New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
LISTENING GIRL TRAPS
ALLEGED GEM THIEVES
Ear at KeyhoIe, Greenwich
Teacher Hears Plot and
Causes Arrest of 2 Men.
RECOVER $4,000 JEWELS
Haas Collection Almost Intact
Maid Said to Confess She
Let In Robber Husband
Men Reveal Hiding Place.
Lny Telegraph to The Tribune. !

by Telegraph to The Tribunel
Greenwich. Conn. July The alert
ness Of Miss Florence Wells, a young
school teacher. OF North Cos Cob. Conn.
Yesterday. caused the recovery Of prac-
tically all Of the 900 worth Of jewels
stolen Wednesday from the home OF
Harry l.. Haas. at Long Branch, y. j.
AS result of the young woman's sus-
pcion and quickncss in bringing about
their arrest. two men. Reginald Rhind
and James MacIntyre. both employed at
a sanitarium OF Or. J. G. Bowman. In
Greenwich. were charged with completely
In the robbery. and later the police state,
confessed. At the same time, Marie kru-
ger. a maid employed in the Haas home.
was led, according to the police In Long
Branch, 10 admit that she Lad allowed
MacIntyre 10 take the jeWelry from the
residence The maid said that she was
Mdclntyrcs wife.
Miss Wells who lives near the sani-
tarium where MacIntyre and Rhind had
obtained work as nurses. had gone Satur-
dav to visit at the home Of Eugene Scott,
also near the sanitarium, where the two
men had furnished room. \ chance re-
mark aroused her suspicious, and although
at the time she had not thought Of the
Haas robbery. she went 10 an adjoining
room 10 that in which were Maclntyre
and Rhnd. and threw herself on a couch
with her ear To a keyhole The CONVEX
sation she says she heard led her TO go 20
Or. Bowman 10 tell what she had heard.
The men alluded. said Miss Wells. 10
. a Ia IN Inc hos q
Gisposinp OF the jewles." Then, she said.
they discussed plan TO rob the inmates
Of the sanitarium, following which they
laid out a way Of escape into Canada.
Deputy Chief Finnegan arrested the
men on suspicion. and four hours later.
after a severe examination. the two re-
vealed the hiding place OF the jewelry.
or the entire amount. later Identified by
Mr.. Hans as the property Of his wife and
mother only a gold mesh bag and gold
purse. valued et 500, remained unaccount-
ed for. Another piece. a diamond horse
shoe pin. worth $50. had been sold. the
detectives learned. to \. 5. Borg in New
York City, and a check for SlJ7 for the pit
was found in Rhnj's possession. The pin
was returned by the buyer TO Mr.. Hays
Office
\ puzzling feature OF the discovery Of
the Jewels. .Jwever. is the fact that sew
eral pieces found with the rest were not
claimed by Mr. Haas. These are thought
to be the proceeds Of thefts III Newport
and other places. Among these unclaimed
pieces are a heart shaped diamond stick
pin. with diamond pendant. and pearl
Chi .fq crf yTIf
monds Rhind. one OF the accused, has
worked for the Vanderbilt. Rainey and
Young families at Newport
Both mon will resist cXtradition. When
they were arraigned before Judge Tierney
pleas ~ not guilty were entered. and they
refused to waive the cNtraditon proceed
ngs. so Judge Tierney will hoh them at
Thursdays hearing for papers from the
Governor Of New Jersey. Macintyre was
charged with having stolen property. con-
slsting OF Z $500 pearl necklace, belong
ing 10 Mrs Henrietta Haas. Mr.. llaas's
mother. while Rhind was charged with
having I'm mis- possession stolen $40
horseshoe Iin. Another pearl necklace,
valued at $1,000. belonging 10 Mr.. Haas's
wife. was found. but is not mentioned In
the charge.
Long Branch. n. J.. July when word
was received to-day that the 5000 worth
Of Jewels stolen from the Haas residence
were recovered in Greenwich. Conn, and
that Reginald Rhnd and James MacIn-
tyre were arrested Marie Kruger, the
maid In the Haas home. at nrst denied
completely In the robbery. but afterward
broke down and confessed. the police
said, that she had been urged by Mac
Intyre. whom she married early In the
year, to assist them In the theft.
Detective william +. Walling. Of the
local force. and Michael s. Cerrezin. OF
the Burns Detective Agency. went TO
Greenwich early this morning to have the
men hello az fugltives from Justice When
they returned they said that Maclntyre.
when confronted BY the statement made
by the Kruger girl. said that she had
told him OF the opportunity for robbery
and had urged him to steal the jewels
20 that the couple could 40 away to-
eether and live in the country"
The maid had been under suspicion
since she protested against having finger
prints taken. Mr. Haas told Of his re-
luctance 10 have the maid continued In
the household, 80 that she would not be-
come suspicious. Every night since the
robbery. he said, Mrs Haas turned over
10 the Kruger girl the jewels which had
ESCAPED the robbers.