Show h CHINESE FURS FURSt SUBSTITUTED t S Mrs Fairs s Russi Were Surely S rely Stolen St len 0 i RESULT OF INVESTIGATION HO NO BO CREDENCE GIVEN TO STORY OF OP M CORES JY I Paris Feb 24 The Investigation into the mysterious change of ot o the furs fur of the late Mrs r Charles C L Fair F lr was re resumed re resu sawed su ed before Consul General Generl Gowdy today Four affidavits from San Fran Francisco Frn Frncisco cisco witnesses were read One laade r a by bj y Marguerite Margerie Melbourne elbourne Mrs Mr Fairs Fars maid said sid the dark fut fur fu cloak cloa and muff received In Its the effects are not the Rus Russian Russian Russian sian sable garments which Mrs Fair possessed and used An affidavit of Charles Chares S Neal administrator of the te estate declares that the Russian sables originally cost and added that the te articles artcle received are not the originals Mr Neal swore on information and belief that the originals were abstracted from Mrs Fairs effects and that Inferior ar articles tides were substituted and gave de details details tails of the care taken by the Ameri American American can officials in Paris and the United States which completely exonerated them from any connection or knowl knowledge knowledge edge of the substitution The other affidavits were of the same general character At Mr request the appraisers ers era have made a written reappraise meat ment of the furs returned from San Francisco The document sets selx forth that the articles are Chinese sables worth and also specifically states that the articles are not those which they had previously appraised The investigation which is still In progress has already fully established the sub substitution substitution and has shown that the American consulate never had posses possession possession sion of the articles thus vindicating the American officials Mr Gowdy also considers that the affidavits vindi the forwarding companies The Investigation is not sufficiently advanced to warrant more than sus ens suspicions regarding the identity of those who are responsible for the substitution substitution tion Consul General Gowdy expresses sur surprise price prise at the report published in the United States that a considerable quasi quan quantity of jewelry which belonged TO the late Mrs Allen Gore had been stolen after her death here He says she had no jewelry at the time she was shot and as it was clearly shown tha she needed money the woman mus must have sold or hypothecated her jew jewelry Jewelry elry Mr Gowdy adds that he has always found the French police officials and subordinates to be scrupulously hon honest honest est The prefect of police here classes as false the statements that the police were responsible for the disappearance of Mrs Gores jewelry |