The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
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Whiie her Jewels were missing Mr.
Jenkins pursued the even tenor {
NJ NJ WY several arrests were mad
some Of Mrs. Jenkins,s 1eweIry WI
tound IN pawnshops. but she decln re
tneSe pieces were not included IN n
list of stolen gems. i5 ~ =
Mr. Allen went to Chicago from Ee
nosha and took an interest III
nearch Tor the jewels there Mrs. Jon
kins paid flying visit 10 Chico ~,
Then n private detective ageney ss !,
| 70 DC the same whose agents had of
iered nor check, told her they coul
recoVer her property. This seenc,
returned the jeweIry, but some gem
nad been replaced BY limitations. Mrs
1enkins estimated her loss at 5000 o0C
ne :, reported loss Of the Jewelr
caught the eye OF tho customs of
fictals and they have been ceagelessi,
on Vigil. At the same time the prlvat
detective agency was still working
me millionaire had been sent :,
Ganiornia on ruse that such a tril
would save his life.
Mysterious Pnrt.
And now comes the most mysteriou,
part Of the story. Mrs. jenkins. nos.
sessed OF jewelry worth 100000. wa.
above approach for a small sum. He,
opPiy Oh READY money was cut off
nnt she did not reduce her style OF
round their way to pawnshops Mrs
Jenkins was sure that they would hf
redeemed 4F,5 80 - =
There appeared rs a neighbor 70
Mrs. Jenktns's apartments a,woman as
scung pretty and fascinating as her
self. They became acquainted and one
Gay IN December went for drive.
one one DAY when Mrs. jenkins returned
ne 1ewet box was empty. Every one
wondered at the Identity OF this Mrs
Jenkins who left fortune In tcwelrv
unprotected. Inspectors made an In
Vesugatton. and declared 1t was not a
case for the police. He said that the
case was stranger than an Arabian
tale :.
Mrs. Jenkins bought a house, made
Dig cash payment and admitted hcr
IDENTITY as Mrs. Jenkins when she
signed the necessary legal papers.
Now, Richard Parr, the clever secret
agent of the government. met Mrs.
Jenkins. and they became fast friends.
He called frequently.
The swarm of detectives employed
by the brother made good reports I'M
III one OF their shadows discovered
That the man who had become such
friend Of Mrs. Jenkins was customs
agent This upset ali their plans The
word was passed along until It reached
the aged admirer In California. lie
returned at once to his home in the
Middle West and consulted his law
Eers, Soon the private detective
agency declared the government men
were in a plot to blackmail their
wealthy client.
Reports of the alleged plot TO black
mail were forwarded to the Western
millionaire. and he turned them over
to his attorney,4W. s. Forest, one of
the leading members OF the Chicago
bar. who was sometimes associated
with Secretary of the Treasury Wayne
MacFengh before the latter entered
tho Cabinet.
MIR. Forest informed Secretary Mac
Veagh OF the reports. and Secretary
MacEeagh forwarded the reports TO
Secretary Loeb This WAS no news TO
Secretary Loeb
Mr. Pam had kept him intimately Inform
ed OF every move. Stories OF all sorts we're
told about Parr by friends of the accused
men. FOR the other millionaire was also in
a great fright In the hope OF discrcditing
Parr with his Official superlors In this.
however. they failed.
Part said to-day that he cultivated Mre.
pose OF running down this case. FL
Now Very Bitter.
The Western millionaire believes now that
govern
ment because hts friendship for her had
cooled. and he is very bitter. Tho Jewels
were given TO her in Paris. AS proof OF
plot against him he points out that tho
smugEied Jewels have not been seized by
the government. as Is the custom In such
cases This, he believes Is the result OF n
trade made by the woman. She agreed. his
friends declare, that II the government
would not seize her Jewels she would tell
al about how they were brought Into the
country. and her Western admirer was
we'll able to pay the duty the gove4 nment
would lose nothing In the transaction while
she would keep her Jewels In preference to
the waning friendship OF the millionaire
Mrs Jenkins. II Is said has demanded
Just at this time a settlement from her
western admirer under the pain OF sult
against him. This concerns several hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars worth of
dividend paying bonds and securities which
he presented to her. AT his suggestion she
deposited them in safety deposi, boz In
chicago. To this receptacle only she and
the donor had keys, Ars, Jenkins recently
visited Chicago and opened this vault She
found 1t empty, and now she wants her
list OF the missing bonds and stocks. A big
block OF these securities is said TO have
been stocks and bonds OF the leather trust
But even with This loss Mrs Jenkins is
stu the "s5-tp lady at her apartment
house. where the furnishings of her rooms
are valued at $4,000. and she rides out
daily in her Limousine she dines out often
and among her callers are Mr. Pnrr and
two elderly men, whose names are not
known to the doormen and the servants.
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