The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-04
TWO BROTHERS ARE
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It's eye IN them nearly all the time
out of pure precaution. lost track Of
them soon after the capture of Rhind
and Mcintyre. who robbed Mrs. Harry
l.. Haas, Of Long Branch. Of $50, 600
worth of Jewels a month ago.
So clever are these brothers that II
the Burns agency finds they were
within one hundred miles of the Pier
within forty-eight hours Of the rob
berry at the Rumsey home. the de-
tectves viii not think 1t necessary to
look much farther for the thieves.
Meanwhile. although Narragansett
doesn't know it, every part of the
town is watched and every person in
it is under enough surveillance to in
sure instant word of any action out
of the daily round
Detectives In Many Walks.
/ Detectives have covered" the law.
medicine, and even religion. That Is,
"A physician whose services might be
asked and who might come by bit
of infor nation bearing on the Rumsey
theft, Is n detective. He ia an expert
physician, and will never be taken for
anything else. A lawyer at the Pier
is also a tietecttve. 1t doesn't matter
IL he he an old family Confidant,
known and respected by everyone in
the place; ne is all that, and a
shadow" besides As for the cloth
II there is anything a. preacher can
learn about that robbery. the de-
tectives win share the news.
There must be twenty-five lends
to the RumseY robbery. which are
now being watched by first rate de-
teCtives. Principals, servants serV-
ants friends. visitors of all sorts. from
the afternoon caller 70 the boy with
a box of groceries, we'll dressed crooks
who come and go at the hotels, wei
dressed crooks who meet casually ir
New York bars. certain crime ex-
ports. including the porch climber
brothers, whose whereabouts is the
least bit uncertain--all these roads
are amhushed with detectives. But II
is the brother thieves that are mos
suspected, and if an albi appears fol
them IL will be through the trusted
physician. lawyer and clergyman. tina
the solution of the robbery will bt
chiefly expected.
Resorts Are Easy Victims.
This perfect organization has beer
made necessary by several circum
stances. The Burns agency handled
last summer Newport and Narragan
sett robheries. aggregating 100000
and in only a few cases were thu
Jewels recovered. One OF the bigges
Of these thefts was jewelry valued a
sac. 900. that belonged to Mrs. William
w wilcox, OF Pittsburg. This rob
berry was successfully kept secret a
that time. In fact, no one except tn
Willocks and the Burns agency knew
of II until today.
Mrs WILCOX was Alice p. Jones
Her husband is q ,director ct. tn
Jones A. IAughlin Steel company
They are wealthy and have plac
at Lakewood They were In Nara
gansett last summer for only part o
. the season. The gems stolen included
pearls and diamonds
Servants Are Surveyed.
1t is said that the Burns agenc,
asked, as one of the first steps t
4 solving the wilcox theft. to establish
Quiet survey of the thirty servant
in the house. and-that Mrs w ilfocl
WIS frightened at the suggestion. Sh
In said to have declared that the
would all leave her and she would b
. able to get no others. AS she wa
firm in her refusal the Burns agenc
had to tell her that they would prob
ably be unable to help recover he
gems. The Jewels were not found
But the Burns men stayed with tn
case long enough to strike the trai
: of manufacturing jeweler. ma
of esta blished reputation, who wa
J pretty evidently acting as fence 10
| society thieves--thieyes, some OF Their
r who were members OF the Narragan
I sett society.
Since then they have made the mos
determined effort to capture this BIZ
fence whose headquarters appear to b
i I'm Boston. He is we'll known social
in both Newport and Narragansett and
Y of course, In New York. In spite o
5 conviction that he not only fenced,
!. but instigated the long series Of rob