New-York tribune., 1911-02-27

forming Captain Knr.h of the roopery'
The skipper Immediately called for the
sro stewards who were on watch anu
..red them many questions. Rausch' the
.,eward who was on watch near '''e
Yrumn.ond suites between D. ni' an"
v,,dn,eht Saturday, said he saw no one
NEAR the rooms. Stuhldreyer. the s'e"
ara who was on duty from midnish'
,,n,,, a m. Yesterday, made pracocaiiy
the same statement
CAPTAIN Knuth was greatly inceIseo
over the theft and ordered at once
ouiet search of the steamer. Wheh this
vvAs under way he sent wireless mes
xare to the Office of the line in TINS Guy
osk,ne that a detective be sent 10 inc
-..o,,or before she arrived at her dock
Couldn't Suggest Possible Clew.
The message was received by julius
7, Never. the assistant general manager
~ the line. and he sent out the tug John
NICHOLS. with Detective Quinn. from Po-
lice Headquarters, in Hoboken. The tug
went alongside the Amerika as she came
up the Narrows. and after Quinn was
mt aboard he was taken at once TO the
sp,te Of Mrs. Drummond. Meanwhile
CAPTAIN Knuth summoned the fourteen
stewards who were on duty on the
Roosevelt deck, and all were put under a
close examination.
Quinn asked Mrs. Drummond many
questions and suggested all sorts OF
means and methods that criminals might
employ in robbing room. but she was
unable TO put any one under the ban OF
suspjcion. Quinn dwelt on the possi-
bility of the Jewels having been taken
by her maid or Mr.. Drummond's man
servant. but Mrs. Drummond secuted
such suggestion.
No. would not think Of suspecting
nv maid" she said. Nor would l be-
Neve that Mr.. Drummonds man SER
want had taken the jewels. My maid
has been with me for two years, and
have found her absolutely honest and
trustworthy. she was in the employ OF
a friend OF mine for six years before
engaged her, and eight years before that
she was a maid for another friend OF
mine. ! would DO a great deal to get
my iewelry back. / will offer reward,
but / cannot put suspicion upon any
one"
Believe Two Men Did Job.
! The Amerika carried 1850 passengers.
There were 132 saloon, 30S second cabin
23O third and $50 steerage. Suspicion
has not been put on the steerage pas
sengers, as they would have difficulty In
getting by the stewards into the saloon
conpartments. This would in meas
ure apply to the passengers OF the Sec
ond and third cabin. Only the saloon
passengers would have easy access 70
the alleyways leading to the Drummond
suites. and only saloon passengers would
have had an opportunity of seeing the
Jewels on Mrs. Drummond as she walked
about the steamer
All the baggage of the steerage pas
sengers taken to Ellis Island Will be eX-
amined carefully to-day as the theory
was advanced late last night that per-
hans the actual thief, 10 divert sus-
plcion. might have transferred the jewels
20 q confederate who was travelling IN
the steerage.
A close guard was kept upon the
America last night and Mr.. Drummond
went To Hoboken from the Hotel Flaza
at q late hour 10 confer with captain
Knuth and representatives Of the line.
\ friend of Mr. Drummond who is in
terested in the case made careful eX-
animation Of the room i'll which the jew
els were kept. ana declared that Mrs
Drummond's movements while IN her
room could have been watched through
y skvlight where the observer could not
be seen. Tt is his belief that the placing
oi the jewels In the desk drawer was
.Aen bv the thief at the sllylight, the
room entered after the lights were ex-
tinguished. and quick and quiet work
made Of the robbery.
Robbery Simple, Says Detective.
On their arrival at the Plaza. Mr..
prummond almost Immediately sent for
Seymour Beutler. a former superintend-
ent Of the Pinkerton agency, and put
The case in his charge. After holding
several conferences with Mr. and Mrs.
Drummond, Mr. Beutler said that he
had arrived at O tentative theory.
TT is my belief that the Job was done
bv band Of sneak thieves. BY band
mean three or four. These men. in my
opinion. have been shadowing the Drum
nonds for some time, knew all about
their jewelry and their habits
u believe they took passage on the
Arerika 70 carry out q carefully laid
clsn Of robbery. The door Of the Drum
ynond suite was not locked, and it is
probable that one Of them simply turned
the catch. hurriedlv entered the room,
knowing that Mr. Drummoud was in his
own room and Mrs. Drummond in an ad-
sacent one, and quickly snatched up the
i3ewels.'
Mrs. Drumrond Deplores Publicity.
When the Amerika docked yesterday
Mrs Drummond. accompanied by her
husband, started at once for the hotel
She took her loss phiosophically on the
pier but later at her hotel it was learned
that she had had an attack OF severe
nervousness caused by the publicity and
attention tie robbery had attracted On
fhe pier Mrs. Drummond said.
sT 1Uould rather not say ANYTHING