Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-11
VALUABLE DIAMONDS
ARE RECOVERED HERE
Jewels Said to Have Been Stolen in
Washington Recovered in Rich
mond Pawnshops.
NEGRO HELD IN CINCINNATI
John NJ. Holly Is Accused OF Theft
of $500 In Gems-police Say lie
Failed to Find $4,000 Worth of
Diamonds i'll Adjoining Room.

! The long quest Of detectives brought
! sudden results here yesterday. when
/ Detective Sergeant c. T.: Hurlinranc.
! of Washington. caused the arrest in
| Cincinnati of John A. Holly. coiorcd.
! charged with the theft of $1,000 worth
Of diamonds and other jcwclry from
/ a prominent Washington home. The
! .ewclry was located for the most part
in Richmond pawnshops.
I The laurcls for the work in Rich
/ mond so to Detective Scr&oants Wily.
Atkinson and kcllam, who have WORKED
i for the past few days on the ease.
According to Sergeant Eurlingarnc.
! the negro Was employed in II wealthy
! Washington home To han- some win
! dows. and to do several other odd
+ jobs about the house lie managed TO
/ steal Sl,5o0 worth OF jcwclry and make
his escape. This occurred on December
4 :. and since that time Detective Euvlin-
j game has been trailing hlm about the
] country.
y small part of the jcwelry was 10
! Gated in Alexandria pawnShopS. and af-
/ ter that the trail was lost for a con-
! siderable time. FINALLY. however, the
1 Nh eaGS Of circumstance led tho officer
10 Richmond, and. with the aid OF the
I three local detectives. he was able to
=, FIND that the thief had certainly boon
! here.
GEMS PRICED FROM
| THEIR iMoUNrINGS
\ftcr tina, i, was simply matter
! of visiting al of the pasnsnops and
! jcwelry stores of the city. The worl.
! was rendered harder because some OF
! The gems had been priced from their
! mountinGS. and were offered for sale
I IN y way that WAS difficult Of identiii-
/ cation. The officers stated that the
J f.,1 v,l
( "etus did not amount 10 over 10 per
I cont of the total value OF the jewclry.
! The most valuable article was n
/ diamond horseshoe brooch containing
thirtr.four perfectly matched dia-
nonds. The value of the brooch was
/ $3.50 \ gold and platinum brooch.
with eighteen diamonds. was valued
at $500. diamond pendant, with eight
diamonds. was valued at s325. \ soil
i taire ring was valued nj slice. and
/ there were other articles valued at
less amounts 10 The total value OF
( $1,000
! The officers located a number OF tho
articles at Samuel Bachrachs pawn
| shop. Sl5 East 1road Street Other
articles were located at l7C5 East Main
street IT the store OF Joseph .:lsncr
! At no place where the jcwcirv was re-
covered was the price paid the negro
anything lifc its true value accord
ing to the statement given out by the
officers.
PRAISES WORK or
RICHMOND DETECTIVES
Sergeant ESurlingamc was about TO
J start for Norfolk. where he had in
4 formation the negro had gone when
ne received information that he was
unlcr arrest and being held in Cincin-
nati. lie left last night for the West
crn city 10 take charge OF the pris-
oner.
i5efcre he left Sergeant Burlingame
TOOK occasion to praise the work of
the local detectives ana to thank them
Tor their assistance. The detectives.
In locating the iewclry pawncd here.
found a very large per cent OF all the
Je"clry which Was stolen from the
Washington home.
Sergeant FurlinGame stated that had
the negro Sonc into the adjoining room
rom the one where he took the jcwelry.
he would have been able to have stolen
diamonds and other valiables TO tho
amount OF At least $4,000