The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-23
Extending Across Continent
Local Detectives Furnish
Final Link
MISSING JEWELRY Is
FOUND WITH ADCOCk
Brother-in-Law of Suicide,
Alleged Murder of Miss
Quinn, Gives Up the
Naluables

From one end OF the continent TO
the other the red trail Of the Los Au-
geles murder mystery has run, and
IN It's solving was forged in Richmond,
when Detective Sergeants Bailey and
Bolton found the missing jewelry o.
the dead girl. Miss Minnie Quinn. IN
the possession OF John Adcock, OF
14f3 West Main street. counsfn o.
the suicide suspect G. c. Dillon, who
had just returned from Chicago with
the body of his relative.
For two hours yesterday afternoon
Sergeant Bailey paced UP and down
the platform of the Main-Street sta
ti6n, In his pocket 81 telegram from
John J. Halpin, captain of the chi
cago detectives. giving a description
OF the man Adeeek. But the descrlp-
ton gave Adcock's height as five feet
eight or nine inches. whereas he Is n
man six feet one inch tall. So the
man most wanred passed out of the
crowd unobserved. But the body was
at the station. having arrived at $3.50
O'Clock from the West, and Sergeant
Bailey got his clue.
JesNelry Recovered.
He trailed Adcock to his home. lie
John Adcock appeared on the scene
when cattad for. 'fhe detective eX-
planned his mission. and Adcock
handed To him an obIong paste board
box, covered with Christmas letter.
ing. II contained the jeweiry for
which the Chicago detectives have
been SO long searching.
The jewelry consisted Of diamond
ring, bracelets. and gold watch ar.i
chain, on which were Inscribed the
letters. M T., @" Sergeant Bailey
Immediately recognized IL all as the
much sought for tewelry.
Adcock explained that 1t was given
10 him by John Dillon, brother Of Z.
G. Dillon. tho Richmond man, who Is
now thought to have bAen the nnr-
dered OF Miss Quinn. with the request
that II he given 10 Mrs. Sarah oiliens
~ l-oS West Main street. his mother,
Tnus "A countrywide murder fnss-
cry has been solved, links In the long
chain OF evidence having been Forged
from Los Angeles. through Denver
Chicago, Cincinnati and other West
ern cities. to Richmond. where Ser :
geant Bailey hammered In the ias'
stroke.
In Chicago Mrs c. C. Dillon com
fessed Tuesday afternoon that her
husband had burned a quantity or
clothing believed To have belonged to
Miss Quinn on the night he retarned
from California She also confessed
that she had given Miss Quinn $
iewelry to Adcock an hour before he
departed for Richmond Chief Glsa-
son, as soon as he received the infor-
nation, Immediately telegraphed 10
Cincinnati to have Adcock intercepted
and detained. but the description was
Incorrect. and Adcock came through
: 10 Richmond without trouble.
Got Jewclry From Brother.
Aeock denies. however. that Mrs.
Dillon gave him the je@elry. tie says
that IL was given him by John Dillon.
brother or the murderer. He APP
peared to have known nothing of the
contents of the box until he reached
Cincinnati when he opened IL. As
soon as he noted the contents Ii oc-
Cured TO him that the jewelry had
once belonged 10 the murdered girl
He was only too willing to surrender
the fatal box TO the detective. and
'seerfaei glad To WASH ms hssfitfs OF ttfie
affair. Mrs. Adcoek was much dis
tresssd at first. fearing that her nus
band would be arrested.
Sergeant Bailey teIeGraphed 10 Cap
tain Halpin last night advising him
that the lost iewelry had been found
and that he would express 1t 10 Chi
cage this morning.
The body OF G.. G. Dillon was re-
moved to Bonneti'S undertaking es-
rea blishment where IL was claimed by
the mother and where II was prepare
for burial The funeral Will BE It