Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
An Episode .Dith No Parallel in
the Whole History of Mankind

package to the Paris Post Office in the Rue de Provence
saw It weighed by clerk named Louron, who registered
It at cost Of $41 to Mr. Solomons and threw into
basket with other registered matter.
At o'clock that evening the registered bag bound
fer London was sealed and taken in motor to the
Northern Railway Station The bag reached the Lon
don Post Office $50 the next morning where it's seal
was broken and the bags contents sent out for delivery
addressed.
The London episode in the history of the 100000
registered package of pearls has been the subject OF
an inquiry by the Home Secretary of the British Cab
met. Following is the result:
At $3.50 o'clock that same morning the postman deliv
cred the package at Mr. Mayors office 1t was received
receped for by the responsible caretaker of the
premises who placed it in safe used by Mr. Mayer for
registered mail matter Three clerks arrived few min
utes later. and, at $40, Mr.. Mayer himself
The head clerk went Immediately to the safe and
brought to Mr. Mayer his registered mall among it the
pearl package from Paris, saying:
Here Is package from Mr. Solomons, Mr.. Mayer
At that moment Mr. Mayer reading Mr.. Solomons's
letter of advice saying he had just mailed the pearl
necklace
1T contains the necklace" said Mr. Mayer. I'VE will
take it the Bank of England and leave it there while
/ am my vacation"
The head clerk opened the package, and finding moth
ing in it but Jumps cutoaf sugar. uttered the excla
nation which the first announcement of the great
est pearl robbery record.
Mr. Mayer at once telephoned to Paris for MT Solo
Then he notified LlOydS, underwriters OF his III
pocy-upon whom the loss would fall In case
the pearls should not be recovered Loyds took charge
Of the notifying the London and Paris Police de-
partmepts, inserting in the London Times of the
morning Personal describing the stolen jewels
in detail and offering reward of $4,000 for informal
ton leading to their recovery
No jewel robbery had created great SenSa-
ton, owing to- the mystery of how registered mai!
package could be rifed while in sealed bag in transit
from Paris to London, and its contents deliberately
placed with lump sugar of precisely the same weight
Yet the closest Investigation of an the French and Eng
lsh post office employees who could have come into
tact with the ed package revealed no clue The united
efforts of the Paris and London detectives were therefore
concentrated the movements of notorious jewel thieves
in England and on the Continent.
There two sensational false leads" The
famous pearl necklace found in a Paris cafe and
Mr.. Mayors Paris agent identified it genuine. 1t
proved to be composed false pearls worth $24 ordered
from the manufacturer by Paris theatrical agent
named Hornboste who had promised certain actress
that he would show her the stolen necklace The actress
failing to keep her appointment at the cafe, NJ Horn
hostel sought other consolation and forgot all about his
precious pearls leaving them in the cafe
In the meantime Mr.. Price, Of Price Gibbs acting
for LOyd's, In Paris comforting with the Paris po
lice One day about the middle of August he visited
by two who introduced themselves Brandstatter
and Quadransten, who said they believed they could
place their hands the stolen necklace and wanted to
know If the $4,000 reward still held good Mr. Price
asked them to return in three days Thereupon he
gagged the services Of Paris merchant little known
in London, named Spanier, and arranged with him to
accompany the two inOrmers to London and obtain
teria proof that the necklace offered was identical with
the stolen one.
you know the stolen necklace WELL" said Mr.. Price
You know that the big central pearl and the third pearl
its left cannot be mistaken for any others in the
world If the necklace Is shown to offer to buy out
right the two pearls have mentioned That will give
us the proof need Bank of England notes will not
be accepted In payment they may be stopped at the
bank. Provide yourself with French notes, which
will mark for Identification"
Armed with these instructions and liberal supply Of