
that he had a package, wrapped with
cotton batting and tissue paper fastened
around his body, which, upon examination,
proved to be a string Of sixty-two pearls
with a diamond necklace clasp. He kicked
a little when we took the pearls away from
him. When asked how they came into
his possession he said at first they be-
longed to a friend. The story looked fishy.
This friend, he said, was from Council
Bluffs
Being confronted with the discovery the
Greek gave his name as John SAWS. He is
a well dressed and well appearing young
man about 80 years of age,
Insists lie Found Them.
1T did not steal the necklace said SAWS.
81 found il in the street in front OF the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York" Later
on being more closely Questioned he said:
No. / found 1t in front OF the Knickerbocker
hotel in New York, where l was employed
as the street man"
The police are Of the opinion that SAWS
did not steal. but that he did find il. as he
says.
The Greeks story has some element Of
truth In It, according to this letter. which
the Pinkertons sent to the police:
LosT-Bstween IL p m, November %.
and 1 d. m, Friday, November n, 1908, a
pearl necklace made by Marcellus q Pitt.
Jewellers. 10 Broadway. 1t was lost In
the Knickerbocker hotel. Broadway and
Forty-second street. The necklace had on
II sixty-three pearls, strung on a silk cord,
the largest or center pearl Weighing elgh-
teen and one-half karats. II was elasped
by a diamond clasp Of seven-eighth karats
value, set In gold and platinum The total
weight Of thy pearls y 30 grains A re-