The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-01
.M'NElL RESIDENCE
 ROBBED OF $2,OOO WORTH OF JEWELRY
Mysterious Burglary Puzzles
 With Apartments.

While MT. and Mrs. Kenneth Mo Neil were at a theater last evening their home at Marina park was en- tered and more than $2,0O0 worth of diamonds and other jewelry was talk en. Three second story rooms were visited and robbed of valuables.
 Much mystery surrounds the bur glary today from the fact that Mrs McNeil saw, what she believed to have been the shadow of a. man on the second story porch last Tuesday night, and while the servants were wn-stairs near the. only available means of entrance to the house, the porch windows and French doorways were, opened in some manner that left no marks upon the fresh white paint. Mrs McNei1 was sure that she did not leave these windows open when leaving for the theafer.
 That the burglary was done by someone with Knowledge of the re- positories of jewefry and money is certain, according to the police to- day, for selection was made by the intruder. Three rooms on the up per floor, and only those where the money or jewelry were kept, were entered. The thief presumably en- tering Mrs. McNeiPs bedrooma walk ed directly to the dressing table, and while valuable silverware was di- rectly in sight, opened a small draw
 
 Pearl necklace with diamond clasp, diamond bar pin set with 12 stoness ring set with diamond and pearl, key shaped diamond pin, platinum wrist watch and diamond and sapphire ear rings. The total value is about 02.-l 900.
 It was remarked by the police that many smaller pieces of Jewe1ry in the same drawer were discarded as of lit tie value. Wonen's gloves and other articles were piled on a sofa as if the thief had determined to take them and later decided not to do so. En- trance was next made in a maids room where two drawers usually con- taining money were opened. The thief then is thought to have passed several doors and to have gone di- rectly into the chi1dren's room where silverware was again neglected and a little drawer transacted of some coin. The burglar went directly to the isolated room of the nurse and there opened adrawer in which lay the purse of this domestic, contain ing about $20.
 Exit from the house is believed to have been from the front door, where the chain bolt was found to be dangling by the servants though known to have been securely in it's place about half an hour before the discovery.
 At the time of. the burglary there were but 8 maid and the nurse at home. They were in the lower part of the house, and slight noises up- stairs called their attention to the break The cook had been absent during the evening. Immediately upon learning of the burglary the servants telephoned Archibald McNeil, Sr, Mr. McNeiPs s father. who. in turn, informed the police. Under the direction of Capt John Began, several policemen were l despatched to the scene and after surrounding the house, searched it | thoroughly. A rear cellar-doorway was found open and might have af- forded means of entrance, though the l servants are sure that they would have heard the approach of a man | through that channel. The French windows of Mrs. McNeiHs room lead I ing to the outside porch also were i open. No other means of entrance 1 or exit could be observed by the police who are today conducting an Investigation.