MISSING NECKLACE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9

MISSING NECKLACE

DETECTIVES NONPLUSSED'

: (United Press Association.—Copyright.). - -"■•■ (Eeceiyetl-,26th;, Eebruw^ 10.-a.m.) j\. LONDON, 25th iFebruary. ,". Police,detectives and..sTdlled investigators employed .by. the insurance- assessors. Boufess tiieraseiyjji'JfLoiiipiusseVl at the disappearance' of 'the £.20,000 pearl necklace between* the jeweller's and the house of Mrs. Bruee Ijmay,' wife of the well-known shipping magnate. Mrs. Ismay sent the. necklace with another, worth £25,000, tc : a famous Bond street firm on Thursday for restringing and revaluation. When the restringing was completed the necklaces were handed to the sales counter,, .where they were wrapped .and, passed to the packing office. The senior officer of the''firm\said tliat'"both' were, /wrapped-; up\ and-' personally ■deliVerndto Mrs. ■ Ismay: Owing to'the great value, theywere also under, guard the whole time. He obtained a receipt from, the butler. The parcel was unopened and placed in the mistress's room. It was opened in the presence of a maid less than an hour afterwards; and found to contain one necklace only. The seals on the parcels "were ':htact, and there were no signs of tampering. As illustrating the intensity of the search, it is said that the refuse, "of the street along the whole ■ route ..from, the "shop was sifted. without,.ayail."'.,,. „";