New Britain herald., 1928-06-25
ROB M'CRUM HOME;
GET MUCH JEWELRY
Pair Of Burglars Frightened OH
in Night Break
mrs. HEMINGWAY IS DEAD
Wife of Veteran Tax Collector Dies
During Night-Drum Corps Wins
Nine Prizes-No>el Bet Made ON
Ncathcr-Aces Take Game.
mrs. HEMINGWAY IS DEAD

Two men forced an entrance into
the home of r. w. McCrum on
Harrington avenue last evening and
stole JeNelry valued at several hun
dred dollars before they left when
apparently frightened by the APP
proach of an aut omobile in the
driveway.
The McCrunls were visiting in
| Wallingford during the evening,
leaving home about 6 o'clock and
returning Just before midnight. The
thieves appear to have been cog
infant of this fact and thought that
they could pilfer the house at their
leisure.
Gaining entrance by prying up the
screen and opening a kitchen win
dow, the pair made certain of an
avenue of escape through the back
door and then went upstairs. where
they started to so through the bu-
reaus and chiffoniers in the bed
rooms A valuable gold watch be-
longing to Mr.. McCrum, two other
gold watches and two diamond rings
of his daughter and an old silver
watch and a quantity OF other jew
elry belonging to Miss Fannie Bow
ers of Meriden, was taken from the
rooms of Mr.. and Mrs. McCrum and
their daughter.
Before they had completed ram
sacling the latter room and before
| they had entered that of Frank Nc
Crum the robbers seem to have been
| frightened, for they left an eXcep-
| tionally valuable diamond ring and
much other iewelry untouched in the
daughters room and did not touch
a number of gold pieces in the sons.
A gold chain and stickpin on Mr..
McCrum's bureau were also passed
by, as were many articles OF value
on the lower floor. The thieves fled
through the rear door and ran hast
lily across the extensive gardens
stretching through the rear yards to
st. Joseph's cemetery. Their foot
prints, showing that they used this
route coming to and running from
the house, were deeply imbedded In
this soft plowed land, and the size
of the steps leading from the house
show that the pair were running at
top speed.
| About II o'clock, neighbors of the
McCrums say, a car was seen IN the
driveway. 1t is believed to have been
an auto using the drive in order 10
turn around, but the lights as 1t
| turned in are thought to have been
responsible for the hasty exit OF the
| thieves.
Upon the return OF the McCrums
at midnight, the disarrangement OF
furniture and several opened doors
apprised the family of the robbery,
and Constable George Schubert was
notified, He was unable to do much
last night. but with the coming OF
daylight he followed the trail Of the
burglars and in the back lots found
a. portion of a broken automobile
spring leaf. This was found to Mt
perfectly the marks made in prying
open Mrs. McCrum's chiffonier, in
which operation buttonhook, which
was bent, was also employed.
The manner In which the thieves
overlooked many valuable articles
and took several of lesser worth
leads the constable to believe that
they were amateurs at the work.
The exact extent of their haul is not
known. The iewelry Of the Nc
Crums cost fully 5000 and is be-
lieved to he worth much more than
that now. Just what was in the
jewelry collection of Miss Bowers is
unknown.
Constable Schubert Is working on
the case and expects to have inn
portant developments within a few
days.
Corps Wins Nine Prizes
The Plainyile Fife and Drum
corps won nine prizes at the state
field day contests held by the Mas
sachusetts Drummers' and Filters
association at Florence, Mass. Sat
urday. The Plainville corps cap
tured three loving cups and six