The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09
HID STOLEN GEMS IN WOODS
rHTEF IIDS IN RECOVERY OF
WRS RIGBHR'S WONDS.
FIse CsncsaIsd s'nsser sssae NssT the
Palisades IN New Jersey. AnSther nc-
Weath CARPET 81 Ne~ Nssh hstea.
rive Mere In East sIae JeWeIry stores

Palisades In New Jersey. Another be-
aealh Carpet af NeH Vera hotel.
I'VE We're In East SIsse JeWeIry stores
Five of Mrs Frederick u Bugher's
diamonds were found yesterday after
noon under a stone in q patch u Jersey
One was under q corner oG the carpet
in n bedroom in the Hotel lincoln. at
Broadway and Fifty second street Two
more were picked Up IN ieweiry shops
in Avenue 4
The man Who stole them. Clarence
Hewlett. elias Frank Wilson. alias oliver
Reeves and alias several other perfectly
good names. who was arrested in Balu-
more on Thursday with $1,000 worth
OF Mrp Bighsr's jewels in his pocket.
ahow sd the detectives where to find the
remainder 81 the stones that made up
Mrs Buahers necklace when he ~Ar
brought here yesterday.
weeden and Durlingan-. Washington
detectives. escorted the crook to New
York and turned him over IN COllins.
Murphy and Boyle &c the central Onhce
They tucked SIr Hewlett, Wilson Reeves
into an automobile aud told him the
chauffeur was waiting for instructions
The thief had sent on word from Balti-
more that he would lead the way Ia the
r~-t Of Mrs Bugher property He
was quite clipper and CAV. was Hewlett.
and Tested from time Ca time
The auto buzyed northward to the For;
lee ferry. was boated across the river
and landed eventually on the Palisades
road After q three mile spin north along
the road Howi~t' moiionesi 10 the chauf q.
teur Ia turn ASIDE into a bumpy little
woods tran II was such bad going thEt
the dsietCiVes. who had lunched well.
climbed heavily o,r and footed ~ the Ies,
Of the way 10 Howlett's cache
Hewlett wasn't quite sure at first wbeT"
he. had hidden the hatch of stOnss. He
fIIsSei around IA a clIInp 81 trees, tuTn-
ing over first one HAt rock and then an .
other. until finally ne struck the tone that
covered his sylvan safe dcpOslt boH
Detective Collins took the diamonds Ouf
oG the hole. They we're wrapped in hand
ksrchief. the CORNERS ~ which wei"
knottsd together The crook laughed
msrriIy
1T you don mind. Es'uiletnen we
will light out fur Broadway. said hs
First stop. Hut-i Lincoln. northwest
corner broadway hrd Fiftv -SeCund
street
I'm the Way down Town lac explained
that lac had stopT~d AZ the Lincoln On
April 1 and disguised In a red wig and
red mus'ache Il made him look 50 mu"h
Older that he passed odd friends in the
-an" hn- 81 D,izIns-s and they mad -
little notion Vho he vas that one % them
tri,-l - frisk hitn Tor hI- watch With
him when he wa,- NJ th" Lincoln vas a
rftc,.r wear old bCv named Paul Bragg.
who tipped the Mashin gton poli,.' that
HoWl"tt was the man they wanted iur
stealing Mrs Bughers Jewels
Hnwlett led the detectives a. III. fourth
f,oor 81 the hotel and Ia rOOm ~. Tie
alks,i straight to the Curner ot the room.
knel'. ripped the tAcks from a corner
Of the carp-t aud held up three aud a
half carat diamond that had once b-en
mart 81 Mrs hIgher's necklaC- The
detectives want~d a. know Il other sec
tons 1T M. carpet nsssi~d lifting. but
HOWE said no. lie SAID that ~ Avenue 4
wD,Ih be the next point Of call
EIInniEg down town. the thief -aid
he had laughs,i himself sore while hiding
~ New York at IN. way lee fOoled the
poIce Who we're looking for him. lie
,i-.-i 'u walk SLOWLY by policemen. lOok ma
them straight in the eve Then he would
hurry away to laugh Mesrrs. collins.
Murphy aud Bowie WeT" not excessively
AMUSED
- Warshowick proprietor 81 the j-w-lry
shop ~ ~ Avenue 4 was surprised 10
-.e Howlstt and the detectives After
s,nsnh,nE over his memory 10 r~cs led
that he had bought from HoWls'' for
So a diamond worth sc"0 He produced
IL and watched ~ enter 'ollinS's vest
pocket
How lett seemed to lo~.. his hearing a
bit. lie sad he was tired he couldn't
remember where the eighth and last
stone had been disposed of The auto
had got up 90 Thirtytour'h street be-
fore he remembered that ne had left ~
for a consideration with g. Br-s-da
who has a Iewelry shop AZ ~ Avenue 4
Breeda handed over the stone and that
completed the roundup nf m" diamonds
First Deputy Police Commissioner
Frederick n Bughsr Vas notified i'm
mediately that hrs wife's valiables had
bsen recovered IlCv'r IL was lOck 81
up for the night Hc will be taken q.
washington to-day by Weldon and BUR