New-York tribune., 1920-06-11
State to Stage
Theft Inquiry
I'm CarusO Home
John Doe Proceedings Are
Decided On After Another
Day of Fruitless Search
for the Stolen Jewelry
Crime Scene Re-enacted
Tenor's Wife and Her Maid
Play Leading Roles; Strict
Guard Kept on Grounds

EAO nAMF 1ON, II. l., June 1O-Ols-
trict Attorney Leroy M. Young Of Suf-
] folk County announed tonight that a
John Doe inquiry would be instituted
tomorrow morning in an effort to clear
! up the mystery surrounding the theft
of Mrs. Enrico Caruso's jewelry. Police
Justice Hiram Sheriff. will preside over
, the hearing as magistrate in the sum-
mer home of the tenor.
. The announcement of the District
Attorney followed a day of fruitless
search that was relieved only by the
opera bouffe reanactment of the scene
Immediately following the robbery,
staged by the host of private detec-
tives now on the trail of the robbers.
In this reenactment Mrs. Caruso tragi-
cally uttered the words, "My God, my
Jewels" and little later the Italian
maid dramatically COLLAPSED" in the
arms CT her employer.
Detectives Reinforced
The detectives engaged in the at
tempt to solve the mystery were rein
forced to-day by twenty more who ar
rived from Manhattan. Twelve Of the
new arrivals were Immediately set to
work with rakes and shovels on a
clump of woods known as the "Briar
Patch" across the Georgia Lake, on
the theory that the jewels might have
been buried there by the robbers.
Throughout the day they labored and
continued on in the night with the aid
Of lanterns and torches, but their ef-
forts were unrewarded. These detec-
tives were taken across the lake to
their task in motorboat driven by
George Fitzgerald, the Caruso chauf-
feur.
One of the developments this after
noon was the statement made by
Thomas NJ. Young, an electrician. in
which he declared that the servants of
the Caruso household had made play
thing Of Mrs. Caruso's jewel casket.
Young said he had been called to the
Caruso summer home about May Is,
while Mrs. Caruso was visiting at
SOUTHAMPTON, to install some electrical
fixtures.
He said that while there he had gone
into Mrs. Caruso's boudoir and there
had seen the butler and two of the
maids playing with the casket. He said
the servants were getting considerable
amusement by ringing the gong in the
casket and then shutting it of. All
three, he said, took turns in manlpu-
lating the case.
Chauffeur Examined
District Attorney Young said thai
the guard which had been maintained
about the grounds of the Caruso home
since the robbery would be continued
and none of the employees would bt
permitted to leave until further orders
He said that he hoped to obtain clue
as to the robbers or the whereabout
{ of the jewels from the John Doe pro
ceedings tomorrow. Practically all O.
the investigators are of the opinion
that the jewelry is still somewhere il
the immediate vicinity of the Carust
home
examination, which lasted into the early
hours of this morning. This Afternoon
he told reporters that he had beer
given the third degree and was con
. vinced he was suspected of complicit
in the robbery.
81 have nothing to fear, however,
. he said, "and my conscious is absolute
s ly clear. l will do everything in m,
power to aid the authorities in thi
; case"
Fitzgerald told of visit of myste
rious man and woman in a taxica
5 about three weeks ago to see Mrs
s speak only French and declined to tall
to any one but Mrs. Caruso. She in
structed Fitzgerald to put them off tn
grounds.
The detectives are following up
s clew obtained this morning after an
other examination of the boudoir. TIL
imprint of new rubber heel was plain