Show A BIG GEM GEH ROBBERY NC NEW YORK PUZZLED BY THC 13 BURDEN CASE rie jal bere et colnel at t it to I 1 believed that the ahlet had ft lu in the story of the crane affy NEW YORK burglar got away with I 1 a about b 0 u t I 1 worth orth of 0 diamonds the other night and now every tl cef throughout t the h e country Is 1 gnashing his 1 teeth with kith envy incidentally certain dames in new york society pre because the beautiful oung wife of I 1 millionaire Ton send burden will no longer reign as tho the quera of diamonds in the and ur friend of the coith and auth 0 ids a new york correspondent will eth a sigh of relief and say ill otan v 1 alolf never neer brings truo true happli lesa less to aforge a forte isaic sa ic rown townsend send burden lives at 5 last 2 sath ah street madison square orth in a handsome roomy five tory brownstone front house houge on his ight to the west Is 1 the brunswick notel 0 i 1 his left is 1 the homo home of david danid stevenson and his yard HANKER BURDEN a email small tue tae is bounded on tho the west est and north by the brunswick hotel and on the eit er by a high fence surmounted by iron pickets next to the steven sons on the east Is adrian iselin s home and a gate opens from street into mr Isell ns yard alongside of the stable belonging to the Steven sons and directly in the rear of the latter fam fain ilys flys bouse house oa on the side of the fence separating their ard tm fr m the bur dens Is a hothouse to tb th rear of tho the burdens and about tares feet distant from the hotel brunswick Is a narrow two story extension the root roof of Is three feet below the sill bill of mr burden a bedroom windows A window that gins light to the maids dining room in the brunswick looks out upon this extension and so docs does an other that lights the hotel a linen room A mah man might easily step from the of either to the extensions coping A third window on the first floor opens uon upon the burdens yard the scuttle leading to the Bruns root roof Is almost open and an iron ladder leads from the hotel root roof to the roof of the burden house ahse facts are gt given en because most of tho the detectives on the rase ease think ib abo burglars passed through one of the brunswick windows to the burden extension and so into mr air burdens bedroom while others declare that he entered mr iselin a yard through the gate scaled the stevenson and tind burden fences and then went into the burden house through the basement bi 0 over the extension by means of a ladder A 4 careful incesti investigation aaion would seem to prove that ni one of these ia Is correct unless th intruder was acting V 1 A MRS BURDEN in I 1 concert with mows one in the burden house the sleeping apartments of mr and mr mra burden and of their eon son william are on the second floor mr mrs burdens la Is in the front of the house mr burden durdens IB Is directly in the rear and WI IIAms Is on the tho east tast of bis his father fathers 4 with it by a door mra mrs dirden keeps her jewels and ready money in a email sate safe or iron chest thit th it stands on i 1 I pedestal in III one corner of her room and the key to this sato safe was nas hidden under several articles on i shelf ne ir by mr burden also has a safe in hia his room HP lip carries hta key in his pocket but it would ouia be a trifling task for any one so in lined to duplicate cither either ley key having once examined them carefully and row for the tho moe movements ments of tho the burden family famil mr tr ani mrs ira burden their sons I 1 townsond townsend jr william and daughters the night of the robbery mr air and mra mrs burden aber elder daughter and their ion I 1 lown nd jr went to tho the opera leaving william in his room and their lounger daughter a child in short dresses in hers her when the others returned from tho the theater they found that the diamond safe had been robbed of its contents nothing elbe 1 in the room had been touched the alarm was as given glen and in less than halt hal an hour the whole detective force of the city was after tro thief they have hae been after him ever since pat not a clue to the criminals has be acu n found and many there are who A he say aad and saying it laugh that this crime like others that have taken klalo in the last few montet will forever remain an uns unsolved olied mystery that there was collusion bet between Neen some one in tho the house and some one outside seems almost certain everything even thing points to such a conclusion and vet et mr nir burden sas he suspects none of his eight servants five men and three women of course there la Is no nd one else upon whom his suspicion could rest he sus sis s us nor do the police point to any individual in the house as any one who ho might have suggested or carried out the robbery instead they generalize and talk learnedly and mysteriously of professional crooks experts sneaks and I 1 second story workers they admit that s of all these classes were ere la in town but luey wey don t call to tu mind the tact fact that an adv one of them had been active in particularly suspicious way of late or that any famous burglar has recently been seen geen in communication with any well knon known fence in intact fact they seera seem utterly at sea tho the crime Is uns one of th tha boldes and most successful on record jewel i worth in round numbers were tal ea aad and taken too at an hour when a t A burglar would not be seen at work had he not known that the coast was clear so that the reader may get an idea i 1 I 1 7 THE BURDEN HOUSE AND ali THE r JEWEL SAFE of the unnecessary wealth of which the burdens were relieved the writer has secured a partial list of the missing gems here it Is D diamond I 1 amond neck necklace I 1 ace ad diamond tiara emerald and diamond ring 2000 three diamond rings black pearl set with diamonds 2 2000 diamond bracelet diamond bracelet 1151 1150 diamond bracelet diamond and emerald bracelet soo one ruby and two diamond rings 1000 sapphire und diamond ring 1200 two turquoise rings turquoise necklace sapphire pin diamond set get watch with diamond mond bow 1400 gold and sapphire chain COO tw enamelled enamel led heart pins set 1 with diamonds 0 I 1 two ball hat pins 1000 ladis gold watch with malsed letters letterese let tersE E B B 11 81 8 open faced gold watch pearl pin leather purse containing con 1300 total the gems given above belonged to mrs burden and society had admirel and und envied her collection for dearv in the center of the necklace was a stone nearly as large as a good sized hazelnut which alone wae was worth north sev cral eral thousands of dollars mrs burden dens bracelets and ringa rings were also of great beauty and her entire collection la 13 valued at something like the reel rest of 0 christ la is only for those who are re willing to ay goodby good by to eta 1 |