The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-30
MONKEY MAY Be
AN ACCOMP[ LICE
1T FIGURES IN THE THEFT OF
$4,000 WORTH OF HARTMAN
JENELRH.
MRS. RUMSEY VICTIM
DAUGHTER OF MAGNATE AND
OTHERS or HOUSEHOLD HELD
ny HIS ANTICS, WHILE
HOUSE is LOOTED.

NEW YORK. July ga pearl
necklace valued at 100000 and other
Jewels bringing the total up to at
least SIS .00e. were stolen from Mrs.
Charles Cary Rumsey. daughter of the
late f. H Hartman, at her summer
home at NarraRansett Pier some time
last Saturday night or sunday. The
theft was the work OF persons who had
acquainted themselves with the place
where Mrs. Rumsey kept her Jewels,
for there wac no rummaging for them.
The room was undisturbed and even
q dressing table drawer from which
the articles were taken was left other
wise in perfect order. Burns opera
tives left for Narragansett Monday.
They had made no report to their
home office tonight,
The stolen property comprised five
pieces The first of these in value,
$50 600 the pearl necklace. was
wedding gift to Mrs. Rumsey from her
mother. the widow of the railroad
man. The other pieces. with the ex-
ceptipn of one large ruby. also the
gift OF Mrs. Hartman, were given TO
Mrs Rumsey, then Miss Mary Har-
riman, hy f. II. Hartman at diff
feront times before his death.
The Stolen Jewels.
They are:
A large pearl and ruby pendant, In
tended to he worn with the necklace.
This Is worth about $4,000.
A bar pin set with small diamonds
and having in the center large ruby,
$4,000
a plague brooch. of platinum fill
gree work. set with diamonds, with
large diamond in the center, ~, 600
A gold mesh bag. the frame set with
diamonds, with large diamond in the
center, s2.0e0.
gold mesh bag, the frame set with
diamonds and sapphires, $1,000.
The values In each case are conser-
vative and II would probably cost con-
siderahly more than the amounts
named TO duplicate the stolen pieces
The necklace is made up of about
12N pearls. The center pearls on the
present graduated string weigh about
twenty-oae grains.
Discovers Her Loss.
Immediately after learning OF her
loss Sunday night, Mrs. Rumaey COM
muniCated with the Burns agency and
also with Mr.. TeRethoff. manager of
the Hartman estate. The Jewels each
in its own satin case were kept in four
pasteboard boxes in a drawer of Mrs
Rumsey's dressing table. They We're
in the place at 8 o'clock Saturday
night when Mrs Rumsey was dressing
for dinner. At the same hour Sunday
night she opened the drawer and
found only the small satin cases and
two of the outside boxes. the Jewels
were gone.
Nothing else In the room had been
disturbed There were no evidences
I OF forCble entry from the outside on
! doors or windows Mrs Rumsey
/ slept I'm the same room in which the
dressing table stands Saturday night
and her sleep was not broken Be
cause of this she believes that the
theft must have been committed after
she left the room Sunday morning.
Monkey May BE Accomplish.
She told Mt Tegethoff that the only
I clue she could give the agency opera
tives was the fact that an organ
grinder with the usual monkey played
/ tust outside the house Sunday morning
/ and held the attention of Mrs Rum
sew her infant son and two of the
maids for some time. The operatives
/ have taken up this incident as indicat-
{ ing a possible accompliCe in the rob
/ berry. and are looking for the organ
grinder and his red coated monkey.
In her telephone conversations with
Mr.. Tegethoff since the robbery, Mrs
+ Rumsey has expressed the belief thai
( none Of the servants was implicated
and that the robbery was committed
from the outside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rumsey have stopped
at Narrangansett for the past three
summers This year they rented &
house known as Cunning Rock cot
tage from Harrison Tweed. II wa'
from this house that the Jewels were
taken.