The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-24
NOBODY Would
BUY FINE PEARL
Finder of $650,0o0 Necklace
in Vain Offered a Stone
For a Glass of Beer:

London. Sept. 23.-The dramatic re.
covery of the s65O.00C pearl necklace
by no means disposes Of the mystery
Indeed. the problem thickens.
1t seems beyond doubt that the
pearls were actually picked up in the
street, but after taking them to the
police the finder. Augustus Horne,
discovered that he had still one IN
his pocket. Not knowing that its
worth was hundreds. If not thousands
of pounds. the man offered it for 2
cents in public-houses. but nobody
would buy. 1t was thought to be
merely a bead or marble. The mys-
terry now is. what has become of it?
Another problem is, who is to have
the $4,000 reward? The finder of
the pearls claims it. So do Messrs.
work led to the arrest of the men O
In custody.
Other questions as yet unanswered
are. who placed the matchbox con-
tanning the pearls in st. Paul's road?
Who were the foreign-looking man
fand in black" who. Augustus
Horne says entered an omnibus near
the spot where he found the pearls?
Did they drop the box Of pearls?.
Not Worth Keeping.
Several L%ondoners had an opportu-
nifty of buying for a penny the pearl
which Horne found in his pocket after
he delivered the matchbox to the po-
lice. According t 0 the narratives Of
his companions. the police told Horne
to offer the pearls to the matron at
the police station, saying. "oh. you
can have 'em. Put EN- around your
neck" Horne, it is said. also showed
the pearls to a police inspector, who
said CONTEMPORARY: take them
home and play with them.'
Indeed. everybody to whom Horne
showed the pearls agreed that they
were not worth keepi! :. Several. per-
sons advised him TO throw them away.
but fortunately he decided otherwise.
covered a loose pearl in his pocket.
1t had evidently dropped out of the
box. He offered to sell it to anybody
for a penny or a glass Of beer. but
there was nothing doing Horne
and his companions. including Horne's
brother. George. then visited another
public house. Horne offered to the
barman the pearl in exchange for a
drink or a packet of cigarettes. but
the gem. decided 1t was not worth II.
The party then went to another
public house, and there the pearl mys-
teriously disappeared. Horne hand
cd II to his brother. who left the bar
to wash his hands in the lavatory.
When he returned, according to q
witness. he was asked what he had
done with the marble" and said he
had thrown it away. His companions,
however, declared that this was only a
Joke. and it is said he returned 1t to
his brother Augustus. but from that
time its whereabouts has been a mys-
terry. George Horne emphatically as.
serts that he returned the pearl to his
brother.
Az to the other three pearls tina,
are missing the official idea Is under
stood to he that, in view OF what oc'
Cured subsequent to the finding Of
the pearls by Horne, they. also were
lost during the time when the finder
was " of their value. A mum
Der of detectives are engaged In
search for these pearls. which are sait
to be worth together $4,000 or $75.
900, but the search was fruitless.
It liz stated that an offer to pur
chase the recovered necklace 70
$4,000 has already been receive.
from the continent, but. in view o
the worldwide, reputation II hat oh
tanned some Jewel experts think 81.
900, 900 would not be too much to ex
pect.
Brandstater. interviewed in Pari
regarding the, reward expressed con
fdence. that. he would. obtain It TO
fhimself+sn QnadrstE-eip. He intend
to tourney to London"to claim it.