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Show SEARCH FOR I THE THIEVES Detectives From Many Rival Agencies Throng the Piers and Hotels Several Cases Under Suspicion Many Tips Being xMade Narragansett Pier. L. I , July 31 These are unhappy days for the c han e i Isltor here, who does not bear on his person refutation of the suspicion suspi-cion that he is one of tbe gang of thieves who robbed the homes of C. C. Rumsey and John II Hanan All but those who are well known here are viewed with suspicion and some of th amateur sleuths go so far as to say that a few residents will bear watching. The usual number of mid-week guests has been nearly doubled bj tho presence of detectives and as these men represent at least three or four competltlng agencies, the greater number are not known to each other In one case two operatives representing represent-ing rival agencies spent a whole day shadowing each other The gaiet -it the Casino and other places where the members of the colony met today was subdued by the knowledge that detectives were about Patrons spoke in whispers over their tea cups and every stranger, whether man or woman, was immediately placed under suspicion of being either detective or jewel thieT. The usual crop of inside "tips" to the effect that arrests are Imminent are afloat, bui those In authority say that the detectives detec-tives are no wiser as to the identity of the thieves who got away with (225,000 worth of gems. Both Mr. Rumsey and Mrs Hanan declared ridiculous the theory that a house guest had sought to climb high er in society by the aid of the missing miss-ing ropes of pearls "My guests wore all old friends." said Mrs Hanan, "and none of them were In the house when the robbery occurred.'' Mrs Hanan was told by one of the detectives at Shore Acres that they had a clue, but he refused to tell the identity of tbe person suspected. |