The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-02
DR.. Gregory Pavich Fl.
Adventure With Neck
lace Valued at $4,000
CORAL FROM ADRIAN
Chicago Detectives Look
Vain for Treasure Owner
Thought Stolen.

DRY Pavich, l57 Market street, "
claims to have been one+time physic,
to the late lamented Emperor of A
tria. The help of the metropoiit
sleuths was enlisted last Saturday
Pavich when he believed that his ne
lace had been stolen from him
week in Chicago on a honeymoon t
with his "zweite Frau"
! Search no further, Sergeant Piper
the La Sale street station depdrtm
of sleuths. Search no farther, for.
necklace in all its shimmering VIII
and red, rescued from the blue wat
of the Adriatic Sea, and now Set
yellow gold, reposes safely in all
splendor on the mahogany tray on
| dlning-room table of the erstwhile p,
stefan of His Imperial Majesty Kai
| Franz Josef.
Mein hummer Esel, Says Pavich.
1t was all mistake, Pavich now
mits, and the why and the where
and the how and the whence, is sor
thing that he who runs may read.
was simply an error in the houseket
ing of the new wife and Pavich CO
fesses as much as he clasps his 70.
head and cries, "Mein dummer Esel
Pavich frequently bursts into Germ.
idiom, but is Croatian by nativity.
AS for the value of the necklace,
is not for the writer nor the reader
judge. The value is set by DR.. Pavic
himself, who declares that it is worr
at the very least $4,000, while t
auxiliary bits of coral, he says, bring
the total value to $4,000.
Aftermath of Wedding.
On Tuesday, February 21st, DIR. p
vich was married at Crown Point, Inc
to his second wife, widow by tn
name of Mrs. Victoria Benas. Thur
day and Friday, the newly marie
pair spent with friends in Chicago {
1919 Fiske street. During his visit /
Chicago, the Kenosha man frequenti
took from his coat the apple of his ey
and the pride of his life, the aforesai
corals. He had taken them with hin
he said, with the intention of consul-
ing a jeweler and having the ZOOS
corals set.
Friday night the couple returned t
Kenosha and commenced housekeepin
at the Market address which is at tn
corner of Third Saturday morning
DR.. Pavich decided that it would b
best to take the coraIs to the hank an
have them placed in a safe depos
vault.
He put his hands in his coat poke
The gems were gone!
"Ich war stumm! Ich war wild! Ic
war verrickt!" he cried today as h
rehearsed his feelings of that momen
In short, he was beside himself wit
agony, but he lost no time in val
regret.
He took the next train for Chicag
and hired Sergeant Piper, 179 Mort
La Sale street, and Charles G. Esse
154 West Randolph street, to help hil
find the missing treasure. For he be
lieved that the corals had been stole
during his visit in the city. SIS h
paid the detectives; very cheap. Blu
he promised to pay $500 if they foun
the goods.
The Lost Is Found.
Saturday night Pavich returned HON
and reported that though all the da
they hunted, nothing could they fin
except a ship a-sailing, a-sailing in tn
wind. DR.. Pavich was looking for
handkerchief to weep into and h
slipped his hand into the coat whic
hung in the dining-room.
Zach, mein hummer Esell" he erie
today as he recounted the scene. H
clasped his brow dramatically ether
in the pocket were my corals, my miss
ing corals, my beloved dear corals!"
He explained that his bride was no
yet used to his ways and as a youn
housekeeper had hung his best suit
an unexpected place, so that when o
Saturday he looked for his corals
was in the wrong coat.
The History of the COrals.
He displayed the gems on the ma
hogany tray. The long necklace wa
interesting to look at certainly, eac
gem as big as a hickory nut. An
there were separate corals, large an
small.
"These," he said fondly, ~ had in
tended making into a brooch for tn
silver wedding anniversary of my frs
wife. But she died four months befor
we could celebrate it. So now I though
I would make a bracelet of them 70
a wedding present for my second"
Glow do you figure that they ar
worth $30,000?' he was asked.
Zach, niemand hat dass! Die sim
special! You cannot find such any
where. Ladies have offered me man.
thousands for them, but I would no
SELL"
"Where did you get them ?"
"Well, you see, it was like this.
was naturalist, and I looked up ant
down the Adriatic Sea for specimen
for medicine and such. I studied to-
the bottom Of the sea. And so I FINE
the corals, sometimes one, sometimes
two, sometimes three. I collect them
It took me % years to collect this for
tune, which I plucked, you might sa!
from the mighty bosom of the sea.
was Fiume, the Fiume of d'Annunzio
and at other cities too on the Dalma