SENSATIONAL ROBBERIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19150, 16 October 1925, Page 11

SENSATIONAL ROBBERIES.

JEWEL THIEVES' COUPS. WOMAN PAYS AN INFORMER. DARING CRIMINALS AT WORK. By Telegraph—Press Association-- Copyright. (Received 7.5 p.m.! Sun. NEW YORK. Oct. 11. A series of sensational robberies has been perpetrated in New ork. Signer ! • -ingo Merry del Yai, brother of the inri.'iis cardinal, was robbed of ! his priceless Royal decorations and also of j jewels worth £IO,OOO, which were taken ! from his hotel apartments. ! Mrs. Donahue lost a quantity of pearls, I valued at £156,000, which were stolen from the Metropolitan Hotel, i The detectives failed to obtain the faintest clue regarding the latter case until a reformed criminal opened negotiations with them. It is alleged that he offered the return i>f the pearls if a reward At £2O.C-00 were paid and no questions were asked. Mrs. Donahue subsequently recovered her pearls, but the amount she paid to the informer has not been disclosed. The explanation is thai the robbers found it- impossible to dispose of these well-known and gorgeous pearls and diamonds, and that they decided to trust to .Mrs. Donahue's generosity for a reward. Details of the crime show that the j thieves, travelled on the same steamer | with Mrs. Donahue from London. They 1 obtained adjoining rooms at the hotel and watched their chance to enter her room while she and her maid were absent for three minutes. Mis. Donahue thought her husband was playing a joke on her when her gems | disappeared. J A robbery at Los Angeles of some regis- } tered mail occurred last week. Sub- | sequently the police raided a garage at j San Pedro, the depot of the supposed robbers. They arrested four men and seized £20,000 worth of bonds which had been buried under the floor, also £60.000 I in cash and 40 watches, which had been j buried in a field in the vicinity.