The San Francisco call., 1909-02-26


More than IS anxious hours have
:come and gone since Miss Jennie
= CToeker returned TO her room al the St
-t.rancis hotel early Wednesday morn
ing. after attending society's mardi
= gras bail, and discovered that her
: -7lee3yiace Of hawless pearls. valued at
p nearly $4,000. was missing. and dur
ing that time the most strenuous ef-
forts OF the police. the hotel detectives
ard. the most efficient private detec-
4 {l7es have failed to find a trace of the
: trea sures.
Pinkerton detectives swarmed through
q every hallway Of the st Francis yes
leriday, and secured the city seeking
sclews Of the jewels or their present
possessor; two Of the best police detec-
lives in the department. added their ef-
1Qyts 70 the search. the hotel force ran
. sacked the hosiery from cellar to attic.
. but late last night these experts in the
:. art. Of detection were compelled To ad-
init that the location OF the necklace
was stiu veiled in mystery
INVESTIGATION FRUITLESS
=. OF course every one at the ball.
whether guest or maid. comes within
the zone OF suspicion Guests as well
.. IS walters. the highest society leaders
as wen as porters and sweepers, were
opjzzed yesterday regarding Miss
.CrGcker's jewels. and each added his
agets TO the Information which is piling
up concerning the necklace but no
stangible result Of the investigation has
= been secured.
Henry T. Scott. an executor OF the
-Crocker estate. whose guest Miss
0rrfar- =
ball. has taken charge of the investi-
" cation. and repeated his offer OF re-
ward for the recovery Of the pearls He
has given out that no questions will
he asked regarding how the pearls
> came into the possession Of their pres
.ent holder, and that the name of the
man or woman who now conceals the
Jewels never VIII become public.
Acting under orders from Scott, who
:. receives hourly reports Of progress in
the search. all the detectives are i'm
pressing upon the employees OF the
hotel and upon the extra waters who
were called in 10 serve the BANQUET
that the pearls can be given into the
possession Of a third party and the
reward received by this third party
Without the name. of the person who
mas the necklace becoming known TO
any one except the intermediary Not
even Miss Crocker or Scott himself will
took the treasure il this procedure is
followed
TAKES MATTERS EASILY
Miss Crocker herself, reinforced. per-
haps by the thought that her loss
makes but a small impression in her
$4,000. 600 fortune is taking matters
very easily, and calmly awaiting the
turn OF events. She came to San Fran
cisco from Uplands. her home near San
lar afr,rr -f,.-
went Wednesday evening to make sure
:. that the necklace had not been left
there. and went to the st. Francis hotel
where she was clOseted with detectives
for two hours, while the known his
tory Of the pearls Tuesday night and
"Wednesday morning was gone over in
the smallest detail
The movements OF Miss Crocker from
the time she left Uplands until. she
discovered the loss Of the jewels at
s-3O o'clock Wednesday morning were
reviewed carefully. and several addi-
fional facts of Importance not pre-
viously gained from her story were
noted. Several times Miss Crocker's
accounts OF her movements through the
hotel were corrected by Detectives
PrOll and Hershey. who were watching
the ball. and this element of inaccuracy
in the testimony. which appears natural
. enough when one considers how little
attention was given by the young
woman to her movements during the
progress Of the revelry. may play an
important part in the investigation.
HOUSE DETECTIVE Busy
Detective Hershey, attached to the
81 Francis hotel. busted himself yes
terday in attending mainly TO the af-
fairs OF the house. so far as the search
is concerned. He gathered the regular
walters and porters of the hotel to-
aether last evening and requested each
of them to inform him Of any clew he
might discover regarding the loss. He
also impressed upon them the fact that
liberal reward would be given and
l. name OF the possessor Of the jewels
kept secret
Police Detectives William Proll and
Charles Kelly were mainly occupied in
locating and interviewing the extra
Es4ters at the banquet whose names