Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-18
HOW Mr.. FRICkER
GOT HIS RINGS BACK.
Fortune Recovered When
All Hope Lost.
Finder Had Never Even
Taken Sales Tickets
Off of the Fourteen
Circlets.

Many friends of Mr.. Charles Fricker
called at his store yesterday to take
a peep at the pocket case and the
fourteen diamond rings that were lost
on June Is and recovered, almost mi
raculously, at Macon two days ago.
The rings, of the value of $500 70
$500 each, and aggregating over So
900, rest in the case exactly as when
it slipped out OF Mr.. Fricker's pocket
somewhere between Cordele and Fitz-
gerald two months ago, as he slep
in a car on the A., b. and A. railroad
ATTACHED ITO them are the original
sales tickets. The only difference ia
the package as it was when it left
the store and when it was returned
to MIR. Fricker was the attempted rub
bing out of the name of James FrickaI
& Bro. on the inside of The silk lin
ing, where it had been stamped twenty
years ago.
Mr.. Fricker carried the case to Fitz
gerald to show the rings to custome.
there who wished to buy a ring. He
carried it in his hip pocket but OWN.
to its bull1iness the pocket would no,
button over it. Mr.. Fricker took ex
ira precautions to prevent it's beine
lost or stolen and after leaving CO..
dele and taking his seat on the A.. j
and A car felt it in his pocket ana
then dozed off to sleep. Between thu
point and Fitzgerald it evidently work
ed up in his pocket and when awaken
ed by the conductors call of Fitzger
aid his sudden arising doubtless dro
ped it to the plush seat where it re
manned. When he discovered his los
some minutes later telegrams wer,
sent to the conductor, who made yer,
thorough search of the train without
success.
At the advice of detectives, the mat
ter was kept quiet, but a diligent
watch maintained in many cities 70.
any party selling rings answering the
description furnished the detectives
Mr.. Fricker had about given ali hop
Of ever seeing the lost treasure whe1
last Sunday night Mr. Oscar Glover, a.
express messenger out of Macon, call
ed at the Windsor and asked him i
he had lost any diamonds. This
brought out the fact that a case con
tanning supposedly stolen damon,
rings was being held at the expires
office in Macon, and that it was STAMP.
ed with Mr.. Fricker's firm name Mon
day Mr. Fricker was in Macon where
the Identification of the property wa
conclusive. Four of the rings were
missing at that time, valued at $500
Detective Bunch was called into ser
vice and in a short time the party wac
had sought to express the rings was
in his custody and the other four rings
were restored. Mr.. Fricker, wish
some salutary advice to the man, re
fused to prosecute and allowed him to
go accepting as the truth the story
told by him.
From the mans story 1t appeared
that he was on the train with Mr.
Fricker and passing by the seat some
time after Fitzgerald was passed, saw
the case on the seat. lie opened ii
and saw the rings. The thought oo-
Cured to him that reward would be
offered. He was going to Brunswick
to work, and argued to himself that if
he turned it over to the conductor thlt
official would receive the reward and
he would get nothing. He accordingly
kept the case and day after day stud
led the newspapers for the reward ad-
vertasement. Time passing and no
advertisement appearing he was at a
loss what to do. Going to Macon 10
work, he took the case with him, ca'-
rying it about with him most of the
time or carefully locking it in his
trunk. After two months had almost
passed he decided that the parties
losing it were not seeking for it and
he would sell some of the rings. Put
ting four of them in his pocket, with
the sales tickets still attached he
packed the case with the other ten
rings in it. with three paper back
novels and sought to express the pack
age to his mother in Alabama. Put,
ting value on the package of $9A
and calling it books, first attracted
attention at the express office. When
asked for an explanation he declared
that he had a. a gold watch in tae
package with the books and that he
would take it out Returning with
the package he put its value at S35
and insisted that it was nothing bat
books. AS appearances did not indi-
cate that he would own rare or val
liable books, so Immediately after he
had left tie Office an investigation Of
tde package was made and the case
of diamond rings uncovered. Nj.
Gloyer's acquaintance in Americus be-.
ing known, he was asked for informa-
ton as to the parties whose hardly