Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — DETAINED THE COLORED LADY. [ARTICLE]

DETAINED THE COLORED LADY.

Until About $4,000 Worth of Diamonds Were Recovered. Bessie Massey, a colored girt until last Friday in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. MoOoy, was detained an she was about to board the train for Chicago, on suspicion of having stolen the family diamonds. The girl had packed her trunk and gone to the depot, when Mrs. McOpy noticed that a box containing abopt |4,090 worth of diamonds was misring. The matter was placed in the hands of Constable Vick and the girl was compelled to return to the McCoy residence until an investigation was made. At the MoOoy residence a search of her trunk revealed a quantity of canned goods, some bottles ofwlaa from the McCoy cellar end a silk umbrella belonging to Mr. MoOoy but no tr&pe of the diamonds. The girl insisted she knew nothing of the missing diamonds and a search of her son failed to bring them to light. Th# girl suggested that a search of the room be made, and acting upon Aar advice the missing box of diamonds was found in a bureau against which she bad been leaning during the search. The box was under other articles in the drawer, and whether the girl placed them there or net could not be told for certain. After the recovery of the diammrihi the Massey girl was allowed to depart for Chicago.