New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-28

No cLEw TO THE ROBBERS WHO EN-
TERED JACOB G DErrMERs HOUSE

SOME v,iI'ARl.E lrwEiRy LEFT UNTOUCHED
PARK st0rE PEOPLE EMPLOYING EXTRA
v,T,pMr~ Row TIE THIEF ESCAPED
or all tho rohhcries which have been planned
md carried out In the last few weeks in the more
aristocratlc parts OF the city none has So COM
rie,elv ban,ed The police as tina, Of the house OF
Jacob c. Dettmer No q Prospect Park West on
wednesday evening Mr. Dcttmcr Is vice-pre~i-
dent ~ the Peoples Trust Company. The house
in which he lives L. a large three-sforr brick ana
stone structure facing the park. In the most ~
elusive portion OF the Park slope. The fanny
consists Of himself his wife and his daughter
Mrs st John Wood who lives there with her
husband. ne being member OF the Jewehy
firm Of John H. Wood Son. In Maiden Lane
New-York
The loss to Mrs Wood in diamonds and jewe'iy
amounts 10 over $4,000 and the strangest 'hlhg
about the affair is that the thief might nave
made n haul 10 the extent of nearly $1,000 more
had he seen NJ t. do so
The iewery taken includes one large opal ring
surrounded boy twenty-three diamonds. one 'u'-
quolse ring within a cluster Of twenty diamonds
an emerald ring with two diamonds PIN sci
IN n circle Of twelve diamonds. a pin containing
one large diamond within circle or twenty
smaller ones. large pearl daisy pin with da-
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heart pin containing a crown Of pearls. an OBJ
sidtan pin surrounded with pearls, ana large
opal marqulse ring surrounded by thirteen dia-
mord. two pearls. a sapphire ana ruuy' i"iS
latter was valued at $500 and was given TO Mrs.
Wood by her husband when ne came home to din
per that evening Mrs Wood tried 1t on her
finger and then placed 1t among her other jewels
Intending 70 wear It later in the evening. Inc
theft was not discovered until about O'Clock In
the evening
From the circumstances surrounding it II Is cyl
dent that the affair carefully planned before
hand and doubtless the house had been watched
for a long time and the going and coming OF the
family closely scrutinized.
Al inst what time the jewels were taken is
not known But Il Is certain that the robbery
occurred between 6:lj and 7:45 o'clock ABOUT
o'clock the family sat down TO dinner Less
than two hours later Mr.. Wood went up TO MS
wife's room on the third floor and MADE the
discovery that the jewels were MISSING Inc
thief evidently understood the premises, for
nothing else was disturbed but the jewel-case'
Not even a closet or drawer had been touched
Although Mr. Wood alarmed, he stopped
long enough to learn that large pearl NECK,
lace valued at $500. gold watch ana Two sonu
silver mounted haircombs together with seVeral
trinkets Of lesser value, had been left; although
they In plain sight. He called the 1amliy.
the Jewels had escaped by one OF thrse
windows on the north side Of the room.
Next 70 the Dettmer house house is being built.
ard the scaffolding surrounds 1t on all sides.
The thief had evidently climbed through the
window to the scaffodng and reached the
street. Muddy footprints on the carpet and slii
and the print Of mans hand also on the Sill
made IL almost certain that while there may
have been accomplices. only one man had en-
tered the house. While the thief was at work
and escaping. Mr.. Dettmer's coachman was
cleaning snow from the sidewalk. but he is
positive that he no one enter or leave the
house in the hour and half he was at work In
front
The robbery was reported to the police of the
Ter.th Precinct and Captain Campbell imme-
d:ately placed Detectives Kelly and Stoddard on
the case but so far they have been working
completely IN the dark.
Mr.. Dettmer last evening secuted the theory
that the house entered through the front
door. as was at first supposed. He said he had
no suspicion against any one.
The police are now convinced that the thief
must have entered and departed from the third
story window by means Of the scaffolding Cen
trail Office men have also been placed on the
case and in the mean time residents or the
Slope are terror-strcken and may have en-
ployed extra private watchmen