The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-29
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
Tells of $500, 900 Jewel
Robbery.
STRANGE WOMAN
FIGURES IN CASE
Mysterious Friend Has Part in
Disappearance of Fortune in
Gerns-Robbed of Another
100000 in Recovering Her
Precious Baubles, Gifts
of Millionaire Allen.

Following Is a continuation of the
life story OF Mrs. John w. Jenkins"
central figure in the now famous
sa9o,oOo jewel smuggling case as told
by herself
BY HELEN DwELLE JENKINS.
Especial to The Times-DIspa tchl
New York, June 2S-In narrattng as
frankly as I know how the story of
my life yesterday, I purposely omitted
an extended recital of what was the
most terrible experience in all my ca
reer' Ihis was the robbery of my
$4,000 worth OF jewels from my
apartment in the Lorraine at Fifth
Avenue and Forty fifth Street, tho very
centre of New Works most fashiona HE
district.
1 think 1t is worthy to be treated
as chapter all by Itself. Jewels don't
put food in ones stomach. or clothes
upon ones back, until necessity COM
pels their conversion into cash, bur
their sparkle, their simmer. their
glitter dazzle women's eyes and fiji
their hearts with savage low
World Knows 1t Now
mat was robbed of the Jewels all
the world knows now. But only the
very few persons who know me Well
peneVed that woman obscure as my
SO valuable collection OF gems. Tho
New York police. or at least a large
part or them. actually believed had
iled at first about the loss, and seq
| ohdly ABOUT the value OF these Jewels.
Not until l was robbed of about
s!oO,ooo In recovering them was my
| story generally believed The facts
connected with the second robbery ara
as strange and mysterious as the cir
cnmstances that surrounded the theft
itself
In the story OF my life I told all
ABOUT the lordly manner in which MI.
Nathan Allen expressed his infatua-
eioI ior me by lavishing money in the
purchase of jewels for my pleasure
shall never be able to tell within
tens OF thousands of dollars how much
or his princely income he put into
gems for the qualification of his pride
In me as we'll as for my own delight.
am certain, however. that the thieves
found more than 100000 in glittering
Gems when they opened the package
IN which they took the precious bau-
oles from my cedar chest at the Lor-
raine.
recovered less than s25o.0oo worth
or them The lawyers and detectives
connected directly and Indirectly with
their restitution distributed among
themselves $4,000 on the proceeds of
n
them by Mr. Allen for me.
About $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon
OF December II. 1909. had gone out
IN my Limousine for ride through the
park AS fate so plotted 1t, / had
not worn single jewel left every
one of them in a small box locked
In big cedar chest in a hallway OF
my apartment. 1 was TO serve tea at
1880 o'clock that afternoon to a dozen
guests. I returned within a half hour
AS soon as 1 opened my appsrtrnent
door | saw that the lid OF the cedar
chest had been pried up. The lock had
neen broken, Instantly realized that
my gems had been stolen
Was Horror Stricken
TransiXed with horror. 1 stood stark
still for don't know how long My
gaze was riveted to a mysterious wo-
man nonchaiantly Longing in nv
bedroom as though there was nothing
but happiness in the world. Who
this womai! really is don't to this
day known.
She had been living with mo FOR
nearly month had been miro.
duced to her by a mutual friend
very wealthy banker in Western Penn
sy!Vania she was companionable
laxative, bright and cheerful. In the
absence OF Mr. Allen. who was IN F,u-
rope with his wife. I pined constantly
W Spt"PdHloHsnlp she supplied tuss
what ! needed But in the course ~
Two weeks began 10 hint to her as
deHcately as possible that Mr. Jen-
kins' might return on any steamer.
and that she. therefore would have ~
ind accommodations elsewhere.
And so. when returned to the I,or-
raine from my ride in the park on tho
fatetul afternoon OF December II 1909
| saw this strange woman lo1iinr In
apparent contentment on NY bed
She did not become excited when
told her about my loss She Expressed
sort OF regret. but said very little,
she acted as II she did NOT believe 7
had evHr had any iew,ls
| rushed to the ofice and gave the
alarm The manager of the hotel for
hade me to summon the local noli,,
When ran back to my room In des-
peration. guests had invited TO tea
had begun to assemble The PenpsvJ-
wanna banker declared he was shocked
Others OF them did. too. But tbs
strange woman SIN was unmoved. ira
ten party was broken up
Then called UP the Plnkerton De
,ective Agency and the police. II
seemed impossible for me TO convince
them that I had been robbed.
Later in the evening Mr. George
Dougharty, then New York superln-
tendent of the Pinkerton agency. and
now a deputy police commissioner
here, came up and personally took
charge OF the case.
lie was kind and iindoubtins from
the hrst. He whispered TO me after
hastily obtaining all tina information
possible that II was AN inside Job