The jewels were all found untouched in the coffin. Why had the thieves not taken them? Here, perhaps, is the greatest mystery. The leaden coffin was deeply scratched by sharp tools. While peering about this vicinity, the investigators found heavy splashes of blood on the ground. Similar splashes were found all the way from the coffin up to the entrance to the graveyard.

It has been conjectured that the thieves quarreled over the coffin and fought one another over it with knives. But why did they all run away? Why did not the victor or victors stay and finish the work of robbery?

It was known to many that the enormously valuable jewels given to Lantelme by her millionaire husband, Alfred Charles Edwards, proprietor of the Matin newspaper and head of various wealthy enterprises, were buried with her body in her coffin. Among these was a magnificent pearl necklace valued at $80,000 and an emerald necklace, also of great value.

After M. Edwards had recovered from the illness which this attempt caused him, he announced that he had removed the jewels following the outrage on the tomb. Lantelme was the fourth wife of M. Edwards, a strange character of mixed English, French, and Hebrew descent. After her death, his engagement was reported to two beautiful young actresses in succession. He died, however, without marrying either of them, and then to everybody's amazement it was found he had left all his property to Mile. Gabriel Colonna Romano, also a charming actress, but not one of the two charming ones mentioned as a prospective wife. 