The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-02-27
MRS. MALDWlN DRUMMO FOR
MERELY MRS. MARSHALL
FIELD, JR., is ROBBED.
FORTUNE IN GEMS GONE
One Hundred and Thirty Thousand
Dollars Is Value Set by Rich
Woman on Goods Missing From Her
Stateroom on Board the Amerika.
Police Unable to Discover Any cIew.

Drummond. formerly Mrs. Marshall
Field, Jr,, of Chicago, was robbed of q
fortune In jewels last night aboarl
IL transatlantic liner. Diamonds,
pearla and other gems. to the value OF
approximately $4,000, disappeared
from her stateroom on the steamship
| Amerfka of the Hamburg American
hne some time between $3.50 o'c'ock
last evening and $50 this mornia..
The loss was reported Immediately
| the liner docked at Hoboken this
afternoon and the police of Hoboken
and New York are working on the
ease. Mrs Drummond hurried to .he
Hotel Plaza, declining to discuss her
l,ss
The Hamburg American line dis.
claims all responsibility on the gt0nnd
that passengers leaving jewels in their
staterooms do 80 at their own RI
Tho "Swas."
TO the police Mrs. Drummond de-
scribcd the jewels as follows:
Two strings Of 275 pearls each; one
string of 2S3 pearls: one large Black
pt arl ring set with diamonds; one
large white pearl ring set with dia-
| munds: one pair pearl earrings set
with diamonds; one black pearl Drcoca
sct with diamonds. with black pearl.
pear shaped pendant
A wireless message sent from the
Aiaerika as she nearcd port summoned
dotoe etives down the bay In "a tug. They
learned from Mrs. Drummond details
q 4. Sta.Gt 4.
the ship and search of the crew.
But not a trace Of the jewels was
found Mrs Drummond explained
that, except at night, she had worn the
jewels almost continually. but had kept
them under her waist. and had not dis
played them them at any time, even
while dining. Last night. on retiring,
she placed them in a cabinet drawer
If the statcroom, as she. did each night
during the voyage. No one had access
to the stateroom, she added, besides
her husband. herself and her maid.
The maid she holds above suspicion.
Arising early this morning to make
her toilet, she was startled to find the
drawer empty. The captain of the
Amerika was notified and IA quiet in
vestigaton was begun before an aero
gram called police authorities from on
shore.
Servants Searched.
Stewards and stcwardesses were
questioned closely and their clothes
and belongings were searched and
when the detectives arrived there were
quiet inquiries among the first cabin
passengers ABOARD.
As not clue was developed. how
ever, the customs authorities were APP
pealed to, and under the gulse of bag
gage inspection. everyones luggage
was sifted thoroughly, but so far -
| could be learned, not even Suspicion
was unearthed.
Mrs. Drummond could give no hint
which would aid the authorities, but
she believes tnat the stateroom door
was left unlocked during the night.
Under such circumstances it would
have been possible for thief to nave
entered the apartment while. the oc-
cupants slept.
The customs men made 1t point to
examine carefully the baggage and
personal belongings of not only the
| first cabin passengers. but of the 800
men and women in the second cabin.
| No one was even temporarily detained,
however, and the police must now ex-
tend their search to the pawnshops.
Her History.
Mrs. Drummond was Miss Albertina
Huck, daughter of Louis c. HuclS of
| Chicago. Her first husband was Mar
| shall Jr. son of the Chicago m,llion-
aire merchant. The younger Field died
| in 1905 of a gunshot wound. By her
!, first husband she is the mother of two
children, for whom their grandfather
created at his death an immense trust
fund composed of the bulk of his tor
tune. Mrs. Drummond herself re-
ceives the income from fund of
81 100000 set aside for that purpose IN
/ the will of Marshall Field, Sr., and Is
said to have beside personal fortune
Of 100000.
| After her husbands death young
| Mrs. Field was frequent guest In
London of her sister in law, the wife
of Admiral David Beatty of the British
navy, formerly Ethel Field, daughter
| of Marshall Field. Sr. There she met
| her present husband, Maldwin Drum
| mond. member of a wealthy English
| family, and well known as sports
man. The marriage took place year
ago last September in London regis.
| try office.
| When Captain knuth OF the Amerik d
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