Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-06
JEWEL THEFT PROBE
DROPPED ON ORDERS
Head Of Insurance Firm Thinks
There Is No Good Clues in
Mcmillan Case.

NEW YORK, October 6-The Times
says today:
Investigation of the seventy-seven-
thousand-dollar jewel robbery at the
summer home of Mrs. James Mcmillan.
widow Of United States Senator NC
MILAN. at Manchester by Sea, Mass,
August Z. has been dropped. 1t was an
nounced yesterday at the Office of
surance underwriters, who held $4,000
OF the risk. George c. Stevens of the
firm said he was convinced that the de-
would be likely to result in an arrest
or the recovery of the jewels.
Norris II. Aschner of the Aschner
detective agency. who worked on the
case for the insurance underwriters,
said he was satisfied that II the aff1-
davtts. reports and evidence which he
mad gathered were put into the hands
OF the district attorney of the county
in which Manchester y-the-Sea is
situated there would be an arrest with
In forty eight hours. He said he did not
intend to turn over the records to the
district attorney or Chief of Police Sui
Ivan Of Manchester unless they asked
him for them.
Agency Called OF.
Mr.. Aschner said Mr.. Stevens had
called him on the telephone yesterday
afternoon and told him that he need
not continue his investigation. Mr.. Ste
vens said the Aschner agency had been
called off the case several days ago.
Il am hired to save the insurance
company from paying an indemnity,
MI. Aschner said yesterday. That is
all l am concerned with. If they want
m n he 7
don't see any point in going on with it
on my own hook.
With regard to the statement Of Mr.
Hall. the Mcmillan family's lawyer. in
detectives of the case. that may be
correct in reference to the Burns
agency, as I understand 1t represented
the Mcmillan family, but Mr.. Hall has
no Jurisdiction over me. 1 am repre-
senttng the insurance company and
had not stopped a moment on the case
until Mr.. Stevens asked me to abandon
my investigation"
Mr.. Aschner said his investigation in
the case was complete and that the
evidence which he had was sufficient to
cause an arrest, he thought He is
strong in the belief that it was an in
side job"
Belief Not Shared.
Mr.. Stevens of the underwriting firm
aOSo
that there is any tangible evidence OF
any clue which might lead to the ar
rest Of the thief or the recovery Of the
jewels. He said he would pay the in
suranoe as soon as he heard from
Lloyd's of London, with whom the in
surance was placed. That would be a
matter of several days, he thought
Il am not interested in the prosecu-
ton of any one, unless there is some
likelihood that 1t would lead to the re-
covery Of the Jewels" he told a re-
porter. Mere suspicion is not enough
to cause an arrest. This robbery has
been under investigation for eight
weeks and the Mcmillan family and
Mr.. Hall. their lawyer, have persisted
in running every possible bit of evi.
dence down, for Mrs. Mcmillan was
very anxious to get her jewels back
We have done all that can be done.
think. and there is nothing to do but
to pay the insurance"
Mr.. Stevens. Mr.. Aschner and others
familiar with the case were certain
that there was no dinner party on the
night Of the robbery, as Philip H. Nc.
MILAN, son of Mrs. James Mcmillan
was quoted as saying in Detroit. They
said that Mrs. Mcmillan and her grand.
daughter, Mrs. Preston Gibson, dined
alone that night.