Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-05

You know the stolen necklaces
WELL" said Mr.. Price. You know
that the big central pearl and the
third pearl on its left cannot be mis-
taken for any others ia the world.
If the necklace is shown to you. ofrer.
to buy outright the two pearls have
mentioned. That will give us fha
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 Identifies
ton"
Armed with these instruments and
a liberal supply of marked French
/ / ,000-franc notes, Spanier accompanied
the informers 10 London rs 3 possi-
BILE purchaser of the stolen necklaces
From the moment of their arrival In
London all three were shadowed 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 i
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, 600.
The four men came down to 5000, 000..
hox Ia vUea
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
by paying 100000 on account and TAX
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,O00-franc notes.
On the following day these four meD
and one other were arrested, several
of the marked notes being found I'm
their possession. Four of them arc
more or less suspicious characters.
with shady jewel-dealing connections,
named Silverman Grizzard, Lockett,
and Gutwirth. The presence with
them of q 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 GutwirthS
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 or
answer to the big problem OF the
almost incredible, rifling or
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
human incident is that Of
Augustus Horne. quoted above the
who found the pearls ana
turned them over to the police, after
vainly trying to exchange the beads
and marbles" for glass of beer.
This lucky person remains dazed by
the prospect OF receiving the $4,000
reward. Rathcr humorously. however.
the payment of that reward h tenkpoE.
arily postponed because OF the frantic
claims made by the infornasH. ouaa