Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23
KABBED AS
H: TRIES
To PAWN
JEWELS

The mystery yelling the theft
of nearly 1000 worth of dia-
monds and jewels belonging to
Mrs. Charles j. Haden, of No.
1919 Peachtree Road, prominent
society and clubwoman, was be-
lieved solved Monday afternoon
with the receipt Of telegram
by Chief Beavers from Spartan
burg, S. c., announcing the ar
rest there of man who gave his
name as j, c. Reeves, and said
his home is in Atlanta.
| Reeves was arrested when he at
| tempted to pawn pair of opera
| glasses bearing Mrs. Haden's initials.
| Other articles of jewery were found
on him when he was searched by the
Spartanburg police, and he is believed
to have most of the missing jewels
and probably others taken in the long
list OF recent gem robberies.
According to the telegram. Reeves
bears recent gunshot wound in his
arm, and Chief Beavers believes his
arrest may clear up the recent series
iof jewel -robberies and other baff1ins,
| thefts in Atlanta.
Mrs. Haden Elatsd.
The Chief Immediately wired he
Chief OF Police of Spartanburg 70
hold Reeves until an officer from At
lanta could be sent there to bring him
| back
Mrs. Haden was elated when in
formed over the telephone by Chief
Beavers Of the recovery of the miss
| ing jewels, as several of them were
old herooms and priced even more
highly than her jewels of greater in
/ trinsic value
! Fear of an impending burglary FRI
| day caused Mrs. Haden TO remove the
greater part Of her jewels to a safety
deposit vault in a downtown bank.
The night before she had read Of
various robberies in Atlanta. which
caused her TO take some precautions
for the protection Of her own jewels.
Mrs. Haden would not tell the value
Of the jewels saved by their removal.
Mrs. Haden Discovers Theft.
| The loss of the jewelry was dis
covered Saturday night by Mrs Ha-
| den while she was hunting for her
husbands shaving set, which was
lost The search led her to her own
room. where she found that all her
jewels which had been left in the
| house were stolen.
She told the police that they we're
! there Wednesday evening Mr. Haden
said he had used his shaving set SAT-
urday morning. No trace of the shay
| ing set has been found, which leads
the police to believe that other parts
of the house also were visited
| The jewels stolen were a pearl neck
lace, diamond brooch, an enameled
pin set with diamonds, an expensive
Swiss watch and a pearl and gold
pair Of opera glasses. A small black
| lynx fur also was taken
They had been placed in the locked
secret drawer in the dresser. The
drawer was not broken into. and evil
IDENTIFY was opened with a pass keys
Mrs. Haden thought.
Another Home Robbed.
I a second jewelry robbery had the
police puzzled Monday. Two negroes
entered the home of d. G. Wise, press
ident Of the Adams Wise Drug Cons
pany, at No. S75 CORTLAND street. at
o'clock Saturday afternoon, taking
jewelry and clothes worth about $500.
When Mrs. Wise and her sister,
Mrs. f. II. Fell, wife of E. H. Fell,
assistant general passenger agent ot
the A., b. and A. Railroad. returned
home they saw two negroes leap
through a rear window and run down
| the street.
Investigation showed that a diaA
mond brooch worth $500, diamond
| locket valued at $3.50, a gold watch
valued at $50. a number Of valuable
stickpins and some clothes had been
stolen.
The thieves gained entrance TO tbs
house by breaking a front window
and then throwing open the catch.
Evidently the pair had been in tho
house for some time. as thorough
systematic search had been mades
Every room was entered. Part OF thu
jewelry was locked in Mrs. Wiss'n
trunk