LONDON MYSTERY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12750, 4 January 1936, Page 12

LONDON MYSTERY

JEWELS FOUND IN A CHURCH. A brown paper parcel was delivered at. the Roman Catholic Church in Farm street, Mayfair. London, a short time ago. Tt was forgotten for weeks. When it. was unwrapped, there was found in a cardboard box jewellery worth £IOOO. There was no note in the box. no name or address on the wrappings.

The father superior of the church is puzzled. Ho cannot, decide whether the jewels are a gift to his church or the, hastily disposed proceeds of a robbery. He called the police and handed the packet, to them. They made inquiries, hut could find no own-

“Tho jewellery,’’ said one of (lie church officials to a Sunday Express representative, “seems to he a collection of Victorian work. There are heavy gold chains, bracelets with precious stones, brooches and a watch.

“Even how it came to the presbytery itself is a. mystery. Nobody knows nor can remember, whether it was handed in at the door or pushed through the letter-box. We do not, know when it arrived. Tt was certainly left lying about in the house for some time before it. was opened, as people who saw it with no address did not know for whom it was intended. ‘■The parcel was not even carefully wrapped. It was just a rough brown paper covering over an untied cardhoard box.” Father Gallaher, the superior, said “The police think that, the jewels wore stolen—although ii is impossible to say with certainty. I think they were intended as an offering of some sort—probably left by some eccentric person.”