New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-02
SOME OF ROOSEVELT'S
JEWELRY STILL MISSING
Watch Fob. Bearing Coat of
Arms, Jade Set Ring and
Jade Fob Not Found.
SERVANT REMAINS SILENT
Cant Remember" What He
Did with Them, Says Parker,
in Mineola Jail-House
Searched in Vain.

At least three pieces Of jewelry are still
missing from Colonel Roosevelts home
at oyster Bay. which George Roy Parker,
a young negro. formerly employed as a
butler. confessed ne Rad robbed systeniat-
icaly after the departure two months ago
OF Colonel Roosevelt for the West. Par
ker has refused TO tell what he did with
his loot. and private detectives continued
yesterday TO scour the Roosevelt house
and run down clews.
The most valuable Of the stolen articles
is the watch fob bearing the Roosevelt
coat-of-arms in gold. IL has been In the
family since the War Of the Roses. when
the coloners ancestors fought on the
royal side. It's intrinsic value is said TO
amount 10 about N.6oo. but on account Of
It's sentimental associations II Is ire
placeable.
A heavily chased gold ring. set with a
cresccnt-shaped piece OF yellow jade. also
is missing II was given to the colonel
when he was In Japan and is worth sew
eral hundred dollars. aside from its senti-
mental value The third missing article
is gold dollar. taken from a watch fob
made OF four similar pieces The other
three pieces. spent in a dance hall. in
Canarsle. have been recovered.
Parker continued yesterday. In the Min
cola. Long Island. jail. 10 maintain his
defiant air. meeting all attempts 10 learn
the hiding place Of the Jewels with the re-
ply that he didn't know what he had
done with them" This attitude disturbed
the detectives comparatively little. how
ever. for all former Information he had
given them as TO how he disposed Of his
plumber had proven false.
necklace OF baby pearls. with pen
dant Of diamonds set in platinum. which
belonged to the infant son Of Theodore
Roosevelt jr. was found by James h.
Amos Colonel Roosevelt's negro butler.
Saturday afternoon on top Of a cupboard
in the pantry. after Parker had sent de
tectives scrambling over the roofs OF the
BROOKLYN waterfront by declaring that he
had thrown IL from TIE seat Of trolley
car crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
Parker said he took the necklace to a
pawnshop in Fulton street. Brooklyn.
and tried to get IS for IT, but when the
paynbroker told him that he would have
him arrested. he decided to get rid Of II.
The necklace is worth nearly $500.
Three articles which Parker pawned
were $500 scarfpin. set with fourteen
diamonds and a Hungarian opal: a foun-
tain pen belonging to Archie Roosevelt
and a gunmetal watch with gold face.
For the first OF these he received -. In
his rockets the detectives found a silver
match box. set with rubies: fob, bearing
n medal OF the Panama commission and
two leather pocketbooks a Bull Moose
head was stamped on one side OF the
pocketbooks. and on the other appeared
the legend: Thou shalt not steal.
Parker went to the Roosevelt house
from the Carleton avenue branch OF the
Young Mems Christian Association. in
Brooklyn. on February %. He was sent
TO Elmira in 1909 for robbing a Brooklyn
clairvoyant, and he was told. according
TO his story that II he acted funny" he
would be transferred To Dannemora and
have II easy" Accordingly. he feigned
insanity and was transferred. He was
paroed on May II, last year. and after
trip South returned 10 this city, where he
worked for St Georges Hotel. Brooklyn.
the Equitable Life Assurance Society and
a Sixth avenue department store.