The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-16
LUST LIKE \ FOOL WOMAN" SAYS MRS. GARDNER, OF LOSS
 OF HER $2,5OO DIAMOND RING
Splendid Jewel Vanishes from Lavatory of Rail
 road Station Owner Is Wife of Million aire Retired Business
 Man

"Just like any fool woman.' declar-
 a Mrs. A. F. Gardner as she bitter fy reproached herself today for the loss of a s2.5O0 ring which disappeared from the lavatory of the railroad sta ton at 6:30 last evening.
 Mrs. A. F. Gardner is wife of millionaire retired business man of 22s Mill Hill avenue. she left a. dia- mond and emerald ring in the women's lavatory at the railroad station 6:3O last evening. When she returned with in a. few minutes to seek the ring, it had disappeared, and three women who were in the lavatory at the same time that one of the three secured possession of the ring and is so confident that 1t did not fall into the wash basin that no effort has been made to search the traps.
 Mrs. Gardner returned to this city on an eveningtrain, and expected to go directly home from the station. She wore three rings. of which the missing one was the most valuable. She re- moved all three. placing them care fully upon the slab as she rinsed her hands, and she did not miss the ring until she had gone from the lavatory several minutes.
 Suddenly she realized that she had but two rings on. She hurriedly re- traced her steps to the lavatory and vanished. and SO had the ring.
 She at once sought the policeman at the station and told the railroad men her troubles. They made a more thorough search of the wash room but could offer her no results.
 Mrs Gardner then hastened to police headquarters where she left a descrip- ton of the three women as nearly as could recall it. At best the description is meagre for she paid only passing attention to them in her hurry to get home from the heat of travelling.
 The ring was set with a. five carat diamond and four carat emerald, plac- ed at right angles with the plane of the ring. and surrounding the two principal settings were six smaller diamonds. Its value, Mrs. Gardner said. was fully s25o0 the diamond being of exceptional worth.
 Mrs. Gardner is almost prostTated at the loss. for the ring was a gift about which cherished memories finger. She kept her loss from her family until today though she started the local detectives at work last evening.
 The police have gained practically no clue to the identity of the three wo- men. Unless they themselves come to seek them. Their sudden disap- pearance from the station so soon af- ter Mrs Gardner lost the ring is re- garded as significant. < Mrs Gardner has offered a substan- tial reward for the return of the ring, and has promised immunity from pros cution if the ring is returned directly to her. On the other hand, she de- clares if it remains for the police to recover the theft. she is determined to prosecute the culprit to the fullest ex- tent.
 ''It was just like any fool woman" exclaimed Mrs. Gardner today telling how she had lost the ring. '1 took off my rings wash my hands. There were three in all. Thoughtlessly I walked out with only two of them. I don't know what could have become of it unless one of the three women in wash room took 1t. I remember them fairly well, I don't want to punish anyone. All I want is the ring