Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-25
VALUABLE JEWELSD|SAPPEAR
TENYO MARU PASSENGER VICTIM
Big Liner Departed for San Francisco This Morning. Record
List of Travellers OF Clyde Will Be Held as STORAGE
Tanker Mauna Kea andKiauea in with Supplies

Jewels valued way into the thou.
sands of dollars, belonging to cabin
passenger travelling in the Togo Kisen
kaisha liner Tenyo Maru disappeared
in q most mysterious manner during
the fOur-day stay of the big steamship
at the port of Manila, Philippine Is.
lands.
Mrs. T.. ]. Hill, a wealthy woman
from the eastern States who planned
and carried out tour of the Orient
was the victim of thieves who are sup
posed to have sneakcd aboard the YES
sed which lay at once of the Manila
wharves.
Despite the extreme vigilance exer
cised by officers in the Tenyo in sta
lioning men at the gangways, and in
The corridors throughout the ship, be,
sides the locking Of all staterooms not
occupied by travellers, vandals arc
known to have stolen aboard and ran.
sacked several staterooms, including
that occupied by Mrs. Hill The sec.
ret service star at the Philippine cap.
ital was appealed to and several eX.
perienced men were placed on the
case. At the time of departure of the
Japanese lines for San Francisco and
by the way of Honolulu and the China
and Japan ports Of call. no trace of
the missing jewels had been discov.
cred.
According to the story told by fel.
low passengers in the Tenyo Martl
this morning. the gems, consisting for
the most part Of rings. had not been
placed under lock and key. nor-as Is
advised by the congratulated over
10 the purser for safekeeping, and the
thief can have had little difficulty in
securing them.
Mrs. Hill is we'll known In San
Francisco society as an aartist of abil.
ity, and her tour in the Orient Is to
end with her return on the Tenyo
Maru. She reported her loss to the
officers of the ship, who Immediately
tut the matter in the hands of the sec.
ret service, who have made a search
Of most of the servants.
The TcnyO sailed for San Francisco
promptly at II o'clock this morning,
taking sixteen additional passengers
from this port. The Territorial band
was present at Hackfeld wharf, where
half hour musical serenade was
much appreciated by one of the larg.
est lists of passengers ever carried in
the Tenyo Maru.
The Tenyo was discharged of thir.
teen hundred tons Oriental cargo dur.
ing the overnight stay of the vessel al
the port of Honolulu. Passengers for
Honolulu included 81 cabin, IL second
class and 1858 Asiatic steerage. OF
the latter were Chinese, 1876 Japan,
cse and 1874 Filipinos.
The through list, according to rec
ords maintained by Purser Grasset,
numbered l42 cabin, a. second class
and l76 Asiatic steerage. The Tenyo
met with fine weather on the home.
ward voyage. An clebarote program
of games and sports was pulled off
during the delightful days the vessel
steamer across peaceful Pacific. The
liner Is scheduled to make another
call at Manila, there to take on OK.
tonsive shipments of island products.
The vessel is crowded to the limit
with passengers. Every available
stateroom was taken as the liner
pulled away from the wharf this morn.
ing, even the officers in the vessel
were Obliged to give up their state.
rooms, The steamer arrived at Homo.
lulu yesterday afternoon with 1926
souls on board,