The New York herald., 1922-02-24
FAKE IS CONFESSED
BY MRS. ROBERTSON
$4,000 Worth of Jewels
Reported Stolen in Deal,
n. j., Are Recovered.
HIDDEN In MANHATTAN
Plot for Numerous RObber-
les Of Friends Said to Have
Been Spoiled.
STILL HELD IN PRISON
Woman Is Suspected of Know
ing of Similar Loss in
Columbus, Ohio.
STILL HELD IN PRISON

fessed that the sensational loldup
and robbery she told the police had
occurred at her homo Saturday night
was fake simultaneously Gerard
Luisi. an investigator of the London
Lloyds, announced in this city that
the $4,000 WORTH of jewels Mrs. Rob
ertson said had been stolen had been
recovered in an apartment house in
the vicinity of Broadway and Eighty
fifth street.
The double announcement came at
the end of day in which Mrs. Rob
ertson almost hourly protested her
innocence of the conspiracy charge
lodged against her Wednesday and
made desperate efforts to obtain bail
Failing in the latter attempts she
lapsed into condition bordering on
hysteria last night and offered to sign
a waiver of liability for the insurance
company if it would aid her in gaining
her freedom.
Mrs Robertson herself gave the first
intimation that the jewels had been re-
at the Freehold Jail soon after she arose
yesterday morning.
Intimation of Confession.
She said al that time:
You may say that I think all of the
Jewels that were insured have been re-
covered / have no further statement
to make"
While Mr.. Sexton would not discuss
the details of Mrs. Robertson's confess
sion, Mr.. Luisi said there were in fact
two confessions. both of which were
made during Wednesday night and early
yesterday morning Mr.. Luisi said Mrs.
Robertson retracted the first one soon
after it had been made but reiterated
the same facts in a similar statement
some hours afterward.
Mr.. Luisi recovered the jewels on a
shor: note of authorization which Mrs.
Robertson gave him. rhe Jewels,
wrapped in paper. had beer placed in
charge of a friend. who. the investigator
is confident. did not know the cor tents
of the bundle. They were left at the
apartment by Mrs Robertson. bu. just
when Mr.. Luisi would not say. Neither
would he make known the identity of
the person With whom they had been
left. The note with the name of the
person deleted was as follow:
Mr.. --- please allow Mr. Luisi to
get the package l left at your house.
Lovely Sally
Jewels Quickly Given Up.
Detective George f.. Mccartney of the
Bomb Squad and Detective Ledyard of
the Deal police accompanied Mr.. Luisi
TO the apartment within the shadow of
Breton Hall. No difficulty was expert
enced in obtaining possession of the
jewels Mr.. Luisi said, the bundle being
handed over as soon as the note Of au-
thorization had been read.
There were nineteen pieces of jewery
and two unset stones in the bundle. They
followed the descriptions given by Mrs.
Robertson I'm obtaining her $4,000 In
surance policy and the descriptions given
tc the Deal police after the fake" hold
IN and robbery. Mr.. Luisi said he had
made only a cursory examination and
would have the Jewels examined by an
expert to-day. He intmated that he
suspected some of them might be
paste
Both Prosecutor Sexton and Mr.. Luisi
said the main reason the details of Mrs
Robertson's confession were being with
held was because another charge wouli
be made against her. Mr.. Sexton would
not give a hint as to what this charg,
might be. but the Investigator said II
possibly concerned an incident that oc-
Cured at Columbus, Ohio, two years ago
when Mrs. Robertson" reported that
she had been robbed of jewels valued ut
SAC. 900. The circumstances in the Co
lumbus and Deal robberies were similar
Mrs. Robertson was asked whether she
ever had lived in Columbus and she do
MED that she had. Neither the inves
tiCator nor the prosecutor would say
whether the Columbus Mrs. Robertson
collected on Der policy.
PLOT for Many HoIdups.
Several well 10 do persons would
have been the victims of regular hold
ups schemed by her II this thing had
gone through all right" Mr. Luisi said.
she told me that in the confession she
subsequently repudiated."
Mr.. Lulsi said Mrs Robertson came
20 this city Monday and Concealed
the jewels at the place whore we found
them" That afternoon she appeared
AT the office of the insurance company
fllu Nldht n tldlH on ntT IolltNs / HtU
began the investigation that resulted
Wednesday in the arrest Of Mrs. Rob
ertson. Harry G. Taber. n real estate
broker; Samuel Gasn, Long Branch
train dispatcher, and John r. Bailey,
Jr.. 20 years old. Of Long Branch.
Mrs. Robertson told us she was tmld
and afraid 10 be alone in tho house.
Mr.. Luisi said "She said particularly
that she was afraid of firearms. yet we
found fully loaded pistol under her
pillow and another loaded weapon in the
room"
Mrs. Robertson was n striking contrast
- the droll little Freehold iai She
wore short modish dark blue cloth
gown cut decolletc. open work stockings
and high heeled suede slippers She had
diamond and pearl earrings and a din
ner ring OF emeralds and pearls Mrs.
Robertson possesses a wealth of reddish
golden brown hair which was knotted
on tho top Of her head
TT makes mo indignant" she said as
the correspondent left her. "to think
am suspected OF this dreadfuI holdup."