The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-30
ROBBERS LOOT
 HOMES OF RICH
 PIER JEWELLERS
$I5O,OOO Worth of Gems Stolen From
 Hanan's House
Attempt Made By Wife To Keep Theft Secret On Account Of
 New Y0rker's Illness

Narragansett Pier, July 3o-Jewelry the value of which is roughly estimat- Acres, the summer residence of MT. Friday night.
 Reports that the Hanans had been robbed were denied until today when 01rs. Hanan told the story of their loss. MT. Hanan is seriously i'll and kept in ignorance of what has occurred. An EnwAllingness to disturb him influenced his wife to withhold the facts until this time.
 The principal, articles taken were:
 A diamond necklace, a pearl necklace. diamond crusted watch a set of star saphires surrounded by diamonds, a diamond pandant, a diamond brooch, a pair of diamond earrings a. pair of black diamond earrings surrounded by white diamonds, and a platinum watch set with diamonds.
 Several other articles of lesser value were taken, but Mrs. Hanan could not recall of just what they consisted. 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 could hardly have been overlooked and this suggests that the job was hur- ried one.
 Mrs. Hanan would not place any value on the lost jewels, but the above is a casual description of the property. Mrs. Hafan is accustomed to wear very little jewelry and would not or dinari1y have had so much at Shore Acres It was brought over from New York at a time when she had expected to give her annual reception to Gov ernor and Mrs. Pothier.
 - The illness Of Mir Hanar made if necessary to cancel the function.
 The jewelry was taken from Mrs. Hanan'S boudoir, q few moments after she had left the house to attend d re- ception at St. Peter's-by-t Sea. The loss was discovered within thirty min utes, but although three detective agencies have been working on the case since Monday morning, no tangl- b1e clue had been found today.
 Five detectives, two from each of York and one from Providence are here. The head Of one of the New York agencies will arrive some time today and personally take charge of the case.
 Mrs. Hanan said that the servants, of whom there are about 25, had been eliminated in the investigation.
 The theory of motor boat thieves also has been dismissed as the shore of Block Island Sound, over which the house looks is very rough and a small boat would have great difficulty in landing anywhere near the estate.
 'I wear very little jewelry,'' said Mrs. Hanan,- and what I had here I brought from New York some time ago when planned to give a reception and MT. Hanan became i'll and the recep- ton was abandoned. The articles were kept in a drawer of the bureau in my boudoir. There they had been locked up until Friday evening when opened the drawer and took outsa. few articles while dressing for a reception at St Pe- ters-by-the-Sea-
 ~I left several pieces on the top of the bureau for my maid to put away which she did. When I left the house the maid went immediately to a fresh water spring not far from the house to bring some fresh water to my room. When she returned to the room, per haps twenty minutes later, she found the drawer of the bureau open and much of the jeweIry gone. Several other pieces had not been taken. The girl notified me by telephone at the church soon after my arrival there and I immediately returned to the house. I at once telephoned to a de- tectfve at Providence and he arrived here at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. So far no clue has been discovered, but five men are working on the case Ns do not suspect the servants.
 The local police say that they know 1 only of the two robberies admitted | but until late yesterday they denied 1 Knowledge that the Rumsey house had 1 been entered. The New England rep l resentative of one of the New York | detective agecnies engaged by Mrs. l Hanan today, said:
 We. are working on the Hanan case, but the whole situation is so | confused that we cannot give any de- tails at this t1me-
 Some time ago Mrs. Walter Ives of New York, lost a pearl necklace said to be worth $2,00O while she and MT. Ives were visiting at the summer home here of MT. and Mrs. E. Douglas time it was said that the necklace ac- slipped from her neck while Mrs Ives was attending a dance at the Casino. The loss was not discov- cred until some time later. This in cident gave rise to the report that the home of MT. Pearce had been robbed. There is no confirmation of any rob bery beyond the two descriebd.
 The Hanans are prominent socially in the summer colony. Shore Acres is regarded as the show place of the pier.
 Mrs Hanan controls the Casino and is financially interested in one of the leading hotels. Their large and beau tiful home is often filled with guests but recently because of illness of the much alone except fer the great num- Der of servants constantly employed about the estate.