JEWEL THIEVES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1922, Page 3

JEWEL THIEVES.

, LOSSES AT BALLROOMS.By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 16. Lady Beatty lost a pearl and diamond cluster brooch valued at £2OOO at a ball given by Mrs. Marshall Field, at which many notabilities were present, including the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Several losses of brooches have occurred recently' at similar fashionable gatherings, and the police believe the robberies were carried out by an expert thief gaining admission as a hired servant. MERCHANT ROBBED AT HOTEL. London. July 10. Another daring jewel robbery of £lO,OOO worth of gems is reported. They were stolen from the Hotel Cecft while a Greek merchant named Goupoules was enjoying an after lunch cigar on the lounge with the locked case beside him. His attention was diverted for a moment, and the case was stolen. The alarm was immediately raised, but the thief escaped. Apparently it was the work of a gang who have been operating in London for several weeks. VALUABLE NECKLACE STOLEN. Paris, July 16. Thieves have been sentenced to eight, seven and five years’ imprisonment for stealing a diamond necklace worth £16.000. The Countess de Nuce met a well-dressed youth, who offered the Countess and a woman friend a drive in his motor-car. During the trip three men produced revolvers and forced the Countess to take off her necklace. She and her friend were put off the car on a lonely road. When the robbers sold the necklace it was' recovered. *