Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1909 — STREET CLEANER FINDS GEMS WORTH $50,000 [ARTICLE]

STREET CLEANER FINDS GEMS WORTH $50,000

Mrs. 0. Heinze Loses Them In New York; Recovered in Omaha.

New York, March s.—Otto C. Heinze today sent a man to Omaha to identify the string of pearls taken from a Greek named John Savis. The copper millionaire is sure the string of sixtytliree matched gems is the one his wife lost in the Knickerbocker hotel here on Nov. 26 last. Savis was employed as a street cleaner here. Reports from Omaha say he admits he found the pearls in a pile of sweepings brushed from the hotel and which he was asked to place in one of the city’s waste receptacles. The jewels are said to be worth $50,000. Heinze offered SI,OOO for their recovery.