The Washington times., 1926-09-16
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Society Folk Victims of
Series of BeWildering
Robberies
By JEAN ELIOT

WASHINGTON can't boast of a
wv Hall Mills murder nor a mys-
tery TO compare with the strang
disappearance and return of Aimee
Mcpherson.
But with burglars rampant among
our fashionable folk both at hoa-o
and abroad we seem to be doing o n
bit toward keeping up with the
crime wave.
The attempt by bandits to rob
Mrs. Norman Williams house in
Sixteenth Street and the mysterious
robbery at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Dierks while dance
was going on are still being dis
cussed. And the summer has
brought forth a rather startling
grist of burglaries. Miss Helen
Carusi, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Francis Carusi, just home
from White Sulphur Springs, is
the latest to tell tale of robbery.
It took place at the springs, the
Carusi'5 cottage being entered by
q discriminating thief who left
everything undisturbed except Miss
Carusi's clothing. but who carried
off dozen or more lovely evening
gowns, as well as a London riding
habit and a gorgeously embroidered
evening cloak, souvenir of a visit
to Syria.
Then. earlier in the summer.
Miss Esther Prayer, Of Washing
ton. and Mrs Abeel, Of FL Paso,
Tex. who were visiting at Egles-
mere, Pa, found that their hotel
room had been entered. their be-
Iongings ransacked and that many
clothes, some money and some
lovely. jewels belonging to Mrs.
Abeel had disappeared. Happily.
they had risen early to play golf.
discovered their loss and phoned the
office just as man, who had
EomehoW reused the suspicious Of
the clerk, was checking out. He
was held and the things were found
in his possession. Miss Carusi had
no such luck and has never found
q trace Of the things stolen from
her
Mrs. New Lost Brooch
Mrs. New. wife OF the Postmaster
General. suffered the loss of beau
fiful diamond brooch this summer
and attributed its disappearance TO |
q thief. While Representative and |
Mrs. Wallace White were at their |
summer home in Maine their town |
house was entered and valuable |
bibelots were taken, as well as some |
handsome furs. And Mrs. Lee Hol- |
conabe was another Washingtonian |
whose house was ransacked while |
she was away for the summer. For. |
tunately. believe, her losses were
slight, for, although she has many |
rare and lovely things picked up in |
all parts OF the world they were
not such as to be readily sa1eable. |
and the burglar used judgment In
leaving them behind.
Concerning Bnrglaries
The attempted burglary at Mrs.
Norman williams was a peculiarly
bold thing. it win be remembered.
as the house was fun of servants
and Sixteenth Street. of course,
alive with traffic at O'Clock in |
the evening. One man was caught |
and, believe, suspects have been |
arrested from time to time. But |
there has never been a hint as to |
who it was robbed Mr.. and Mrs. |
pierkS house-they were occupying |
the huge Mum mansion in Scott |
Circle-and got away with dozen |
evening cloaks belonging to their |
guests as well as other loot.
It isn't generally known, / |
imagine, but Mrs. Dierks presented |
q lovely new evening wrap to each |
of her feminine guests 1t must
have been almost worth being rob-
bed to have such a gracious thing
happen.