MYSTERY THEFT

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 9

MYSTERY THEFT

Jewellery Valued at £l5OO Jewellery valued at £l5OO belonging to Lady Lucas-Tooth. of Green House, Wimbledon Park, was stolen from the motor-ear of her husband. Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth. barrister, of Lincoln’s Inn. while the car was unattended in Piccadilly, London, on a recent night. The jewellery, which was in tw > suitcases, included a jade necklace, a diamond bracelet, a diamond brooch a platinum and diamond wrist-waten, an emerald ring with diamonds on eacr. side of the single stone, and an ivory toilet set. All the doors of the car were locked They were apparently opened with a key when Sir Hugh was in his club The car was in full view of the hall porter of Sir Hugh’s elub, and the commissionaire of a large hotel opposite. Neither saw anything unusual happen. But during the short time the

car was unattended someone stole the jewellery.

Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth said to an interviewer: “The doors were locked, and yet it is obvious that someone opened one of them with a key. Other suitcases in the car were not touched This robbery will serve as a serious warning to me that car doors, although locked with the correct key, can be opened by other keys, and I hope the knowledge will help other motorists.” Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, who is 33 years of age, was Conservative M.P. for Isle of Ely from 1925-1929. He was the eldest grandson of the first baronet, Sir Roliert Lucas-Tooth. whose three sons were killed in France during the war. The baronetcy was recreated by grant of the King, and Sir Hugh as sumed the name of Lucas-Tooth in place of his own name of V. H. D Warrand by Royal Letters Patent He was called to the Bar in Lincoln’s Inn in 1933.