Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
BURGLARS LOOT
PALAT|AL HOME
IN SOUTH ORANGE
Diamonds and JeweIry Carried
Off While Misses hermann
Are Away for Day.

South Orange police are today
bending every effort to ascertain the
Identity of burglars who yesterday
entered the palatial home of Misses
Barbara and Elizabeth hermann, at
South Orange avenue and Centre
street, South Orange. and looted the
place from cellar to garnet finally
making of with diamonds and jew
elry No estimate of the value of the
articles could be given by the family.
To enter the living apartments the
thieves were compelled to pass a bull
dog and a litter OF pups This they
cid without any apparent trouble.
The women are heartbroken over
their loss. Some of the stolen goods
were held as Invaluable by their own
ars
e The women left their home yester-
day morning and motcred to Belmar.
They intended to remain there, but
for some reason or other came no re
last night When they entered their
residence they found things in dis
sorder. Pictures had been torn from
the walls and the contents OF closets
kcatts a about.
tt = police were Immediately noti-
fefs An investigation showed en-
ira >ce had been gained by breaking
"a pane of glass in a cellar door and
turning back the spring lock. On
their way to the stairway leading to
: the floor above, The visitors passed
\ the dogs.
4 After ransacking closets and bureau
drawers the men turned over bed
mattresses and even sought loot in
/. shoes which had been placed in
closets. A bag of diamonds had been
thrown on a bed by the burglars and
r1faf. 10 m
ncovered the bag and evidently were
khnable to again find 1t. A gold watch
was also in the bag.
Entrance was gained to the bed
5rooms by forcing the doors with an
ice pick. The police believe the bur-
glars expected to find large sum
tof money in the house. Lace cur
t5aken from drawers and shaken ana
sthen thrown on the floor.
A list of the loot follows: Two
: platinum rings, one containing six
diamonds and a ruby. the other con-
Training six diamonds and an emer-
Eald: one gold pin set with eighteen
diamonds, solid gold pin and purse,
rome silver chain with pearls, silver
Hpurse. one diamond pin, one gold
Ebraeelet with an amber stone an inch
sequare. one gold engraved band
Ncoral. one silver avaiere set with
eturquoise, one gold bracelet half
esnch wide. and one gold plated pin.
The hermann home is one of the
4handsomest and most costly in South
e0range. It was built several years
ago. The women are known to be
wealthy. One of them tainted last
snight when she discovered the condi-
etlon of the home About year ago
THE garage owned by the women was
sentered and tires taken.
Police Marshal Thomas F. Mcguire
believed the robbery was committed
In the afternoon. 1t is thought the
burglars Watched the house closely
Lind enterek lLhe place shortly after
sshessnonsen dtb artedl
Detective Sergeant Edward Tracy
has been assigned to the case. The
robbery is one of the largest to be
perpetrated in the section since the
time the home of H. c. Hoskier, on
Ridgewood road, was entered and oil
paintings valued at thousands of dol
lars were cut from the frames. Mr..
Hoskier was in Rome at the time of
the robbery.