Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20
STOLEN DIAMONDS
BURIED IN GARDEN
Clever Girl Thief Lures level
Merchant to London
Apartment.
CAPTURED THROUGH BANK
Withdrew Funds Before Robbery
and Stones Are Traced
to Dublin.
CAPTURED THROUGH BANK

LONDON: April IA remarkable
account Of tn" recovery OF valuable
Dublin garden. was told a, Marlbor-
Uush stree Polio. Court when Clara
MnilcleS' oth"rwi Is" Clara Kruger. was
charged with being concerned. with
a man not in custody in e,cal.n,: two
unset ape diamonds and diamond
ring valued ~ f3.sO0 GSi2Oo0). the
merchant OF iiatton Garden
Inc pT5secution Saii the prisoner
Ieddy bcnIit. THIS. he proceeded. was
deliberately planned and carefully
carried out robbery. ON January g,
Mr.. Giles was introduced TO tho pris-
oncr aS a person likely TO buy dia-
monds. le showed her some Jewels.
ana tney me- by appointment. on Jann-
more. jcwelry. Including: two Carc dia-
mc!nds, weighing 20 IL carats each.
She said tha; AN American million
are might buy them for her. and after
having them valued asked Mr.. Giles TO
dine with her ana her friend tina; night.
in order that sh. might show the iia-
Inonds To tho latter Mr.. Giles kent
the engagement and saw the prisoner
alone.
First Hnit Refused.
She told him that owing % tho bad
until the following morning. and sug-
gcstcd that MIR. Giles should leave the
diamonds with her until then He
refused TO do so. as he had not known
her long enough.
The prisoner rang Mr.. Giles UP on
ri fnT1nTE io Ina saih she n%d been 70
friend. She had spoken to the latter
about the stones. and Ia. was very
Interested. and there Was chance Of
doing business. An appointment was
made for February 10. when Mr.. Giles
showed her the two Cape diamonds
and a cross-over ring containing two
and on"-half caratS the valu. Of the
ring was ii.2oc. Altogether tho value
would like another opinion on the
stones 20 he sure she was getting value
for the money.
Had Gem. valued.
To this MIR. Giles agreed and they
went to ;hre-, jewelers. The prisoner
then suggested that they should go
her wealth., friend was. She showed
him into The drawing room. hut did
not go in herself. she closed the door
and thought he was trapped.
Mir. Giles tried ti,r door and found
/, was locked. Tie could not open the
and shouted to the people in the ste IL
10 STOP her. They did not hear. and
the prisoner drove away in a taxica b
thai MAS waiting, wish~a-n man inside.
About three quarters of an hour later
the diamond merchant was retea sed by
the police, II was found that the fa:
was rented by a lady who had gone
abroad The woman and her American
friend had broken INFO the place and
uScn II 70 !nlpFlSon TILES.
MIR. Giles solicitor discovered that
on the morning OF February 10 the
prisoner Withdrew the sum of too0u
that she had on deposit in the London
and Southwestern Bank and placed II
In the Midland Joint Stock Bank in
the name OF Teddy Carlton. on learn
ing OF this an action was taken in the
high court, with substantial service
for damages and for the loss OF the
jewels On March 10 "A telegram was
received by the bank from Belfast ask :
ing for $50. Nothing was done. and
the next day the prisoner appeared al
the bank, where she was arrested.
Dug Up ia Gnrdcn.
The diamonds We're SuhSeuuc dis
covered in Dublin in a poor street, IN
the garden OF house.
Mr.. Giles in evidence said tina; after
the robbery he was in communication
with Percy Bono about the diamonds
"On March H." he continued Bono
told me something about the diamonds
and We went together 20 Dublin. 10 a
house in Windsor Road. palmerston
Road We got the permission OF the
landlady 10 dig in the garden. About
eighteen inches below some narcissi.
where was digging according TO the
information | received from Bono. |
found cardboard box containing the
stones. wrapped in wadding."