Recover Pin Stolen in 1874

1920

Police Find Student's Jewel After Lapse of 46 Years.

ELKTON, Maryland. — A valuable stickpin, stolen from the late Wilber Eliason of Chestertown, forty-six years ago, was recovered by the police of Kansas City, Mo., when found on a prisoner. The pin bears Mr. Eliason's name. The chief of police of the Western city wrote to the Chestertown authorities in trying to get a record of the thief. Eliason was relieved of his valuables while a student at Yale College in 1874.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Aug. 7, 1920, p. 5.