New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-17
PEARL NECKLACE FOUND
LYING IN LONDON STREET
Famous S625.0OO String Of
Pearls Kicked by Workman
Before Being Picked Up.
LlOYOS RINGS lUTINE BELL
But Details of Recovery Are
Not Too Credible and More
Arrests May Even
Yet Be Made.
by Gable The Tribune


/ London. Sept 1.-THE romance OF
the great s625,OOO necklace reached its
grand denoucment Yesterday. A world
wide search had been organized FOR the
stolen necklace by the POLICE and by
| Lloyds underwriters but q remained
FOR a workman TO pick it up casually
/ In a London street
The story OF the discovery is most
dramatic and rivals the best efforts Of
the most fertile writer's Of fiction
/ Augustus g. Horne. a workman en-
I ploved in a pianoforte factory was
walking 20 his work Yesterday morning
, accompanied by two or three com
panions. when he noticed little packet
/ lying on the sidewalk in ST Paurs
/ Road. Highbury in North London We
+ knocked II aside with his foot. never
! dreaming Of the treasure that was con-
| cealed under the paper. Then he
picked It up.
! To his amazemeut he found broken
string Of wonderful pearls gems whose
strange adventures have been the talk
Of the whole civilized world. The neck
/ lace was originally composed Of sixty
one pearls. Two were produced in
court and the number found By Horne
Was hfty-eight, go only one is now
missing
Horne rushed az top speed 10 the
/ local police station with his find. The
| Scotland Yard authorities We're imme-
diately communicated with, and the
pearls handed over 20 them by the uni
| formed police. who had already ascer-
tanned that the pearls were genuine.
J The gems were loose. but the necklace
was reconstructed and comparison
with the descriptions furnished Of the
missing pearls induced the confident
belief that the find represented the
, necklace which so mysteriously disap-
I peared.
Max Mayer. the owner OF the neck
| lace. late I'm the afternoon viewed the
gems and had no hesitation in Identify
ing them.
events led up to this remarkable re-
! covery OF 50 great a treasure, but one
Of the suggestions made is that the
holder Of the goods feeling himself in
danger OF arrest when It became known
that the police Investigations had been
narrowed down 10 very small radius.
deliberately lost" them.
Price & Gibbs, the Lloyds agents who
had offered "A reward OF SJ0,OOD for the
recovery OF the jewels. were at first dis
posed to regard the story Of the recov-
cry as a hoax. but were highly de-
lighted when Informed that Max Mayer
had identified his property.
There is reason e believe that there
may be yet further sensational devel-
opments in this remarkable case.
There is still an clement Of mystery in
Nesterday's happenings, for the official
story of the discovery in the gutter
does not tally with the statement by
cx-Superintendent Leach, the private
inquiry agent who las been engaged on
behalf of the underwriters
Asked as 10 how the pearls were
found. he declined 10 say. but he re-
marked that il might be taken as being
incorrect to say they were picked up in
the gutter in 81. Paul's Road. High
bury. He added: with reference to
The actual discovery. | am bound to Sc
crecy. as Scotland Yard is investigating
the matter. and IL il just possible that
further arrests may follow
A scene Of wild excitement was wit
messed at Lloyds when the announce
rneut was made that the pearls had
Leen found. For Tie first time In his
tory the famous Lutine bell, which is
:. lied 10 announce the safety OF
missing ship. was rung to indicate the
finding Of such an object as neck
lace The members raised mighty
cheer and their eyes sparkled with ex-
element. Many men danced IN sheer
iovousness of spirits II was as ex-
citing a scene as had been witnessed in
Iloyds for many years. 1t is said the
necklace was insured for S6mcoO.
snread over most If the marine under
writers in the building.