New-York tribune., 1920-11-18
Mrs. C. X. Palmer Is At
tackled by 3 Burglars
in Her Home; Ser
wants Locked in Closets
100000 Necklace
Gone; Victim Hurt
Her Ankles Sprained and
Chiyalrous French Bandit
Ministers to Wounds

1ewelry and furs, said to be worth
s.lf million dollars. were the loot of
harolars who lay in wait for Mrs.
Charlotte King Palmer as she entered
tbs bedroom of her home, 80 East
Ninetieth Street, carly. Tuesday morn
;ng and who gagged, bound, blindfolded
md kept her prisoner for more than six
hours while they ransacked the house.
Mrs Palmer's account of the rob
berry, as told by her to the police, who
yisted her bedside yesterday, leaves
the whole matter a complete mystery.
Efforts of those who heard her story
10 obtain any clew to the identity of
III. three robbers have fallen fiat thus
far.
The intruders entered the house be-
fore 9 o'clock Monday night, at which
hour they overpowered Mrs. Palmer's
maid and butler. trussed and gagged
them and locked them in closets.
Although the robbery was reported
tc the police at 11:15 Tuesday morning,
it was not made public until noon yes
terday.
Mrs Palmer is former show girl
and the divorced wife of James c.
Parrish jr, clubman and lawyer, Of %
West Fifty-ninth Street. The police
and the Thomas j. Corrigan Detective
Agency, which is Investigating the rob-
bery for the burglary insurance under
writer's, are mystifed over the manner
III which the thieves gained access to
the house, three story brownstone
structure. None of the window locks
rad been disturbed.
(, Description Of Bandits Meager
Mrs. Palmer's description Of the
robbers is meager, for she caught only
glimpse of them in the dim light
before silk muffler was tied over her
ayes The best clew she was able to
give was the fact that one of the three
spoke with French accent.
The chlvalrous Frenchman, by the
Way, lent touch OF romance to the
crime by the solicitude he exhibited
iOr his victims comfort, spraying her
throat when the gag chafed, and eff
iectively objecting when his con-
iederates suggested "hitting her on the
head for luck"
According to the police. Mrs. Palmer
left her home about O'Clock Monday
evening aid went to the home of Mrs.
sloney Drew, the motion picture
actress Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Drew and
Mr.. Ulllch went to dinner and to
the thea5er
Maid and Butler Gagged
| AZ the electric bell which Mrs.
| amer uses to summon her servants
lf0m their quarters in the basement
Isas' Two rings signifies that Alfredo
ssn1one, the Filipino cook and butler.
wanted while single bell calls
@sfsaret Creevan, the maid. This
me 'here were two rings, followed by
.Ae' oanzone started first. At the
WV OF their Stairs leading from the
easement three men grabbed him.
'sOved gag in his mouth and threw
,sa as unuer the staircase. When Mar
tt' 49, appeared she, too, was seized.
,SM servants We're blindfolded and
OssenohiouSly an hustled upstairs to the
ol' lnool' where each was jammed into
WoSet' warned to raise no outcrv.
l sa should they succeed in loosenine
"I,r ponds, and the doors were locked
f.a mow the robbers occupied the next
W" hours is not known.
4 Hidden Behind Portieres
aoolt ! a. m. Tuesday Mrs. Palmer
Sau olrlch reached the house in a
amOusine, having left Mrs. Drew at her
s;rl. .S%e' Mrs. Palmer bade UIrich good
smh'' entered the front door and
4 aMed up to the second floor. where
~ ~ bedroom is located As she crossed
~e threshold and started to remove her
hsps tnree men glided from behind
*. poltleres. All she observed in her
1.asn'' Mrs. Palmer says, is that each
mem had closely cropped black
Sssscne and wore dark soft hat.
"sWh su, low over his eyes.
We want your jewelry," one of them
4 sas s.au,unced' and made thrust for the
va. necklace she was wearing and
10000. '''' says IS worm
4 Leaps to Floor Below
s,sss srpssschiess with fear, Mrs. Palmer
NNeu and fed to the head of the
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