Postby dognose » Sat May 08, 2021 11:30 am
The mystery surrounding the theft of the diamond necklace worth $10,000 and the valuable princess ring from Tiffany & Co., about two months ago, has been solved, according to a report current last week, by the arrest of an apprentice boy of that establishment, who tried to sell the concern the stolen gems which had been taken from the settings. Neither the jewelers nor the police will say who the boy was. The police say that they did not know of any arrest, and think it must have been made outside of the State. President Moore, of Tiffany & Co., declined to talk about the affair at all. After the disappearance of the necklace and ring, during the first week in September, all employes on the fifth floor of Tiffany & Co. were kept under surveillance by private detectives for weeks, but no clue developed. A few days ago, it is reported, one of the apprentice boys offered several gems for sale, and some of them were recognized as diamonds belonging to the stolen necklace. The boy is said to have denied that they were stolen, and to have explained that he came by them through trading.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th November 1909
Trev.