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The Goelet Jewelry Theft Mystery and the Burglary Boom
Aerial report on Mrs. Ogden Goelet’s Ochre Court jewel loss and the ensuing police dragnet. The piece threads through major society jewel robberies, high profile suspects, and detective methods led by Mary Holland, tracing a wave of daring NY and London heists and the promise of thumb print science transforming burglary cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Ogden Goelet
Goelet
Ochre Court
Mrs. Goelet
Pinkerton Agency
Arthur Collins
London
Royal Box
Drury Lane Theater
Mrs. Collins
Suffield
Coffin
Jersey City
Wm. Coffin
Jemmy
Raffles
Joseph E. Widener
Halsey Corwin
Pauline Dubois
Dubois
Mary E. Holland
Chicago
Mrs. Holland
Mark Twain
Wilson
St. Louis