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ROOF ESCAPE AFTER RIFLING MUSEUM.

LADY LUDLOWS ANTIQUES,

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HIGHWAYMEN'S HAUL IN DENSE TRAFFIC

Scores of people,, including a traffe policeman, were witnesses of a dramatic. all stage robbery on the lower West side of New York.

Twelve highwaymen, well led and formidably and succeeded in carrying away jewellery, diamonds and watches variously estimated at between $50,000 and th0.000 in value.

The collection as a whole was

All New York is discussing their fear. puted to be worth claw upon £100,000. which is paralleled in daring only by the

The missing arcklare is" said to be robbery in the same district three yanes' valmul, from an historical point" of view, | ago of securities worth £200,000 from a at more than £doop. It is a magni- | United States mail lorry. The ghief of dcent ropy of pearls with exquisite and the highwaymen on that occasion was antique clasp.

Gern Chapnizin, who though suh sequently captured and sentenced, matle sensational escape last year from the conviet prison at Atlanta.

The rubbery was to discovered until recently. It was then found that the thief or thires had an intimate know hedge of the value of ãe missing articles. which are part of a 14th and 13th century collection and yas never be replaced.

The collection was kept pin "What is known as the muaruni room on the first Hoar overlooking the park.

HIDING IN-MASEMENT.

It is thought that the thieves hid in the basement of the bere early in the day, and, before making their wagi upstairs, waited until nightfall: when the bouse was eget and the servants were down!

tairs.

The jewellery stolen was being_trans- ported from the tieners Post Ofer ar The corner of Eighth-arenne and Thirty- thin-street to the Government Valuers' thee in Hudson-street, where it was to be assessed before being forwarded to' dia. mond and watch'dralefs. The nontor van carrying the packages was in charge of Daniel Kenhon, vice-president of a large carrier company which executes the busi ness for the Government, and the driver was Edward Fay.

Keahon remembered afterwards that n yellow taxieah followed the van. closely One etside the museum room they fall the way down town. A few streets obtained vengeance by picking the lock from the scene of the robbery the cal Every rase in the collection 'was opened Levertook the van. I drew it to the Some of the ears were stripped, hat keph just as the dense traffic came to a from thers the most valuablę pišers baty | standstill owing to the preoccupation of were taken

非 policeman who was serving mens

to a driver who 'had violated the regula- tions,

Four men, heavily armed, braquid from

to Tuquiries among the servants #show tha te unauthorised person was men to rater or to have the house during th day. All doors and windows have been † the taxicab and hauled. Foy and Keahòn examined : natu bail been tampered with | from the van, beating them on the hed except the musean door.

with the butts of revolvers while they

After the robbery the thieves made their way up the main stairense to the top of the house and out on to the roof, wheneo thôy got away by means of the fire-exp

They are believed to have taken every article which had a setting of gems or was made of gold."

When they reached the ground after descending, the firm'escape, they got into Bolton Street by labing over, the wall. The police are in possession of finger prints,

The rivory bold is that two ruce Wore engaged in the robbery, and that on of

m lowered sul cases containing the articles over the wall to his confederate i All the ports are being closely watched! in as an attempt is muule to get the staban activles out of the country.

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carried them to motor-ear on the op- In this ear posite side of the street. were eight armed men,

As soon as the jewelŝ were secured lay two of the robbers and Keahon Wats started off a breakneck speed. thrown into the street the motor-ear It travelled unmolested for five miles up At 145th-street the highwaymen vanished after linging out Foy, who was j picked op by bystanders and taken to hospital,

town,

WEMBLEY JEWELS.

£1,000,000 WORTH IN ONE CONSIGNMENT.

The British Empire - Exhibition, has been described as burglar's paradise, not bug its exhibits can be stolen, for, this is hot so, but because of their great valur ragh estimats of" the value of the exhibits is given £12,000.000.

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The missing articles" include - antique jewellery, bracelas, pendants, pearl klapis, Jirneches crossus wet with pre Leious"stones, gold rings and bangles. |

carved ivory Fives, century-old pieces A Reading firm of "jewellers, in the of enamel work, and antique perdants. Palken of Industry up to a month ago The stolen collection is irreplace were exhibiting a single diamond vibed able," said Lady' Ludlow's solicitor to

at £40.000, but of, this advice of the aily Mail, piggarten, The market suruner company it was withdrawn. They value of the leautiful old bronze and have still on view, however, a show care other ornaments-whoa melted down will of precious stones and pearls estimated ho very smúli in comparison with the to las worth more Gay Eme Sortimental valas of the collection.

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tion is said to be worth Bine, Mr. N. A pearl necklace in the Certon Pavi-

In the Palace of Art there are paint pigs and pictures of immense valué, and in the theatre section there is a very

It has taken years to get the eller Lion together and it was unrivalled."

The artiches were called by the latD. H. Aixiul Caffor. of Colombo, re Hir Julius, Wernher, Lady Luillow's first hry valued at £1,000,000.

cently brought to the Exhibition jewel- Ou several ocisions be has taken a large selection A cime friend of the family, referring at his stock to Buckingham Palu for to the 'value of the missing articles, said | the jaspertion of the Queen. that Sir Julius spared neither-time nor money to secure the coltration and would Bravel any distance to acquire à piece.

It was an amazing thing," he added, that the silver and gold ornaments in other parts of the house were untouched, and that no tiempl was mule Lo občnin The cracksman would have difficulty in the personal juwels that Lady Ludlow securing any of these terapting articles, is known to possess. The museum room for puny of the firms employ detectives after the bleery lonked like a know- by day and watchmen by night, fad. storm, the floor being littered with white dition," the Palaces of Engineering and flock that the tires had torn out" of | Industry are patrolled at night by polos wushions to pack the articles with.

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