Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-03-06

You know the stolen necklace
WE'LL" said Mr.. Price you know
that the big central pearl and the
third pearl on its left cannot be mis-
taken for any others in the world.
If the necklace is shown to you, offer
to buy outright the two pearls ] have
mentioned. That will give us the
proof we need. Bank of England
notes will not be accepted In payment,
as they may be stopped at the bank.
Provide yourself with French notes,
which we will mark for identified
ton"
Armed with these instruments and
liberal supply of marked French
1,000-franc notes, Spanier accompanied
the informers to London as a posi-
BILE purchaser of the stolen necklace.
From the moment of their arrival in
London all three were Swallowed by
Scotland Yard detectives, assigned by
Chief Inspector Ward, at the request
of Mr.. Price, who remained in Paris.
Paid With Marked Money.
On the AFTERNOON of September l
Quadranstein brought four men to the
obscure hotel where Spanier was
! waiting, Spanier being introduced as
a buyer of gems, one of the visitors
took from his pocket the Identical
stolen necklace, intact, except for the
diamond clasp, which was missing.
Mr.. Spanier could have it for $3.50, 900.
The four men came down to $500, 900.
AS Mr. Spanier did not have that large
sum with him he would settle the
affair tomorrow" The men were so
disappointed that Mr.. Spanier offered
then and there to show his good faith
ing as security the large central pearl
and the third pearl on its left
Thus he carried out his instructions,
receiving the two identifying pearls
! and paying over $4,000 in marked
French 1,000-franc notes.
On the following day these four men
| and one other were arrested, several
of the marked notes being found in
their possession. Four OF them are
more or less suspicious characters,
with shady jewel-dealing connections,
named Silverman, Grizzard. Lockett,
and Gutwirth. The presence with
them of a man named Mccarthy was
found to be a coincidence, and he was
released
Thieves Plans Cost Fortune.
The informer, Brandstatter, who
turns out to be a relative of Gutwirth,
told the police he had been told that
it cost the thieves 100000 to perfect
their organization and perform this
pearl robbery, and this is practically
all the police have learned of the de-
| tails up to the present time. There
are vague clews connecting the ar
rested men with confederates in diff
| ferent classes of society in England,
France, and Germany, but no sort of
answer to the big problem of the
| elaborate, almost incredible, rifiing of
| the sealed pearl package during it's
| transit in the Paris-London registered
mail.
| Neither has the mystery been
| solved which surrounds the dropping
| of an old match box containing the
/ necklace In an OBSCURE LONDON street
| after the arrest OF the men who sold
| two of the pearls TO Mr.. Spanier. Out
of a huge mass of testimony taken
| before London magistrates. the one
| interesting human incident is that OF
/ Augustus Horne, quoted above-ths
/ workingman who found the pearls and
/ turned them over TO the police. after
vainly trying to exchange the beads
and marbles" for a glass of beer.
This lucky person remains dazed by
the prospect of receiving the s50,O0s
reward. Rather humorously, however,
the payment OF that reward Is temper
arfly postponed because of the frantis
claims made by the informer. QuaA
rsnstetn.