The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-23
MISSED BOOTY HID IN COFFIN
GHOJLS RANSACk TOMB or
NILE. LANTELME.
Failed to Find Jewels PIa ccd by Actresss
Husband Under Her pillow After Her
Dody Was Recovered From the Rhine
Last .Juiy-Buriai vault AbIaze.

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| PARIS, Dec 22.-The coffin containing
the body of Mile. Lantelme, the actress
and famous beauty. who was drowned
last summer from her husbands yacht
near the mouth of the Rhine, was brok en-
| open by robbers in her tomb in Pere la
| Chase cemetery last night Caretakers
in the cemetery this morning found that
the Edwards family vault. in which the
coffin was. had been broken into in the
night. They reported that the corpse
had been idespoiled Of jewelry, but in
vestigation seems to show that the ghouls
won no booty by their horrible crime
| In order to enter the vault the robbers
were compelled to tear out iron bars
and break glass windows There were
many marks Of chisels and wrenches on
the lead covering of the coffin
At the time of the funeral il was re-
! ported that pearl necklace valued at
$4,000 was to be buried with Mile Lam
| telme This was no doubt the prize that
the robbers sought
/ Nile. Lautelme. who was considered
the most beautiful woman in Paris. was
the wife of Alfred Charles Edwards
first proprietor and editor of lie Mdtn.
80 ''''"'N iii' I'I uhlllt IlTlOI 10 neT mar
riage was Misa Godebska She and her
husband were on yachting trip on the
Rhine in the middle OF last July when
1T was reported that Mile. Lantelme had
been drowned from the yacht Her body
was not found for more than IA week.
Edwards gave his wife "A dover Of 2oOO.- e
600 francs when he married her four years
ago. She was the daughter of a con-
Clcrge.
When the police reached the scene of
last nights outrage they first disinfected
the burial place which is of polished stone.
six yards high by five yards square They
refused to allow any one to enter the
structure until this process was finished.
An air pump was put in operation and
! lighted papers were then thrown into the
vault to test the purity of the air. Cotton
wool and other debris that had been scat
tered 10y the robbers took fire and caused
a blaze that necessitated the calling of
! tiremen. Ii was an hour before the flames
were eNtinguished.
( Mile. Nermelle, a friend of Mile. Lam
telme. who was with her on the yacht
last summer was summoned. She said
that she remembered distinctly the jewels
worn by the dead woman which were
buried with her. They were a gray pearl
and white pearl chain and IA platinum
bracelet with pearl pendant containing
a gray pearl. She wore also an emerald
necklace.
When the coffin was examined the
butler Of the Edwards family informed
the investigating Magistrate that the
jewels buried with Mile. Lantelme ough,
To he found in an envelope under the
pillow. The envelope with the jewels was
found as indicated.
Ii appears that when the German au-
thorities concluded their inquiry into the
death Of Mile. Lantelme last summer they
returned to her husband. Mr.. Edwards
jewels valued At $4,000. Mr.. Edwards
wished the jewels to be buried with the
body of his wife and they were placed in
an envelope and put under the pillow in
tn. coffin. This explains why the rob
bers failed to find them