The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-07-20

/ thought except that 1t was wonarou'
! addition to Mrs. Vatabies super.
str;np Of other pearls "A" pearl II
was-and nothing more.
! But "the'' pearl? All, Nissens men
were still seeking it. Boeck, out "
prison, could only say that woman
had sold # for him to the Shreve firm.
The Sbreves could only answer thai
they had in turn sold it in New YORK
Nissen never despaired-he had de-
tectives following all six pearls tha'
Boeck had stolen. Three in pawn "efd
redeemed for the S. 1000 which the thlel
got for them only TO lose the nlCde9'
! the two that went to Shanghai dlsap-
neared comnletely. and it looked as Il
the big pink one was gone too ms
detectives whom Nissen sent out there
were months behind the pearls trali'
They never got within hailing distance
save to find that some one else had
bought it. and it had dropped out OF
sight again.
But just recently they got fresh
scientific trail of the pearl led to
! Schorr's.
Eyes" said Schorr, 81 had pink
pearl something like that and | sold
it to Mrs. Jules J. Vatable of No. IL
East Forty-ninth street.
81 bought it in good faith asserted
the lady, stoutly, when the Nissen
emissaries sought her out. "And J
| propose to keep it"
cts mine!" retorted Nissen.
Then he promptly replevined the
pink pearl The vatables as promptly
gave bond for 1t and hung on to the
/ gem of a hundred years tears-their
pearl was "the" pearl!
Thereupon the lawyers were called
| in The jeweller retained Philbin,
1 Reekman, Menken & Griscom to get
back the big pink pearl or its equiva-
lent, figured at SO ,464; Mrs. Vatable en-
gagged Anderson, Iselin & Anderson
to fight for her to finish.
That's the PEARL" declared Nissen
/ when he saw it at the Anderson Offices
in New York.
81 stole it." admitted Boecl1 in a
sworn deposition Che was out prison,
his term ended, "and Mrs. Alice B.
Dodge sold it to Shreve in San Fran
cisco. What became of it afterward
don't know"
And there the case rests now. The
pearl still nestles next to the neck Of
| Mrs. Vatable in her famous string Of
pearls, and there it will stay until next
October at least, when the suit TO de-
eide its possession comes to trial in the
Supreme Court, New York City.
Will the unlucky thing work more
disaster in the hundred days between
then and now?
If Boeck goes on the witness stand
and confesses his theft, for whom will
he testify? He has already admitted
the theft of the pearls and his sale and
pawning of them. A sworn copy of
his disposition is in the hands of the
referee, Howard Cans, appointed by
the Court to take preliminary hearings.
And who loses the 10000?
Nissen says the Shreve-Schorr pink
beauty, bought by Mrs. Vatable, is his.
Mrs Vatable in her answer to Nissen's
complaint says she doesn't know. and
even If it Is, she bought her treasure
in good faith and doesn't propose TO
part with 1t If she can help it.
Very good-who pays?
Mr.. Nissen, palpably victim, does
not see why he shouldn't get back his
pearl or its equivalent. Mrs. vatable
doesn't see why she should lose the
$4,000 she paid TO reputable dealer.
In turn, Mr.. Schorr bought the pearl
from another jeweller equally trust
worthy.
/ So it goes back to the Shreves OF
San Francisco-and there Is no more
respectable firm in the United States.
They bought in good faith too.