Show Last of German t 1 Crown Gems t 1 j rown 5 if j Found in Depot ep t. t r 7 4 S r 2 a IL 5 J tt GIVE UP FORTU FORTUNE E JN iN W JEWELS w WAC A C Capt Kathleen Nash Durant left and her bridegroom Col J. J W. W Durant right have u e been named by war var oar department in theft of the G German n jewels valued slued at CAP AP WAC C Captain Colonel Reveal Cache Cach W WASHINGTON June 8 UP UP- UP The war department Saturday announced announced an- an an announced the remainder of the In stolen n German crown jewels has been found In a a. baggage check locker at the tho Illinois Ce Central Central Cen Cen- railroad station In Chicago Col Ralph W. W Pierce of ot the criminal Investigation branch provost provest provost pro pro- vest marshal generals general's office re recovered recovered re re- covered the Jewels He said Eaid their location was revealed by Col J. J W. W Durant 36 one of ot the confessed Jewel thieves S About half haJ of at the tho Jewels had been recovered earlier in Hudson Wis Vis after alter a confession by the colonels colonel's bride brIdes V WAC V A C Capt Kathleen Kathleen Kath Kath- leen Icen Nash Durant 31 34 S Reveals Revels Jewels Army investigators Investigators' said Col Durant broke roke down at p. p m. m Friday and confessed where he had hidden the rest of them Within With With- in 15 minutes the the army army had th the jewels In its possession Col Pierce would not reveal the i identity entity of an army major and ard a a. corporal who also arc implicated in the theft But we know when exactly n and arid where we can lay our hands on them at any time he said I The latest cache of ot jewels was found in the station locker in an ordinary cardboard ard box wrapped in ih white paper The Tho Jewels had been torn from their mountings and were lying loose Joose In In the box apparently ready for tor disposal to some fence ferice the investigator said The investigator said Col Dunant Durant Durant Dur Dun ant apparently brought the loose jewels back from Europe with him by plane removing arter them from their mountings He said Durant was an air officer and used this advantage to fly the jewels into th the country Recover AU All Loot To the best of our k knowledge we now have practically all of at the Jewels Pierce said The only way we can determine determine determine deter deter- mine whether we have all of ot them themIs Is to match them with Inventories which are still sOU in Europe You can imagine how difficult this Job will willbe willbe willbe be since many of at the stones arc are loose from their settings He said the confessions given by Durant and his 1113 bride were beIng being being be be- ing kept secret He emphasized that they had confessed but have not yet been convicted The Durants were married in Chicago ago on May 28 by a judge from Alton Iii 11 S The c couple Uple on their honeymoon led military police a merry chase chae through C Chicago St St. Paul Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis Hudson Wis and many other towns before they were fi finally finally ti- ti nally captured in Chicago's La LaSalle Salle hoteL The capture took place 48 h hours urs before the hotel was was swept by a disastrous fire Use Lie Detector S The inv Investigators used a lie detector detector de- de I to help sweat the truth out of the pairAs pairAs pair As liAs far as we know the Durants had not disposed of any of ot the jewelry Pierce said The part of the loot In the possession possession possession pos pos- session of Mrs Durant was found In various hiding places in the home of her sister in Hudson Wis The investigators would not say whether any other persons in Hud Hud- See Page 2 Column 4 I I I I CROWN JEWELS Continued from Pago Page One son lion except Mrs Durant were wore im im- im- im Precious records and correspondence correspondence correspondence corre corre- of at the former royal Hesse family a Jeweled family Bible of ancient origin and letters from Queen Victoria of ot Britain were Included in the loot found at Hudson The investigators would not answer answer answer an an- questions about whether the theother theother I Iother other two suspects the suspects the major and the corporal were corporal were still overseas So far as the army knew Dupont Dupont Dupont Du- Du pont had not approached any dealers in gems Investigators thought that the removal of the stones from their settings made it obvious that the colonel was preparing to dispose of ot them The investigators Indicated that the jewels were of far greater value as collectors' collectors items than the value placed on them The Jewels were found last November November November No No- vember by the corporal in a lead- lead lined box hidden beneath a sub- sub cellar floor in the house of Hesse's room Kronberg castle near Frankfurt Germany The corporal corporal corporal corpo corpo- ral turned them over to the then Capt Nash who was operating the castle as a swank recreation center center center cen cen- ter for American officers Flown From Chicago Col Cal and Mrs Durant were flown here from Chicago last night and were held today at an army in installation installation installation in- in in m this vicinity Cot CaL Pierce is a former assistant to the president of the Union Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- elfin Coal Co Omaha Neb a subsidiary of the Union Pacific railroad His assistant in the in investigation investigation investigation in- in was Maj John D. D Army sources said that Col Durant was on terminal leave when he was arrested Special orders have been issued revoking his separation from the service and extending his active duty period until the army's investigation is completed Special orders also were issued on May 28 extending Capt Nash's active duty She too had been separated and her terminal leave would have been up the next day May May 29 Princess Margareta of the house of Hesse was asleep last night when news of ot the arrests and discovery dEs dis covery of half the family's jewels reached Kronberg where she now is living Jiving in an room eight-room cottage None of the servants dared awaken her |