The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-27
Mrs. Maldwin Drum
mond Loses Jewels
Valued at $13O, 900.
IA KEN FROM5ROOM
w HILE SHE SLEPT
Passengers Furnish No Clue, Al
though Every Piece of Bag
gage Is Searched Thoroughly
by Customs Agents Under
Guise Of Their Official
Inspection.

New York. February cs.-AIrs. Maid
win Drummond, formerly Mrs Marshall
Field, Jr., OF Chicago. was robbed
of fortune in Jewels last night
aboard a transatlantic liner. Diamonds
pearls and other gems to the value OF
approximately $4,000 Disappeared
mystcriously from her state room on
the steamship Amcrik;t, Of the Ham
burg American Line, some time be-
tween $3.50 o'clock last evening and
$50 o'clock this morning The loss
vas reported immediately. The liner
locked al Hoboken this AFTERNOON, and
me police Of Iioboken and New York
are working on the case Mrs. Drum
mond hurried to tic Hotel Plaza. de-
Ginning TO discuss the loss
The Hamburg American Line dis.
claims all responsibility on the ground
'haa passengers leave Jewels in their.
state rooms AZ the owners risk. To
me poiice Mrs Drummond described
the missing jewels as follows:
Two strings OF ga pearls each
One string of 2S3 pearls
one large black pearl ring sct with
diamonds "'t
diamonds -
one pair large pearl earrings set
f
one black pearl brooch set with dia
monds, with z black pearl near.shane5
pendant. - -
Ship Is Comhcd.
= "fleless message from the Amer
iha as she ncared port summoned de-
.ectlVes down tho bay in tug. Thee
learned from Mrs. Drumnond detnj1s
oi the theft and began combine OF
me ship and u search of tho cTow
. RI sf<,S . & . /
found a "eS
Mrs Drummond explained that ca.
sept q hightlshe had worn the Jewels
aihoaN constantly on her person hit
mug Kept them under her waist AMI
Hiad not displayed them at anv time
even while dining. Last night on re.
..iihs she placed them in ca binet
49, =, me state room as she had
gone each night during the VOYAGE
10 one had access to the state room
she added besides her husband heruais
ana her maid The maid sho hoid.
above suspicion. tot' .
arising early this morning to make
her toilet before tile liner docked sh !,
mas startled to find the drawer emntv
ne taPtaih OF the Amerika was noti
hed. and q hunt was bepun -.
~ : e,esss ram called police authorities
Oh the shore. Stewards and steward
esses We're questioned closely and
thelr clothes and belongings searched
ana when the detectives arrived mar
"ere quiet inquiries among the las
nfSt CABIN passengers d board AS not
Crew was developed, howcver ~.
customs authorities We're appealed ~
ana Under guisc of baggage inspection
snc entire baggage was sifted
, ,noi ouS ny. put SO lar as could be
learned not even a suspicion was IN
earthed.
Mrs. Drummond could give no hin
which would aid tho authorities h,it
she believes that tho state room door
was left unlocked during tho night
Under such circumstances it womb
nave been possible for the thief IN
nave entered the apartment while the
occupant slept.
ne customs men examined carefully
me baggage and personal belongings
~ hot only inc first cahon passengers
put OF the 500 men and women In tho
second cabins. No one was even
temporarily detained, however. and rho
police must now extend their search
TO pawnshops.
Was Miss Hu.k.
Mrs. Drummond was Miss Alberttna
luck, daughter Of Louis C.. iIuck OF
Chicago. Her first husband was Mar
ohail Field, Jr., son Of the Chicago
i'i'i'ioitttil y slncTC.idnl me y
Field died In 1905 Of a runshot
wound. BY her first husband she is
The mother OF two children, for whom
their grandfather created at his death
on immense trust fund composed OF
the bulk of his fortune Mrs. Drum
mond herself receives the income from
fund of s1.00o.0o0 set aside for that
purpose III the Will Of Marshall Field.
ST.. and is said TO have besides a
personal fortune of 100000.
After her husbands death, young
Mrs. Field was frequent guest In
London, OF her sistcr-in- law, the vito
OF Admiral David Beatty of the Brit
ish navy. formerly Ethel Field, daugh-
ter of MARSHALL Field. ST. While there
she met her present husband, Maldwin
Drummond, n member of wealthy
English family, and well known as n
sportsman. The marriage took place
year ago last September. in a London
registry office.