The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-04-13
SAYS She DIDN'T
RETURN JEWELS
RICHMOND

X e III N OND, VA SpesciaI -
The Following interesting statement
was made today by Mrs. /. w. Daw-
son. Of Fair Oaks. when visited in her
home this morning by re
porter relative to a story in the pa
pers In which she was mentioned as
the woman who Monday evening took
81, 500 worth OF Jewels back To Mr.
Q. Hooker. OF zoe West Grace Street.
from whom they had mysteriouslv
disappeared January Sth. This wo-
man, Mr.. Hooker says, told him she
had had the 5ewelry In her posses
sion nearly a month, but had finally
seen the "ad-" which Mr. Hooker
placed in the paper Offering $500 re-
ward and had decided TO take them
back to him. Mrs. Dawson said:
Il am certainly Mrs. ]. w. Daw-
son. and 1 live on the Seven Pines
Road. as stated I'm the paper, but /
don't know Mr.. Hooker and have
never seen the Jewels and certainly
was not the person who carried them
back to him.
Il was entirely taken by surprise
when 1 saw the account in the paper
which contained my name. and I
know nothing OF the AFFAIR at all 1
was at home eating my supper at the
time mentioned in the article as that
when the jewels were returned to Mr.
Hooker. and, indeed, have been at
home every night since Friday. 1 tel
ephoned to Mr.. Hooker this morning
and asked him IL he would be able
to identify the pseudo Mrs. Dawson
he said yes, and told him /
would call on him. A correction of
the matter will certainly have to be
made-my name was used falsely.
There is no other Mrs Dawson on
the Seven Pines line.
When called on this morning and in
formed OF Mrs Hooker's attitude, Mr.
Hooker said that he was at a loss to
that he would be able to identify the
woman who brought the Jewels back
He said his wife had also seen the wo-
man and could identify her. He gave
her description as a woman OF medium
angular face. he was not sure S about a
impression that II was golden color.
A reporter visited Mrs. Dawson
this morning and In these points the
Mr.. Hooker said that the woman who
visited him was accompanied by a
young man, rather tall. having a coun-
son. He seemed to be about twenty
Ave years old.
Mr.. Hooker says he gave the woman
G check on the American National Bank
for the 1900. and made IL payable at
her request. to i. W. Dawson. He said
he phoned the bank TO have the person
Identified who cashed the check and he
had supposed that Mrs. Dawson wanted
TO see him today about getting the
check cashed. He says the woman
said she had obtained them from a boy,
whose name she refused to divulge, and
who she described as boy OF bad
character.
Not the Same Mrs. Dawson.
Mrs. Hooker this afternoon con-
firmed her husbands description OF
the woman, and stated that Mrs. Daw-
son, OF Fair Oaks, had visited her
this afternoon. and that this Mrs.
Dawson was not the Mrs. Dawson who
had brought the jewelry back. She
said also that the Mrs. Dawson who
had returned the jewels, had been
asked about a small gold watch pin
in the design OF a bird which had not
been returned. and that the woman
had said that she would make inquiry
about it, and that communication
would reach her at the home of Mrs
Dawson at Fair Oaks.
The check which Mr.. Hooker made
out for the MCs. Dawson for $500 re-
ward. payable TO I. w. Dawson, had
not been cashed up TO a late hour
this afternoon at the bank on which
II was drawn. but IL is thought that
this is accounted for by the fact that
the person who obtained II may have
IL cashed at another bank. In any
case the signature TO the check will
be forgery II IL does not bear the
signature OF the Dawson who was
not the Mrs. Dawson who brought
back the jewels.
The police department stated this
afternoon that they had not yet got
ten into touch with the Mrs. Dawson
at Fair Oaks. but had three OF the
best detectives In the city working on
the case.