The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-27

wer" ami Mrs Drummond indicated the
drawer Tn" maid opened thewiruwer.
Only the empty tray was there The maid
gave a little exclamation and said
"Madam's jcwelry is not here" The
ether drawer was examined and the
room turned topsv turry. The pearls
we're gone Then Mrs Dr,ummond noti-
fed her husband Chief steward G. SchoH
was summoned and another search was
made Of all the suite The chief steward
notified Capt knuth and he sent Il wire
less message to Julius p Meyer, assistant
general manager of the line Mr.. Meyer
told the Hoboken police. and DETECTIVES
Sergeant Owen L. Quinn went down on
the tug John Nichols meeting the Amerlta
in the Narrows and boarding her there
Quinn learned all that has been related
above and found that a steward, Rausch,
whose duty II was 10 see that everything
was we'll in the section of the deck whore
the Drumtuouds were. and his relief.
Stuhldreyer. had noticed nothing amiss.
The chief steward had questioned the
others, who are classed as watchmon.
before Quinn talked with them. and felt
sure that they had done their patrol duty
faithfully and that they had seen nothing
TO connect anybody with n robbery of
Mrs Drummond's bedroom
Quinn then asked permission u search
the French maid Mrs Drummond nj
fret seemed to "" about To assent to
this. In a moment. however. she changed
her intention il she had it. retnarking
"No, | caunot permit that She has
been faithful maid for two years and it
would be reflection ON the other women
who have employed her To suspect her
] am SIRE she is honest She was six
wears with one family and eight with
another. and she came to mo highly
recommended
So the maid was not searched Mr.
DrummCnd took the same attitude in
regard TO his English valet and h" was
not searched
Mrs Dr,,mmond recalled that two
cabin passengers had shown more than
usual interest in hor and named them
70 Quinn at his request Naturally Quinn
could do nothing in the matter eNcert
reoues, Acting poputy Surveyor Norwood.
who had charge Of the customs men, 20
give the baggage of the men Il thorough
erhaullng. II turned ont thai the
men were residents of this city of good
repute who had simply been attracted
10 Mrs Drimmond by her appearance
Nevertheless the men were looked o. ~
carefully by the CuS' Oins SlorIths after
their baggage. doubtless to their aston
ishment was turned inside out.
Gen Nelson y. Henry. Surveyor Of
the Port. lent his services in trying Ia
unravel the puzzle Of the missing j"welry
He and Mr. Never dsCussed the subject
and dcrided tina, they could do nothing
more than had been done eXc"pt search
the crew of me ship and have IN. third
ole 81 - ,.I
bv customs men either On the ship or at
Ellis Island
After al of the fi,st and second cabin
passengers had left the Alnerika Capt.
knuth Sct his officers to a search Of the
members Of the crew and of the whole
ship. No Hobokcn police officer came
on board and orders We're gwen To the
watchmen on the dock that no on" evcep,
officers of the steamship company should
be allowed - board the vessel unrIl The
embargo was Fitted.
The search proceeded all afternoon and
into the night. \" member Of the crew
from the captain himself TO the last Goa
passer was overlooked In order inor-
oughy 10 clear themselves and the shif
the highest officers Of the Amerkt
searched each other : cabins and persons
The baggage of each steeraCe passenger
was carefully overhauled.
BY her niece Mrs. King of this city. and
Mr. King. Before she gave up hope OF
taking the jewelry with her to the PiIH
she talked with the reporters. She sale
that all her jewelry had not been taken
This was apparent, a. she Wore two lHrg,
pearl earrings. a diamond brooch, severa
diamond ornaments IN her hat ana otue
Jewelry that a customs appraiser sdiC
might have cost S25, 100. As she il a for,
eiCn resident her jewelry l. not b.e
besides much of it was bought here wnll,
she was Mrs. Field. She was at frs
disinclned to say anything about the loss
remarkinS that she though, it might b'
regarded as dlscOurteous % the Hamburg
American Line and that she therefor.
would have to refer the reporters to
Capt. knuth She was told thai the
wider the publicity given to the case ths
better chance she would have Of recover
ling her treasures. Then she sad
Il am willing to do ANYTHING to Ca
them back. shall offer reward fol
them, whether or not the person who
stole them IL caught. | don't suspeC
anybody and do not know what to do
This is my first visit TO the United State,
in three years and it Is 50 soon after my
marriage that ! want To avoid publicity
as much as possible
Mrs Drummond then told how she pu
her jewelry on when sh" dlned at The Ritz
Carlton and how she took it of betor,
she went to bed, giving details already
related. She showed that she felt III,
loas and the publicity il would enlai
keenly. She was particularly. griev.C
over the shield shaped brooch. the spher
.ical black pearl pendant of which WIS no
only antique but unique. She said sh,
believed that the person who has ,ak"l
the Jewels cannot get rid of them in thi,
country and that the only place abroaC
where they might he disposed of wa.
Antwerp. and now. after the publicity
given to the case. II was doubtful ever
Z Antwerp would accept them. Mrs
Drummond intimated that they wer,
well known everywhere except in Ant
werp.
Mrs. Drummond went to the PlazI
with Mrs. King, leaving Mr.. Drummont
and Mr. King on the pier The vale
and the maid stayed behind to take car
Of the twenty-seven pieces of Drum
mond baggage. Mr.. Drummond JOINED
his wife later at the hotel and they wen
to Police Headquarters and gave descrip
ton of the icwelry. The police vii
canvass the pawnshops.
Shortly after his arrival al the Plaza
Mr. Drummond got in touch with Seymour
Beutler, former Pinkerton supern
tendent, and put the case in Beutler
hands Beuter had "A long talk wit
Mrs Drumrnond in the afternoon and wa
in conference again last night with MI
and Mrs. DrrImmond Later the detectiv
said that Mrs Drummond had said tina
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