Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-11-12 | Page 1 | Supreme Court Must Decide

SUPREME COURT I MUSTJECIDE. Contest For Possession of Pink Pearl For Which Detectives Detec-tives Long Sought. fsew York, Nov 12 Justice iliom-as iliom-as D, Dounell and a jury of the su-preme su-preme court have been called on to decide a contest for the possession of a pink pearl valued at 510.000 ' The gem Ik now the center of a neck- I lace worn by Mrs Julea Vatable, who was Elizabeth Stokea and who says she bought It in good faith from a Maiden Lane jeweler Ludwlg NlBsen, an Importer, claims the pearl Is one which was stolen from him In imi7 and on the trail of which detectives de-tectives have been ever since The importer says he submitted the pearl to a prospective purchaser and that while It was being returned 1 it fell Into the possession of J. Bd- j ward Boeck. who fled to San Frah-clsco Frah-clsco with jewels valued at many thousands of dollars, belonging to other New York firms. Boeck had j Just completed a seven-year term In Sing Sing prison for the thefts. In his confession h. told of giving the pink pearl to a womau, who disposed of It to a San Francisco dealer. Detectives De-tectives say they traced It to the Maiden Lane house from which Mrs Vatable bought it oo