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Show lii Securities Stolen l!l ! From Sety Deposit 111 .'. jqyirs. S. D. Armour Mysteriously Rob- l ' It' bed of 100'000' Mo8t of wh,en jb ' Has Deen Restored, jl ' Knnaas City, April C Stocks aud KIB, T onds to the vnluo of JIOO.OOO waro H- , ! Stolen recently from a safety deposit H' . A)ox In this city owned by Mro. 8. 11. H- j Armour, widow of the lato Simon U. H' Armour of the Armour Packing com- H, I ,,iiny, nml wold, It wnB lenrnod today. H j jVIl but ii few thousand dollars has B' jj tnfn restored to Mrs. Armour and no H Dnispi'iitlmiH will follow. Nono of tlioao BHB j who hnve acted as advisers In tho casu H " ror Mrs. Armour felt at liberty to BHB mliko public tho names of tho Guilty H i iicrsons. iH! I ( Tho then camo to light through BHB ' jmrclmHOH made with monoy dorlrcd BHB .from tho salo of tho stocks and bonds. Hfl : Tiic securities were taken from tho Hfl mafc deposit vault and wcro negotiated HB I r through brokers In Kansas City. It HB ' was tho custom of tho porson who BBB ook tho securities to Bend thorn by BBB i negro messenger to brokers with a B I note asking that they bo sold. Tho BBB brokers who sold tho securities bo- BBB ilovcd tho monoy was being usod by H il .Mrs. Armour for charities and that H: t ho possibly was hiding hor generate B Ity In that way. BBjj Tho purchases made by tho tlilof BflBj u nlth tho proceeds of tho stolon bonds BBB , consisted of raro etchings, oriental H rugs, Bllvcrware, Jewelry and works BBB f nrt. (loods costing moro than $10,- H 00 were bought of ono Jewelry storo BBB :ind wcro ordered scut to storage BBB When Mrs. Armour dlscovorod hoi BBB loss and her nttornevd had tracod tho BBB stolen securities, tho goods woio found BBj j UU In storage house i. They wore sold I ' ' for tho benefit of Mr.i. Armour Mis. BBB Aunour Is 70 years old. BBB Tho thief, who Is elope to Mrs. Ai- BBB I'jour, has confessed and neon foi BBB,, r,''''. No prosecution will follow. BBB t It Is not known ns ot what Mrs. flflj A'lnour'B actual loss will lie r.onds HB i worth $25,000 wore found III il dog- BBB ' ' l-.cnnel near tho Armour homo tc HHfl which place tho tiller directed the BBB BBB ; I'rrhnps the most remarkable lia BBB turo of the theft Is thai every bund BBB vr ' taken while Mi's, Anunui' v:is In BBB 'tho room whero tho bonds were kept BBB in u safety deposit viuli yet she nev- BBB ' suspected hho wns being robbed. HHHj , Mrs. Armour usido.i at I22u War- BBfl il'l: boulevard with hsr secretary aud BBB' companion, Mrs. Harrlo. Hvi-.ii'm BBBi . |