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Title
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Caruso is Robbed of $500,000 in Gems
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Source
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Evening Star (DC)
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Date
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1920-06-09
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page
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20
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Identifier
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https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1920-06-09/ed-1/?sp=20&q=theft&r=0.222,0.047,0.451,0.163,0
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Crime
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Theft
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Subject
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theft; jewelry; home
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Gender of alleged victim
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male and female alleged victim
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Law enforcement involved
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police
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Stage of the Legal System
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crime
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Location
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Out-of-state; East Hampton, NY
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Length of story
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344
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Description
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CARUSO IS ROBBED OF $500,000 IN GEMS. Theft at East Hampton, N. Y., Is Believed to Have Been "Inside Job." EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., June 9 - Although all roads leading from the home of Enrico Caruso, opera singer, have been closely guarded since the $500,000 jewel robbery there last night, detectives today expressed belief that the theft was an "inside job." The way in which they worked, the police say, indicates that the burglars were familiar with the inside of the house. The robbery was discovered by Mrs. Caruso about 10:30 o'clock last night. In addition to the diamond necklace, a pearl necklace, valued at between $75,000 and $100,000, the bridal gift of Mr. Caruso, also was taken. A partial list of stolen jewels, made public by the police, includes eight diamond rings, a pair of diamond earrings, two diamond hairpins, a flexible diamond bracelet and two gold watches. Mrs. Caruso said later that she was in the parlor sewing when the burglar alarm began to ring. She rushed upstairs and found the window in her bedroom broken and the steel safe gone. There were no signs of a ladder, but entrance could have been gained by climbing to a roof, she said. The safe was found later on the lawn about 200 yards from the house, which is situated in a lonely spot about two miles from the center of the village. The police, who were unable to obtain an accurate description of the robbers, said the manner in which they worked indicated a familiarity with the premises. Caruso has been the victim of several other robberies. His villa near Florence, Italy, has been ransacked three times, and on the last occasion, in 1912. several valuable art relics were stolen. A collection of stamps rated high by experts, waft taken from trunks which the opera singer had sent from New York to Naples in 1916. Thirty barrels of wine and an automobile owned by Caruso were "commandeered" from his Italian villa by a "work committee' during dis orders around Florence last July.
