OCR Text |
Show VALUABLE NECKLACE IS SEIZED BY COLLECTOR NEW YORK, Dec. 1. The Clicshrouph penii necklace, the joumeylnes of which bid fair lo place II unions the historcinl cases of tho customs house, was elzcl today by Collector Locb, who appraises its 312 units, with the duty added, at $25,000. Tbo owner Is Mrs. Fremont B, ChcsbrouKh. wife of a millionaire lumberman lum-berman and steamahlp proprietor of Detroit De-troit and Boston. Two customs Inspectors swear tbcv found a bill of sale for tbo pearls !nat May In the false bottom of one of Mrs. Chosbrongh'fl trunks, but thn pearls wero missing. Mr. ChcsbrouKh then Informed the customs service that the Jewels were belnp held to his ordor In Toronto, Canada. Can-ada. Collector Loeb says ho Insisted upon poososslon, but was given what proved to bo an Imitation. He continued to press the KOvernment'H claim, and on July 28 obtained the orlplnals. He has held them slncu pending proof that they hnd never been In this country. Such proof has not boon forthcoming, accord-Inp accord-Inp to Mr. Locb, and today the necklace wns seized an a preliminary to action against Mrs. Chcsbrough. |