The facts that are given here are
absolutely accurate. The gentleman in question was a retired
business man of some means who lived not far from the town
and who made frequent visits to New York City. He had made
his wife a present of a fifteen thousand-dollar diamond
necklace, which she kept in a box in a locked trunk in her
bedroom. While she had owned the necklace for over a year
she had never worn it. One evening having guests for dinner
on the occasion of her wedding anniversary she decided to put
it on and wear it for the first time. That night she
replaced it in its box and enclosed this in another box,
which she locked and placed in her bureau drawer. This she
also locked. The following night she decided to replace the
necklace in the trunk. She accordingly unlocked the bureau
drawer, and also the larger box, which apparently was in
exactly the same condition as when she had put it away. But
the inner box was empty and the necklace had absolutely
disappeared.
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