The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-11-19
Horowitx Sells Store.


told her not to produce the ring.
Horowitx Sells Store.
81 sold my store on Saturday and
planned to get away from this town.
Sunday morning at 2:30 a. M, Depu-
ty Daugherty came to my house and
arrested me for having stolen goods
in my possession. My wife is in con-
finement and cried for me to get off
and would come to Clearwater. |
went up at IL o'clock Sunday with
Daugherty to Clearwater to fix my
bond. When | got there we went to
Judge Brandon's house and he was
out Then the deputy sheriff told me
to get my dinner and wait for the
Judge. Daugherty saw the judge and
said he v3uld turn me loose If would
produce the diamond. He phoned Mr..
Sachs and arranged for Mr.. Sachs to
meet me in St. Petersburg. came
back that night and met Mr.. Sachs
at the Detroit hotel.
Produces The Ring.
IL told him all this and promised
to produce the ring. When the lady
with Mr.. Sachs described the ring that
was missing. l told her it was the ring
I had. She described it exactly. l
produced the ring Monday from
where / had pawned it for $275. Mr..
Sachs gave me the money When
produced the ring the lady recognized
it instantly.
(Signed) xz IN. Harowitz."
& Had Ring Twenty Years.
The ring which Mrs. Ferry identi-
fed as one which had belonged to
Mrs. Loeser for 20 years, is a round
pan dinner ring said by Mr.. Sachs,
to be worth about s., 900. 1t has clus-
ter of diamonds about the size of
nickle. In the center is diamond
OF half carat. around this are sew
eral diamonds of about one-fourth
carat, while around the outer edge are
IL smaller diamonds. There are 20
jewels in all. The setting is an old
fashioned hligree, unique in design
and character.
This ring, Mrs. Ferry says, was the
most distinctive piece her aunt pos
sessed. In her list of the $4,000 worth
of missing jewelry she described this
particular ring most accurately. Mrs.
Ferry's home is at Cloverport, KY,
where her aunt. Mrs. Loeser had re-
sided great deal Of the time. She
says she knows intimately every piece
of jewelry relative owned.
Louisville Lawyer Here.
Rem H. Sachs, the Louisville attor-
ney and Exalted Ruler of the Elks
lodge, came here last Thursday morn
ing Immediately action began to &C.
cur in the case. Mr.. Sachs had been
working on the case since last winter
when he came here at the time of
the Loesers' sudden death. The affi-
davit charging Strickland with the
theft was sworn out by Mrs. Ferry
and was served on him Saturday
morning. Mr.. Sachs returns to Louis
vile today where he is candidate at
the polls for the legislature though he
will not arrive in time for the election
1t is likely Mrs. Ferry will &c also.
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Causes Much Comment.
News of Deputy Strickland's report
ed suicide spread over town rapidly
last night and was the subject of ex-
cited comment everywhere and va
rious expressions of opinion. Last
night Sheriff Marvel Whitehurst Dep
uties J. o. Daugherty, G. Powledge,
Assistant Postmaster L. N. Hendry
and Policeman Z. w. Bryn, all of
Clearwater. came down in regard to
the case and because of the reported
suicide of Strickland
Wanted To Save His Family.
w. L. Strickland's statement which
follows pelow, gives prime mo-
tive for his alleged aot. the fact that
he has decided it best to kill himself
rather than bring disgrace on his
family by killing others whom he pro-
fesses to wish to eliminate from his
life. Strickland is 80 years old. He
has wife and one child. He came