WORLDWIDE SEARCH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 October 1926, Page 5

WORLDWIDE SEARCH

FOR STOLEN, TREASURES LONDON, 13th Oct. A world-wide search is being made lor the famous diamond and other treasures from Chateau Chantilly.- 'As soon as the theft ’was -discovered a .score of detectives left Paris headquarters, while Marshal Retain and Paul Bourgef, who are the conservators of the collection, hastened to Chantilly in motor cars. The only clues.at present are tho ladders and a few finger-prints. A description. of the." jewels has been circulated throughout; the Continent, and frontiers, and ports are. closely watched. Diamond experts are of the. opinion that it is impossible for the thieves, whom the police.suspect, to be members of an international-gang, to sell the Rose diamond/ which -is .known to all dealers as the most beautiful pink diamond in tho world., Moreover, it is almost impossible to. .have, it re-cut without discovery, while if' broken up into small pieces'its value will he destroyed. Leon Rosenthal*, one of the leading Paris dealers, opines that there is a gang dairying 'onl sensational thefts, not so-much with the idea, of selling the booty as obtaining big sums for restitution. Thev have accomplices in England; through 'whom -merchants and insurance companies recover stolen property. ' Tho diamond is pear-shaped, about half an inch wide and an inch and a quarter long, set as a tie pin and surrounded by other precious stones. It was one r<f tho treasures left by the Prince, of Condo. It is impossible to estimate ils value. The, thieves secured other articles, which in themselves, would have been a sensational haul, including the Cross of the Legion, of Honour which Napoleon gave to Baron Ayward, diamonds,' gold' bracelets, rings and watches. ' ’;. Paris defectives believe the thieves reached London.