The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-25

n rs. CLARA STEPHENSON. Nj
I'll IL NarveX apartments. 23O East
NV Third South street. proprietor Of
vi the Mrs Clara Stephenson MIL
linery company. .i2 South Main
Street was robbed OF $4,000 worth OF d!a-
monds ON westbound Los Angeles Lin
Tied train yesterday The robbery oc-
CURED about O'Clock Yesterday morn
ing. shortly after the train pulled out
OF RawIins, Wyo, Eleven darnD,ds were
stolen.
The details OF the robbery were
brought 10 Salt Lake by David Monson.
mining engineer OF Nome, Alaska. who
was a passenger OH the Los Angeles
Limited No. : at the time The theft was
committed
Mrs. Stephenson occupied lower berth
IN Pullman which contained a score OF
passengers, Shortly after awakening
Yesterday morning she laid a chamois
bag containing tho diamonds on the win
dow Sill OF her berth A few minutes
afterward she went IN the ladies' dress
Ing room in the forward end OF tho ear.
She does not remember whe ethcr she took
The jewels with hcr or not She dlscov-
cred that tho stones were missing before
she left the dressing room. She hurried
back TO her berth. but the diamonds wcr"
not there AS far as is known the lhict
left no clcw behind.
Although special agents OF the rail-
road company were summoned from three
points along the line and boarded the
train. interviewing all passengers In lNat
-parL-of lie .train on which Mrs. Stephen
son Travelled. and although their invcsti-
cations continued until The train arrive
Mt Salt Lake at i:;5 O'Clock ycstcriia"
afternoon. no trace or the missing jew
els was found,
Deep Mystery,
son last evening. "and thcr" seems 20 he
no possibility that II was anything else.
as the woman who lost the jewels wGs
nj no time in. such q position as IN drop
IL was consummated with II great
amount Of deftncss. There were many
In the ear at the time. number Of
the berths were made no. while othcrs
were with curtains drawn. The bcril
opposite Mrs. Stephcnsons was occupied
by woman and. il | mistake not. both
berths adjoining hers were occupied.
"The Salt Lake woman said tlat the
previous evening. before retiring. she
had pinned thn cAamois bag containing
the diamonds inside her gown. When she
unpinncd the bag and laid II on the win
dow sill OF the berth window.
according Ia her statement. she then
went TO the ladies' dressing room In the
front OF the car and after she had been
there not more than three minutes she
discovered that the bag was missing.
She said that she did not remember
whether she took the jewels TO the dress
Ing room with bcr or not. Following the
discovery. she said she hurried back 10
her berth and made n thorough search.
under the mattress and between the bed
and the body OF the car. but found no
trace OF the gems.
The matter was then reported to the
porter, then To the Pullman conductor
and finally 10 the conductor OF the train.
and another and moro thorough search
thnn The first was made OF the berth
and Of the ladies' dressing room. Like
the first, this search proved fr,iltless.
Then the car was thoroughly searched.
until there was not nook large enough
10 contain the diamonds which had not
been investigated.
The train was stopped at the mrs,
station and the matter was communicated
TO officials Of the road. A number OF
special agents happened TO be along that
division of the railroad and these were
picked up.
Search the Track,
Acting on the supposition that 1t was
not Impossible that the owner 1ao
dropped the diamonds and that they had
that II would he Impossible 10
eludc discovery IL the stones were Kept
In his possession. had thrown them from
the train with the object OF returning and
bnck to mako thorough search OF that
stretch OF track over which the train had
Travelled between 7:3o a. m. and $50
q. m.
IL took place and the search for the
missing stones was begun so quickly
TINT ANYBODY oven opening n window or
n side door would have been IN object
Of suspicion Mrs. Stephenson is eer"
tain thar she discovered her loss within