Horatio Van Bliven Research Paper

Emmy the chambermaid stole the necklace because she was jealous. First of all, the glass from the broken window in the door is scattered outside the room. This shows that the job was clearly done from someone on the inside. It’s important to notice this because it rules out the neighbor as the criminal. For if it was Honore’ Schmidt--coming into the hotel room from the balcony--the glass would have to be inside the room from him punching the glass in. That leaves only Emmy and Mrs. Van Bliven herself. So the second reason is that the chambermaid has a more realistic reason to have stolen the necklace. And that is jealousy of Mrs. Van Bliven’s wealth. From what can be acquired from the description of the woman and the crime scene itself, it is no secret that Horatio Van Bliven is a rich lady. Not to
This is about $30,000 less than the average American makes yearly. This explains why she would steal the necklace. By stealing the jewelry and selling it for what it’s worth, she could have pretty close to the same amount as the average salary in that year. Obviously, she knows that the woman she works for could live without a few thousand dollars--especially since she has people who work for her. Emmy’s thoughts were probably somewhere along the lines of, “If she has the money to pay me to work, she doesn’t need any extra money from this necklace.” Also, the phone was unplugged from the wall. The operator claims that a call was made to that phone, but Mrs. Van Bliven says that she didn’t get any calls. The reason she didn’t get that call was that her chambermaid had unplugged the telephone for the very reason of receiving a call while she was finding and hiding the necklace. This is important because if Mrs. Van Bliven had gotten a call and gotten out of the bath to answer, she would have caught Emmy red-handed. Overall, Emmy’s jealousy of Mrs. Van Bliven’s money pushed her to steal the $25,000