The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-30
Startling Facts Coming
to Light in Jewel
Mystery.
ASSUMING BIG
PROPORTIONS
Helen Dwelle Jenkins Robbery
and Smuggling Case Reaching
Many Branches of Federal
and New York Authorities,
and Enmeshing Lights
in Finance and Society.
Tsp al to The Times-pispatch. !

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New York, June 29.-Only small
portion of the scandal enveloped with
in the Helen Dwelle Jenkins jewe1ry
mystery has been revealed, according
to an array of new facts and disclos-
ures which came into the possession
of The mes-Dfspatch correspondent
to-day. The case is assuming even
greater proportions. and is reaching
into other branches OF Federal and
local authority. as well as duplicating
many prominent persons other than
those named.
Five developments which came to
light to-day challenge public atten-
ton and demand. each in It's own way,
a most rigid investigation.
l. prominent Yonkers society wo-
man has valuable information about
the disappearance of the 100000
worth of jewels from. the apartment OF
Mrs. Jenkins II. the Hotel Lorraine,
December IL. 1909. J
2. Though year and one-half have
elapsed since the theft of these jew
els. though the police OF at least three
cities have had hand in ferreting out
the guilty ones. though two of the
largest detective agencies in the coun-
try worked indefatigably on the case
and found the Jewels, no arrest has
been made
Heavy Charges Mnde.
8. 1t was definitely learned that the
check for $4,000. intended for Mrs.
Jenkins, which has been mentioned In
these proceedings. was from Nathan
Allen. the kenosha tWis) millionaire.
and that more than ne-half-S41, 900
In all--was paid by Mrs. jenkins to
her lawyers. Norris & Piante, Of 1ss
Broadway. to cover the expense tne-
CURED in recovering the Jewels from
the men declared by Mooney & Boland.
operatives, to have been the thieves.
!. This firm of detectives, which ad.
mittedly arranged for the transfer OF
the jewels back into the possession OF
Mrs. Jenkins. has knowledge OF the
thieves and a wealth of informatiou
which might lead to their Immediate
arrest
g. The smuggling of jewels involved
In this case. and which has stirred
the whole customs service, unedrthed
novel loop" scheme of smuggling.
made possible by the lenient ruling
by Leslie NJ. Shaw when Secretary Of
the Treasury. which relieved so-called
non residents OF the burden OF duties
on wearing apparel, articles of per-
sonal adornment and other similar
personal effects Millions OF dollars
have been lost to the government, IL
Is freely asserted by those who know.
through the facility with which
wealthy Americans, especially New
Workers. could declare n residences
abroad and bring IN not only. their own
jewels. but the Jewels OF other mem.
bers of their family and their friends
Within the last twenty-four hours
the local police have once more been
drawn into the case, the activities OF
the Federal authorities have been
quickened. and more prominent indi-
viduals have been forced to consult
their attorneys in an endeavor to keep
themselves from the meshes of the
mystery.
The robbery occurred in broad day
light in the Hotel Lorraine. a hotel
which is carefully policed.
The Mysterious Woman.
In Mrs. Jenkinss own story OF the
jewel robbery she told of suspecting
a mysterious woman, who said she
lived in Yonkers. This woman Mrs.
jenkins had befriended, taking her
into her suit in the Hotel Lorraine
The Times Dispatch correspondent
to-day procured the astounding in
formation, on unquestionable authority
while the local police were investigate
ing the robbery mystery, this same wo-
man. beautiful and clever, was supply-
ing them with data throwing suspicion
on Mrs. Jenkins herself.
Once more, because of these dis
closures, the local police are focusing
attention on the Jenkins mystery At
the time of the robbery they wers
made thoroughly familiar with the de-
tails OF the crime. George s. Dough-
erty, now Deputy Police Commissioner
and at the time of the robbery local
superintendent of the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency. was called in by Mrs.
jenkins a few hours after the dis
covery of the robbery
Dougherty asserted tnat it haa
every appearance of being an inside"
job. Mrs. Jenkins credits him with
the assertion that she was robbed by
"her friends and intimated. she says,
that this same mysterious Yonkers
woman who had been her constant
hospitality. had played an important
part in the plot. Dougherty saw this
woman in Mrs. Jenklns's room. accord-
ing to the account of the latter. Pre-
sumably. therefore, he would ne ante
to Identify her IL he should see her
again.
Mrs. Jenkins further said to-day
that she would be entirely willing to-
conduct the police to the house IN
Yonkers which she frequently had
passed with her strange guest In her.
automobile This woman, however.
pretended she dared not go home be-
cause She had had serious quarrel
with her husband.
Ills Name Known.
The name OF the millionaire banker
from, Western Pennsylvania is known
to Mrs. Jenkins and The Timss Disc +