Show TElLS HOW HON SHE SAVED GEM FROM BANDITS By nJ Tie Tte R ee al 1 m S 8 rrt SAN FRANCISCO March 9 Miss d Esther Estber Gibson at tho United I States StAtts marIno marine hospital whose presence of ot mind In hiding her diamond en engagement engagement tn en- ring in her mouth save saved it J t from falling Into tho the hands of or Gol Golden GoMen en Gate park puk highwaymen recounted her harrowing experiences With nth her fiance Dr Thatcher a dentist of or 1222 Cole Colo street f Miss tl s Gibson was driving near the tho park I bandstand when the holdup occurred i Vo Wo were going slowly around a turn of or the road said Miss Gibson when hen hento two to men Jumped on the running board of ot the automobile and ordered us to stop Wo Well Wel Il shoot If It you oU don dont don't t theo they wild ald Id and both pointed revolvers at nt Dr Thatcher Then one onG of or them told meto me meto meto to put up my hands Instead of ot doing doln so flO I knocked m my purse off ott my lap and kicked It under the rug on on tho floor loor It didn't bavo hate much In It Then I raised my hands h half IC way up but kept them In my muff i I got ot my engagement ring off oft as quickly quick r ly Iy as I could but I could do dor r anything with It tho the automobile had stopped the tho men ordered us out into th the tho road I turned my nor to them as u I got out and slipped tho the ring into my mouth One of ot the men gave za his att attention nUon to Dr Thatcher and the other started to search me mo Ho Iro tore toro my ray lavaliere from my dross and took a diamond sunburst I was wearing on my collarI collar I screamed as aB the man touched me me and Dr Thatcher said sold Taro TaKo everything rye Tv got but let Jet her bor alone alono The older oldo roan man who was robbin robbing Dr Thatcher told tho the other man to lut Jt me alone too but ho already had my Jewelry I w was w is scared to death and was as sure every overy minute that they would hear my engagement on- on en engagement ring rattling again my teeth It sounded like lIko a 1 wagon going goin s over cobblestones to maThe mOo mo The men used the foulest lan guage There is 15 no question that they were Vero criminals of ot the lowest st type I never wally really believed there thero were men like Jlko that I BANDIT DREW KNIFE They had some difficulty In getting get get- et- et ting Dr Thatchers Thatcher's ring off oft and ono one of ot them drew a 8 knife knite saying he was aR going going go go- go- go ing to cut It off ort I o boHo they would actuary actually have done It iL Dr Thatcher told thorn them to let him put his h hands n s sown down own and ho he would take tho the ring off ort himself Ho did cUd so so 60 After the men had taken everything they thoy could find they ordered ua us to get back into the tho machine And drive out toward the beach for tor halt half an hour before be be- be fore tore turning back As soon as ns they i dl disappeared Dr Thatcher turned Around and drove to tho the police station Tho The men had taken a f checkbook and several Ic notes from Dr Thatchers Thatcher's pock pock- ets ts They told him they thoy would leave Jewe these papers right there on the gra grass s after they had looked them over o Woot Wo We Sot got ot back thero there In a a. few tow minutes with tho the policemen from the station but couldn't find them NOT SCARED UNTIL ALL OVER I I dont don't know how bow I r happened to have o sense enough to put my engage eng engagement mont ment ring Into my mouth I was more scared after tho the men men left lett than when they thoy were robbing us I nearly fainted taInted when wo we got hack Into tho the automobile and I r couldn't sleep all an nightA night A police pollee search of or tho the section of ot the park where the tho holdup took place today failed tailed to reveal any trace of ot the tho hl highwaymen ht a |