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Show SECOND BIG GEM THEFT J. H. Hanan of Narra-gansett Narra-gansett Pier Has $150,000 Worth of Jewels Stolen Friday Night Robbery Precedes Pre-cedes That at the Rumsey Residence Narragansptt I'ier. R. I , July 30. .Iew.-lr. worth at least $150, (MM was -tolen from Shore Acres, the summer residence of Mr and Mrs. J 11 Hanan. Han-an. Friday night. The $75,000 robbery rob-bery in the home of C G. Rumsey, son-in-law of tbe late K. H. Harn-man. Harn-man. occurred on Saturday night Reports that the Hanans had been icbbcci wi-re denied until toda. when Mrs Hanan told the stody ot their loss. Mr, Hanan is seriously ill and has been kept in ignorance of the robbery An unwillingness to disturb him influenced his wife to withhold tbe facts until this time. Phe articles taken included a dia-: Diond necklace, a pearl necklace, two diamond rncrustod watches, a set of : i ar Baphires surrounded by diamonds,1 .i brOOCh and a pair of rare black dia- ii ond earrings surrounded by white , diamonds. A peculiar feature of the robbery I was that some particularly valuable gems wen- left In the bureau drawer from which the- others were removed ! They could hardly have been overlooked over-looked and tins BUggestS that the job I was a hurried one. Mrs Hanan seldom weals the jewels jew-els and would not ordinarih hae had ih. in .ii Shore Acres They had been brought over from New York at a i time when she had expected to give I her annual reception to Oovernor and Mrs Pothler. The Illness of Ml Han- ! an made it necessary to cancel the I function. The jewelry was taken from Mrs Hanans bureau drawer a few mo-ments mo-ments after she had left the house to attend a reception The loss was dls-covered dls-covered Within thirty minutes but although al-though three detect i agencies have been working on 1 1 1 caB6 since Monday Mon-day morning, no tangible clue has I been found Mrs. Hanan said thai the servants, of whom there are about 25. had been eliminated in the Investigation. With the exception of two butlers, who were engaged this year, all of those employed mi Shore Acres have been with the family for years The theory of motorboat thieves also has been dismissed as the shore of Block Island Isl-and sound over which the house looks I Is very rough and a small boat would have great difficulty in landing any-1 any-1 where near the estate. "I left the bouse on Frldaj tor a church reception," said Mrs. Hanan. leaving on my bureau several pieces of jewelry for my maid to put awa. which she did When I left the house the maid went to a spring not far from the house lo bring some va-i va-i ter to my room win n Bhe returned perhaps 20 minutes later she found the bureau open and much ot the Jc w -ein gone She notified me by telephone tele-phone at the church and i Immediately returned to the house I at once telephoned tele-phoned to a detect i . at Providence ,,nd he arrived her-- Sunday morning. Five men are now working on the I don't suspect the srvauts." it is believed here that the same gang of expert thieves who operated BUCCessfullS h?re ,wo years ago are again at work. The secrec) maintained main-tained for a time regarding the two known losses has led also to reports of several other robberies, though the reports are vague and unconfirmed. Some time ago Mrs. Waller Ives of New York lost a pearl necklace said to be worth $2000 while visiting at Hie summer home here of Douglas Pearce, Jr., of Providence Tlio loss was not discovered immediately. The Hanans are leaders in the summer colony Shore Acres is regarded re-garded as the show place of the pier. I Mrs Hanan controls the Casino, and I is financially interested in one of the leading hotels. rift |