San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
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! PAIR WITH
JEWELS
Chase for Gems Lost When
Houston Street Traffic
Hats Officer. 4
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District Attorney c. NJ. Chambers
claims she has made, she is alleged to
have admitted welding the hammer
which killed Mrs. McCobb, but claims
il wse only to save her own life.
CLUE IN BUSY STREET.
What may prove the most important
development yet, leading back on the
trail Of Mrs. McCobb's mysterious past,
came Saturday afternoon when Hous-
ton street was crowded with busy shop
.pers.
Two foreigners, one dressed in Khaki
and one wearing fancy boots, exposed
for a fleeting moment fifteen glitter
hing, uncut diamonds, kings ran
som. Quickly they were concealed. but
not before a Burns detective had ap-
praised them.
The two were standing on Houston
street, engaged in a whispered confer
ence. Between them stood a suitcase.
TT fitted the description of one missing
from McCobb's baggage-the one with
the secret compartment, Believed to
have contained her valuable papers.
HAD SILKEN PURSE.
Il have the diamonds" one Of the
men said, according to information fur
nished District Attorney c. N. Cham
bers.
One man, the one with a crooked
4 smile" pulled a silken purse from his
tpocket, turning the gems into his open
fDalm. Then he quickly concealed them
I when he spotted the detective. But
the detective had heard the two agree
20 separate and meet in another town,
to pick up the suitcase
!. They jumped quickly into a wait
1 ing automobile and sped away. Be
fore the detective could get the num-
fber, another car interviewed and they
tyere lost in the maze of Saturday af-
tfernoon traffic. But a good descrip-
3xion of the two men was furnished
tDistrict Attorney O. NJ. Chambers, who
Immediately put police and deputies on
Ffheir trail. He hopes to intercept them
before they reach a small town near
fSan Antonio they designated as their
rendezvous.
VAULT N WASHINGTON.
4dQ NC IuEuru MS bIleu-
zion to these two men, suspected of
having looked in" on the mysterious
>fpast of the dead widow, when news
fof still more riches, secreted in a
steel vault in Washington came 10
his desk. From across the continent
came this message from a poor reia-
I Cobb" Mrs. Estelle Thompson wrote.
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The eccentric widow, she wrote, had
\ helped her many times.
She has money and valusbles in
D vault in Washington" the letter
said.
District Attorney Chambers will fol-
f. low this trail, hoping that it will
lead to documents-more valuable 10
! his search than uncut gems-which
will shed some light on Mrs. McCobb's
past.
LIVED IN FEAR.
Nor has be abandoned his search
for the mystery man." of whom
Mrs. McCobb lived in constant fear;
| the man, a friend in California in.
formed Chief of Police 7. o. Miller,
had probably followed her here from
New York. He may be able TO fur
nish information concerning incidents
just prior 10 the Staying of the rich
widow.
Equally as important in piecing to
xether the threads Of her past, Dis
|, frict Attorney Chambers believes, is
the locating of man in Mexico-the
man whom Mrs. McCobb is believed
10 have loved, who. others have writ
ten and told him, was her sweetheart.
NO WORD FROM LOVER.
Several times writers have men
toned his name, have given his ad
dress. but messages sent in search Of
him bring no results. Reports of his !
being in Mexico, in Texas and as far
west as California have come TO the |
district attorney. but If be knows Of
the death of Mrs. McCobb, he is silent, |
3or no word has come from him.
So officers here are piecing TO-
retiler, bit BY bit, each link in the |
fcattered chain, tracing each clue. lest |
they overlook the key TO the battling
mystery.
j And Mrs. MeCobb sleeps far from
4 Theo. Artz' orchestra. Mission 1913