Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-30

| NARRAGANSETT PIER, July 30
Jewelry worth at least s15O.OO0 was
stolen from Shore Acres, the summer
| residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John H
Hanan of New York. Friday night. The
seventy-five-th sand-dollar robbery in
the home of c. C. Rumsey, son-in-law
Saturday night.
Reports that the Hanans had been
robbed were denied until today, when
Mrs. Hanan told the story of their loss
MIR. Hanan is seriously i'll and has been
kept in ignorance of the robbery. An
unwillingness to- disturb him infiu-
enced his wife to withhold the facts
until this time.
The articles taken included a dia-
mond necklace, a pearl necklace, two
diamond encrusted watches set OF
star sapphires surrounded by diamonds,
a pendant, a brooch and a pair of rare
black diamond earrings surrounded by
white diamonds.
Thieves Left Valuable Gems.
A peculiar feature of the robbery was
that some particularly valuable gems
were left in the bureau drawer from
which the others were removed. They
cOulu ndEuiy nave occh oNciiooACA, oiiN
this suggests that the job was a hur-
ried one.
Mrs. Hanan seldom wears the jewels
and would not ordinarily have had them
at Shore Acres. They had been brought
over from New York at time when she
ton to Gov. and Mrs. Pothier. The ill
ness of MIR. Hanan made 1t necessary TO
cancel the function.
The jewelry was taken from Mrs. HAN
ans boudoir few moments after she
had left the house to attend reception.
The loss was discovered within thirty
minutes, but although three detective
agencies have been working on the case
since Monday morning no tangible clue
has been found.
Mrs Hanan said that the servants. of
whom there are about twenty-five, had
been eliminated in the investigations
Servants Long With Family.
With the exception of two buffers. who
were engaged this year, all of those en-
ployed at Shore Acres have been with the
family for years. The theory of motor
boat thieves also has been dismissed, as
Block Island sound, over which the house
looks, is very rough. and a small boat
would have great difficulty in plying any
where near the estate.
Il left the house Friday evening for a
church reception said Mrs. Hanan,
leaving on my bureau several pieces OF
iewelry for my maid to put away, which
she did When I left the house the maid
went TO a spring not far from the house
10 bring some water to my room. When
she returned, perhaps twenty minutes
later, she found the bureau open and
much Of the jewelry gone. She notified
me by telephone at the church and l inn
| mediately returned to the house. l al
| once teiephoned to a detective at Provi-
| dence and ne arrived here Sunday morn
/ ing Five men are now working on the
| case i do not suspect the servants
| Recalls Former Robberies.
| 1t is believed here that the same gang
Of expert thieves which operated SUE
1 cessfully here two years ago is again
at work The secrecy maintained fol
time regarding the two known losses
has led also to reports OF several other
! robberies, though the reports are
| vague and unconfirmed.
Some time ago Mrs Walter ives OF
New York lost "A pearl necklace, said tt
| be worth $1,000 while visiting at the
! summer home here of Douglas Pearce
/ jr. of Providence. The loss was moi
/ discovered until some time later The
/ Hanans are leaders in the summer col
| ony Shore Acres is regarded as the
| show place of the Pier.
| Mrs. Hanan controls the Casino. and