The Detroit times., 1911-02-27
|IE[s WORTH
|IliQ,Qlfsf0tEh
i 1raldwis Dr.nnond, Formerly
II lrazkell TisH Jr, Robbed
ox'ssssmship.

INV Yl31l1x-tsB.-zr-The police
new t6rK and Hoooken are en-
.voring 10 locate $4,000 In jew
that diasnpeared from the state
"a OF Mrs. Maldwin Drummond.
[nsrIy Mo Marshall Field. Jr, Of
1caxo, aboard thA-- transatlantic
~ Amerika lime between
20 D. m. sstarday night and ~
rnday morning. A \,
me loss was reported Immediately
~ the steamer locked at HoboKen
~ Hamburg American Inc disciafms
n responsibility on the ground TINT
<rsengers leave jewels in rheir state
nOms at their own risk.
10 the police Mrs. Drummond saio
IL missing Jewels consisted oil two
rfurs of .273s pearls each; one string
asa -Bearls;- -ona-- Largo black pearl
1T act with diamonds: enc large
oarl white. ring set with diamonds /;
- large pearl brooch set with dia.
ronds with a black pearl, pea-shaped
ondapt.
that band OF continental crooks,
o6ofS OF their craft, under tire gufd
&c 81 an American thfef, -fs- respon'
bic FOR the robbery, -fs- the theory
hick- the local police and horde oil
<ivate detectives are working on.
Mr. Drummond is Ill In the Plaza
ofel as the result OF her loss Her
Hcbond. a--Rrftish- banker. has taken
orgp OF the chase. which bids lair
prove lengthy one, and orders
- been issued that no expense Is
- shared in recovering the gems
"a 6pprehending the thieves.
#If Eas long been known that MIS-.
rzrrsfnond had a perfect horror OF the
1-~ Fear Of disaster caused her TO
- "a few trips as possible end all
M hor friends and fntimates knewtnaI
nvor- while on. q. steamer has sne
cked the doors~ Of her suite. The
- that collision might come which
oe,Yd- tam the door so that. she could
~ reach the deck has obsessed her.
|Iha Hamburg American ofnciais
Nd today that they had not the
1rhtsst clue to the perpetrators.
"a N EFFORT to locate the thieyes'
- ofhcers of the ship went to police
<rdousrters today. They looked
rmnrh the collection or pictures In
q rorues' gallery to see II there was
VINO there who resembied any OF
~ messengers. Deputy Police Com
1nrioner Flynn and Inspector Russell
rorfnd the search, but refused TO say
Refher ne : visit was worth while.
harvard the steamship men went 10
- BID private detective agencies and
oked through their galleries
a wireless message sent from the
>oerika q she neared port summon
detectives down the bay in tug.
kev learned from Mrs. Drummond
EfciIs of-yh6 tneft and began q comb
- I'd the shfp 1ud-a- search Of the
NV. But not q trsce OF the ,eweas
- found.
nErttsErummond explained that ex-
md st night she had worn the jew
nlmost- oonatantly ON her person.
- had kept them under her waist
- RI displayed them at any time,
ven While dining On retiring she
IIoced them in q cabinet drawer OF
~ state room, as she had done each
H1eht during the voyage. No one had
1920 To the state room, she added,
nnide6 her husband, herself and her
I'D. The maid she holds above
<u6piciOn.,
Irising early in the morning to
nnke her toilette before the liper
Rocked she. was. startled to ind the
|rsWer empty. ---
The. captain OF. the America was
<oti6ed and a quiet Investigation was
1ogun before an aerogram called POI
Hoo authorities on shore. Stewards
and etewardesses were questioned
e1oeelv and their clothes and belong
TIM 1effched, and when the detec-
dives arrived there were quiet In
Quiries among the 13S first cabin pas
eengers aboard.
A. not clue was developed, how
9yer, the customs authorities were
appealed to, and under -guise Of bag
Gage inspection every. ones luggage
Was sifted thoroughly, but &c. far as
could b !ssr1sd not even 2 suspicion
Mr.. Drummond could give no hint
that would aid the authorities, but
she believes the statefoom door wss
left unlocked during the night. Bn-
der such circumference have
been possib3s-feF -e-thief to have en-
tered the apartment while the occu-
pant slept.
The customs men made IL a Joint
10 enthusiastically the baggage and
personal belongings Of not only the
nryt cabin passengers, but OF the 300
men and women in the second cabin.
No one was even temporarily detain-
Cd, however, and the police must now
extend tiieff search TO- pawnshops.
Mrs. Drummond was Miss AIbertina
Huck. daughter of Louis G. Huck, of
Chicago. Her first husband was Mar
shell Field, Jr., son OF the Chicago
millionaire merchant. The younger
Field died in-1905 OF gunshot wound.
BY her first hnsbapd she Is the
mother Of tHo children for whom
their grandfather created at his death
m immense trust fund composed OF
The bulk OF his fortune. Mrs. Drum
mond herself receiver Che 7ncome
from . fund OF 100000, set aside
for that purpose In the will OF Mar.
shall Field. Sr., ind is said to have
besides personal fortune of $500, 900,
After her husbands death young
Mrs. Fields-was- a--freanent guest in
London OF her -sisterjn.law, the wife
Of Admiral David Beatty, of the Brit,
ish navy, formerly Ethel Field, daugh.
TER Of Marshall Field, Sr. While there
che met her present husband, Maid
win Drummond, member OF veal
NY EnglishT family and Ngellknown
. - sportsman The marriage took
place . yexrsyU-fsst September IN q