Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07
Woman and Two Men Sought
by the Police
FOR THEFT OF DIAMONDS
Hope to Locate Parties Who Rob-
bed Mrs. Hornsby.
GOOD DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN
Persons Sought Can Be Identified
by People Residing in the
Neighborhood.

Search is being made by Inspector
Boardman's detectives for two well
dressed white men, probably professional
burglars and an alleged woman accom-
plice, who are suspected of having partici-
pated in the robbery of $4,000 worth of
jewelry at the house of Rebekah Hornsby
IT'S l street northwest. last Tuesday
night Descriptions of the trio have been
furnished the police. In the early even
ing last Tuesday two men were observed
to enter the vacant house adjoining that
of Mrs. Hornsby. and later a woman was
seen seated on the front steps.
1t is surmiSed by the police that the
woman was a confederate Of the men
and that she was there to give a sig
nal when Mrs. Hornsby left her hone
to go to the theater-as the crooks
would say, Ito give the office" Just
how long she was there is not known
by the police, but it is said she vas
there about the time Mrs Horsby de-
parted. Several persons are reported
to have seen the two men, and ii is be-
lieved there will be no trouble in hav-
ing them identified if they are found.
The police Of at least twenty cities
have been communicated with by Maj
Sylvester and Inspector Boardman, CIV
ing the descriptions of those who were
seen to enter the vacant house.
Belief of the Police.
The police believe the two men were
in the vacant house several hours before
they crossed the narrow areaway and
entered the room in which Mrs. Hornsby
kept her diamonds. 1t is more than
likely that they saw her preparing to
leave her home and that they saw her
place some OF her jewelry in the ma
hogany shoe cabinet before she left.
Footprints on the dusty floors in the
vacant house indicate that the men wore
rubber heels their shoes, the impress
sions showing the heels to have been of
different patterns. Their appearance at
the vacant house attracted the attention
Of one neighbor, who started to address
them. but he changed his mind when he
saw they had key to the front door.
Detectives who are investigating the af-
fair are satisfied that the vacant house
was the medium by which the robbers
were enabled to observe the movements
of Mrs. Hornsby and locate her dia-
monds. 1t is stated that the two men
were we'll dressed, as if they We're people
Of wealth. There was nothing in their
appearance to indicate to the casual OBJ
server that they were crooks, and it was
not suspected that they were such until
1t became known that the robbery had
been committed.
Birds OF Passage.
The police feel reasonably certain that
the two men were strangers in the city;
that they came here from another city,
and that they left Immediately after they
got the diamonds. although they have
been unable to trace their movements.
Nothing has been learned as TO where
the strangers stopped while they were i'm
the city. and for this reason it is surmiSed
they were here only on the day the rob-
berry was committed.
Inspector Boardman is having descrip
tive circulars prepared to be sent to the
departments throughout the country.
None OF the jewelry has been recovered.
and the police are Of the opinion the bur
glars have unset the diamonds and dis
posed of them. The gold may have been
thrown away or disposed of separately.