STOLEN PEARLS RETURNED
REWARD PAID NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, October 20. The police announce that the sum of 65,000d0l was paid for the return of Mrs Donahue’s pearls. No questions were asked.—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable. [On October 14 last Mrs Donahue had pearls valued at 680,000d0l stolen from the Metropolitan Hotel, New York. The thieves followed ill's Donahue from London in tho same steamer. They obtained adjoining rooms at the hotel and watched their chance to enter while she and her maid were in the bathroom. Detectives failed to obtain the faintest clue regarding tho theft until a reformed crook opened negotiations with them, allegedly offering the return of the pearls if a reward of 100,000dol was paid and PQ gaestkms were ea&?44
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Evening Star, Issue 19078, 22 October 1925, Page 2
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126STOLEN PEARLS RETURNED Evening Star, Issue 19078, 22 October 1925, Page 2
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