HISTORIC JEWELS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 7

HISTORIC JEWELS

GREAT ROBBERY IN LONDON

BOOTY WORTH OVER £250,000.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COI'IttJUHT.)

(AU3TiIALIA.N-.\'ElY ZBALANB CAKLE ASSOCIATION. ) LONDON, 12th Juue. Burglars rifled the famous Weruher jewel collection in Bath House, Piccadilly; which .the late.Sir Julius Wernher collected, as. the result of a lifelong hobby. It belonged to his widow, now Lady Ludlow, and consisted chiefly of fifteenth and sixteenth century jewels, priceless owing tv their rarity and history. . ' , The burglars hid in the basement until everyone was asleep, and then went to the museum, which occupied the whole of the first floor of Bath House.

A moderate estimate of the value of the stolen jewels is £250,000. Most of the jewellery had been worn by Queens and Princesses, and the whole • collection cost Sir Julius over £1,000,000. After the robbery the floor of the museum was littered with white flock, ■which the thieves tore from cushions in order to pack the stolen jewels. Sir Julius Wernher died in 1912, leaving £11,000,000, the greater part of which went to his widow, who is reputed the richest woman in England. During the war she subscribed £2,000,000 to the War Loan.

Lord Ludlow was killed in the huntiug^.field in 1922.