The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-03
London Jeweller Among Men
Accused Of Big Neck.
:. lace Robbery.
GEMS FOUND ON PRISONER
Scotland Yard Officials Believe
They Have Captured Inter-
national Gang Leaders.


LONDON. Sept. 2.-Fivc men were ar.
rested here to-day for the theft Of the
famous es7S.00 pearl necklace which
was sent by registered mail from Paris
20 a jeweller named Meyers, In this city
and for which the police Of Paris. Lon
don. Berlin. Vienna and other cities have
been searching for several weeks. The
Ave men were arraigned IN Bow street
court. where four Of them were charged
with having stolen the necklace and the
other was detained a. a witness. Some
Of the pearls were recovered.
The Scotland Yard oficiais. after q
hopeless hunt for the necklace. received
jeweiler. and by following this up they
made the haul Of the Ave men to-day.
One Of the prisoners. . jeweller Of Hatton
Garden named Joseph 0risard. was cap
tured at his place Of business Three
others who gave the names Of Lockett.
Silverman and Guttworth were caught
near the British Museum station house
after having been tracked by the detec-
tives They resisted arrest and gave the
police a hard nEht before they were sub
dued
Pearls FOuaA - Prisoner.
The prisoners were searched and q num-
ber Of the pearls that composed the neck
lace was found on one OF them. A.
OfYicially given out the necklace was worth
S5S5.0O0. but Mr. Meyers. the owner. and
Mr.. salomOns. his Paris agent who
shipped the necklace here. placed the
value at as high as 3760.000. II was In
sured for 3s76. 900 in Lloyds.
The police refuse to state the value OF
the pearls which were recovered, but sag
they have not the slightest doubt but
that they are some Of those composing
the necklace.
When the prisoners arrived at Bow
Street police court all the persons In
terested in the case had gathered there.
They included Mr.. Meyers. the owner Of
the pearls: Mr.. Price. an assessor for
Lioyds. who had Just returned from Ber.
lin. where he had gone to hunt down
clue to me gems Chief Inspector Ward
who has had charge Of the case. and ex-
supt. Leach Of Scotland Yard. who was
acting In behalf OF the Lloyds under
writer's.
nc pTiSOUeTS WVTe uTOuHui
croes-examined at length. They were
then confronted with various essential
witnesses, who when the police had
finished with them were taken out
through side doors and hurried away In
taxicabs. II was not until after midnight
that Il was decided to charge four Of the
prisoners with stealing and receiving tine
necklace. Mccarthy. the NTH man taken
into custody. and who. like Grixard. was
arrested In Hatton Garden. was held as
a witness. He In expected to give impOr-
tant testimony for the prosecution.
Theft Occarr~A - l.Ond0a.
Chief Inspector Ward told the cor.
respondent Of THE SUN afterwar" that
he believed the prisoners were the leaders
Of the Jewel thieves Of the world. Their
reputation for cieverness is exceedingly
high. Two Of them are English crooks.
while the others are foreigners. There Ia
no American among them.
The police are reticent in regard to the
details. but ,there Is little doubt but that
the necklace WAS stolen In London after
the parcel had been delivered at it's
destination In Hatton Garden. The inter-
val between the arrival ~ CLOCK ANA
the time the package was opened at 10
o'clock on the morning Of July II gave
ample time for the thieves 10 substi-
tute fresh seals on the parcel and place
the Jumps Of sugar inside In place of the
necklace.
IL the police are able to convict the
men under arrest and II they succeed in
recovering the remainder OF the pearls 1t
10 believed that It will mean the break
ing up Of one Of the most dangerous
gangs which has been operating In Ion
don and ON the Continent.