The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-06

gem had lodged in one of the numerous traps that were connected with the hotel plumbing between the bathroom and the street sewer. The most thorough kind of a search was instituted. N. w. Northrup, the engineer of the Renaissance made the first examination. With him was a young man named Watson, who was the acting manager of the hotel and who confirmed the story.
 These two men opened all the traps in which the ring might have found a rest ing place and cleaned out all of the drain pipes. They found small trinkets, buC nothing of any value.
 It was for the reason that the Lloyd s company brides itself on its ability to return lost articles to owners who have insured with them that the most com prehensive search was then instituted. Men acting for the company went over the ground covered by the hotel people and with nc more success. Then act ing with some of the city officials they carried their search out into the street sewer
 Manhole Searched
 Men entered the manholes on Forty third street near Fifth avenue, in front of the Renaissance, and swept the sewer clean of all refuse. Nothing was found Then they carried their work further dlOiiS oil T Oi ilt -lihid Stlttt. HANti ! manhole between Fifth avenue and Seventh avenue, a distance of a third of a mile, was entered and examined. Also the sewer between the manholes was cleaned out, as had been done in front of the hotel. Nothing came of this either.
 As last resort the Lloyd's men took brass rings of similar size and weight as the lost one to experiment with. They were dropped down the waste pipes and traced to various rest ing places. In all thirty-two of these were lost and found again, but they gave no clue as to how the original had dis appeared. The cost of this search is said to be 5000.
 Private detectives from two different sources were then called upon to hunt Their work has been going on ever since.
 Watson, acting manager of the hotel, told of his hunting with the engineer.
 Mrs. Sartoris.' he said. was living here in May and one day came to us saying that she had lost valuable emerald ring and was sure that it could be found in some of the traps in the plumbing. I was with the engineer when he made the systemtic search of all the plumbing in which it might be. We took out the traps, and even In some cases took down the pipes themselves
 We were not successful, and then other men from outside took up the search in the street sewer"
 Mrs. Jones is now living in Chicago. Her husband, Frank H. Jones, who is the secretary of a large Chicago bank. was assistant postmaster general under Cleveland. The couple were married on July 1 last in Ontario, Canada, where Mrs. Jones has summer residence
 The first wedding of Mrs. Jones, when she was Nellie Grant, took place at the White House on May 21, 1874. It was a brilliant affair and one with an interna- ton significance. Her husband was AL sernon Sartoris. a member of the Brit ish dmplomatic corps. whose mother was Adelaide Kemble. sister of Fanny Kemble.
 Mr. Sartoris took his bride to England. where he had country place at Cado- gan. But their married life proved un- happy. He died in 1S93 after three children had been born.
 The recent loss of Mrs Jones' ring is not the first occasion on which she has been unfortunate with her jewels In tho middle of April, 1904. she lost s5o0O worth of jewels which she carried in her hand in handkerchief, and which was blown cut of her grasp by gale near the Flat iron building.