The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-04

Searches TOR Last OF NdludO1eS clo-
l., Year Ago. All But $4,000 OF
Famous Gems Found.
NEW YORK, N. Y.-John w. Ma
TO, an old man, bent and withered
and afflicted with a mortal illness, is
bo,dinq death at bay until he finds
s3o0OO worth of jewels SO that his
Gins NAV be forgiven him. Meantime
.no detectives of the New York city
malice department allow him to &c
and come. to wander hither and yon
IN his eager search for the jewels.
The story of Mahan is the story OF
the Schoelkopf jewels. 1t is the last
cbanter of the story of the most fas-
cjoatng Jewel robbery in the history
oi crime in the United States.
The Curse Worked.
If is furthermore the story that has
~ do with superstition of the under
world Of New York city, belief or
s,,oerstition that has it that Jewels
stolen from the body OF a woman
curses him who touches them.
The Schoelkopf jewels were stolen
nom the BODY of a woman-a beauti-
fnl living woman clad in gorgeous
GOWNS the wife of a multi millionaire.
Tohn w. Mahan believes IN that
curse, and being of a religious nature
in way, he believes that he will be
subject to fearful punishment IN the
hereafter unless he finds the $4,000
worth OF Jewels and restores them to
their owner. The jewels are the last
LOT of the S300,000 worth OF valuables
stolen from Mrs. Irene Schoelkopf.
Nahan. a pawnbroker of New York
city. bought those 100000 worth OF
levels from the thieves who stole
them from the body of a woman
and handed the curse along with them.
He braved the curse and, strange
though it might seem, soon after he
bought them from the thieves he suf-
tered stroke of paralysis rendering
his right arm absolutely useless.
As he lay stretched out i'll his bed
he bethought himself of the jewels
and where they were hidden i'll ten
different places. When he was sable to
get up and walk on his feet, with the
help OF a cane he hobbled to the po-
lice and in trembling tones told them
that the famous Schoelkopf jewels
were IN his possession.
History of Jewels.
The history OF the Schoelkopf jew
els is an exciting chapter i'll the his
tory OF crime in this country School
kopf, a multi-millionaire of Buffalo, N.
Y, married beautiful woman much
younger than himself He showered
gifts upon her and satisfied to the full
her inordinate craving for jewelry.
She lived in New York city great
or part Of the time, and while there
net young man by the name OF
Frank Carman. The two became
"buddies" and were frequent visitors
in the midnight cafes of the metropo-
lis Mrs. Schoelkopf soon became not
ed as the woman who always wore a
lot OF jewelry.
On the last night of 1922 and the
first morning of 1923, Carnan gave a
party in his apartments, which was
attended by Mrs. Schoelkopf, 1t was
a rotouS party and soon after mid
night Mrs. Schoelkopf left
In the hallway downstairs she was
attacked by two men, dragged into a
room bound and gagged, and her
Jewels, to the value of 100000, torn
off her person. The jewels included
two magnificent pearl necklaces, sew
cral costly diamond rings, two brace
lets worth $4,000 each, platinum
wrist watch, and a bead bag contain
ing $500.
The thieves made their escape. A
number OF days later they sold the
Jewels to Mahan, the pawnbroker,
Who divided the lot into ten parts and
ma them in ten different places.
Since that time everybody who had
anything to do with the crime has
been arrested and convicted. One man
got ten years in prison. Two Others
were given long terms in Sing Sing
Another man who was connected with
the crime committed suicide.
Pathetic Figure.
Md now only Mahan, the old
pawnbroker, is left and he has restor-
ed all but $4,000 worth of the jewels
Mahan had a partner by the name
Of Hirsch,. and the police believe that
Hrsch knew where the former had
hidden the Schoelkopf jewels and that
ne took part of them from their hid
ing place and sold them to one OF his
customers. But Mahan does not be
aeEe that He must find the last $50
VVJ lot Of the valuables to lift the
curse that goes with Jewels stolen
rom the body of a woman"
Mahan has not long to live and nc
SHOWS it. He knew the nine hiding
Places OF the jewels, but the tenth
somehow has escaped his mind. I'm
,,,Hngly he led the police to different
places IN New York city and the state
'Ha even beyond the state where the
l'siIy trinketS were hidden. A pearl
,'Nlace he produced from one hiding
pace; a bracelet from another.
put the tenth place he has been un-
ape to discover. Meantime he goes
Soout hobbling from one place to an
1,heT IN his eager hunt after the last
-bl, the last nj fba CrboafI1oof Jewels