Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-01
Probable Work
 of Expert Gang
DETECTIVES THEORY OF JEW.
 FL RoBRERIES
SERVANTS WERE USED
Believed to Have lnnocentIy Aided Crooks by Giving Information String of India Pearls Left Behind.

Narragansett Pier, R. l.. July 31.-. The jewels stolen from the summer homes of Charles Cary Rumsey and John H. Hanan are being sought in New York, Boston and other cities where big transactions in precious stones are not uncommon. Large deal CTS in diamonds have been cautioned against dealing with strangers who have jewelry of great value for sale.
 Work of Expert Gang.
 This move is taken to indicate a be- lief that the thieves have left town with their booty and have covered their immediate tracks. 1t is believed however, that they will not long resist the temptation to realize on their stealings. The police throughout the country have been asked to watch the pawn shops, but not much is expected from this source. The detectives are pretty well satisfied that the robberies are the work of an expert gang who are too shrewd to do business with pawn shops and who depend rather on making sales to large houses dealing in gems on such a scale that their sales would not attract attention.
 Detective Learns Something.
 But one clue of seeming importance has developed. That has to do with the mysterious automobile seen on Ocean road Saturday night. After ACobl IlIIlS NI1bL Ilo COul0 dOOuI LI11S car, one of the detectives engaged by Mrs. Hanan left for New York today. Be- fore going he called upon Mrs. Hanan at Shore Acres and told her that he had discovered something very impor-- tant. but he didn't say what it Was The detectives.' said Mrs Hanan | later, are as much of a puzzle to me as the whereabouts of my jeWelry. The | hrst word that 1 have had from the l detectives was the assurance from the | nr1aVz tixYn fnFJ hot hA LnI | something very important and was l going to New York at once"
 Servants Innocent Agents of Crooks. The heretofore divergent views of | those who were robbed and the de- | tectives came together in something | like working understanding for the | first time today. This was an agree, ment that the thieves were members | of a notorious band who were assisted robbed. The theory does not carry suspicion to any of the servants, but it is conceded that they may have been innocent agents of the crooks. When the detectives began work on the Hanan case they declared that 1t 1 was an inside" job. But when a day later the Rumsey cottage was entered l the police modified their views and | thought that they saw the hand of the | experienced thief
 Servants Made Acquaintancss.
 At the same time Mrs. Hanan re- l fused to entertain a suspicion against the 22 servants in their employ, all of I whom, with the exception of two Jap anese buffers, who came to her well recommended, three months ago, have l been in her service for many years. l Today, however, She/ admitted that l it was quite possibIe/ that some of these servants had made acquaintance es who thoughtlessly gave information l that was later turned to account.
 Robberies Committed With Skill. The more the matter of the robberies is studied the clearer it becomes to the detectives that they were committed 1 with skill. It is inconceivable to them $150,000 worth of jewels at Mrs. Ha- mans last Friday night, would wait
 around risking detection to get per
 haps half as much in value from the
 Rumsey house on the following night
 Several detectives were securing the
 town at the very hour of the second
 robbery.
 Left String of India Pearls.
 The selection of pieces at Mrs. Ha-
 mans is also believed to have been
 deliberate, eliminating an earlier the
 ory that it was a hurried job. Mrs.
 Hanan pointed out tonight that the
 thieves pushed aside a magnificent
 string of India pearls which could
 have been disposed of without attract
 ing attention and quite likely suspi- cion.