Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-10 | Page 16 | Bonaparte Love Beads Found

Bon B o a par t el Love Beads F Found o nd I SAN s FRANCISCO flANCISCO PRA April 10 The I stolen tolen am amber r love love necklace gift girt of or of Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine ha hat has haa I t en n recovered And with it its Ita finding 1 Is revealed a tale tate RM P J intriguing as aa any of or the historic jewel i mysteries Some the necklace neck neck- twenty five years ears ago lace ace was wee stolen from the Louvre Lou in Paris An tn international search was started c 1 The French chamber of oC deputies offered reward of DC for Its Ita recovery recoVer The ench secret service was sent on the tIa Mil hin nut Hut no trace could be found of or oriC iC r the the historic necklace And as the years yeara V vent nt t by its disappearance was forgotten all pt a ft few secret 8 service det detectives nil nd some orne experts on antiques SOLD OLD FOR 25 rt j y About six iii months ago the beads beade found round Thair th Ir lr way to Ye Antique hoppe a curl curio tore Store in Chinatown here bo So o little littie at- at l was paid it that there la Is 8 but 8 aUght information at hand regarding the theof of or the tho Individual who peddled it I Ia believed however to have been ht Into port by a French sailor who 0 old ld it without t an any realization of or its And so 80 the beads ed b by tourists and owners was vas placed 1 display In a modest showcase with a f Ice tag of oC 25 stuck behind It In the of oC val valuable ble scarabs and nd Scam cos It was generally I overlooked I ir Finally a few weeks ago g a New York 1 uple tourists In California bought it U. RECOGNIZES NECKLACE 11 The remainder of or the story has been gathered from correspondence chiefly lh the tRe Tiffany company of or New ew YorK Yori to the police pollee reports here li Returning home bome the tourists went to a II firm in Maiden Lane The They InI In In- Jred whether or not the beads were joth Orth rth the tho nil 25 paid for them They were I zed lazed when a few Cew moments later a arice rice of oC J 50 was offered for the neck- neck Jace ce Y Corns Gorng to the house houe of oC Tiffany they J made similar Inquiry i f It t was then that they learned that the eads ead when placed under a powerful microscope bore the engraved words f t t Napoleon to Josephine 4 i They were offered and accepted that at sum J The Tiffany firm it is understood has J turned the beads back to the French gov- gov 4 And so 80 the famous Camous amber love necklace necklace neck- neck lace has been recovered though the mystery surrounding its various arlous adventures adventures tures turea remains stilt still unsolved