MISSING NECKLACE

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1927, Page 7

MISSING NECKLACE

MYSTERY BAFFLES DETECTIVES STRANGER THAN FICTION (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 25. Police detectives, and the skilled investigators employed by insurance assessors, confess that they are nonplussed by the disappearance of the £20,000 necklace. Mrs Ismay sent the necklace with another, worth £25,000, to the famous Bond Street firm on Thursday, for restringing and revaluation. When the re-stringing had been completed, the necklaces were handed to the sales counter, where they were wrapped and passed to thb packing office. A senior officer of the firm said that he both wrapped and personally delivered the necklaces to Mrs Ismay, owing to their great value. They were also under guard the whole time. He obtained a receipt from the butler, and the parcel, unopened, was placed in Mrs Ismay’s room, where it was opened in the presence of a maid less than an hour afterwards. There was then, only one necklace. The seals of the parcel were intact and there were no signs -of tampering. As illustrating the intensity of the search, the refuse of the streets on the whole route from the shop has been sifted, without avail.