STOLEN CROWN JEWELS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 306, 19 May 1913, Page 6

STOLEN CROWN JEWELS.

DUBLIN CASTLE SCANDAL. SIR ARTHUR VICARS THREATENED . SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES. PROMISED. London, May 10. Sir Arthur Vicars, formerly Ulster King-of-Arms, who was dismissed after the disappearance of the Crown jewels from Dublin Castle, and who now has an action for libel pending against the Daily Mail, is reported to have found it necessary to have himself guarded by detectives. Sir Arthur declares that he will reveal in court all the facts connected with the scandal of the stolen jewels and that his disclosures will involve persons of noble birth. He further states that he has received several threatening letters from a former high official at Dublin Castle, one letter informing .him that ihe would never go into the witness-box to tell his story. The Scotland Yard authorities attacl) a. good deal of importance to the threats contained in the letter. Sir Arthur Vicars initiated his . proceedings against the Daily Mail some days ago, and it is said that tremendous efforts are being made by a certain exalted personage to have the matter hushed up. Although it is six years ago since the jewelled regalia was stolen from Dublin Castle, the scandal has been revived several times during the last few months. It was some time between June 11 and July 0. 1907. that the jewels disappeared so mvsteriouslv. On the latter date an official of .the Castle found that the safe had been opened, and that the jewels had gone. They were last' seen in the safe on June ]l. when they were inspected and found intact. The safe was in the room of .the Ulster King-of-Arms (Sir Arthur Vicars). The jewels ,were those comprising the regalia of the Order of .St. Patrick, and included a diamond stone and diamond badge of the Grand Master of the Order, five collars of Knight Companion of the Order, and an Imperial jewelled crown, and were stated to be of the value of £50.000. The late King lulward and Queen Alexandra were to arrive in Dublin within a day or two of the robbery, and it was in connection with the Royal visit that the regalia was required.