Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1912 — $200 IN JEWELRY MISHING; MRS. GEO. SCOTT LOSER. [ARTICLE]

$200 IN JEWELRY MISHING; MRS. GEO. SCOTT LOSER.

Rings at First Thought Misplaced How Believed to Have Been Stolen From Home. Rings to the value of S2OO, at first thought to have been misplaced during process of house cleaning, are now believed to have beep appropriated thief. ' Mrs. George Scott is the loser. There are three rings missing, all being; set with diamonds and valued at j)yer |2OO. Their loss was first discovered last Tuesday, sometime after dinner. The last time they had been worn was the preceding Sunday. On that evening, before retiring, Mrs. Scott deposited the rings, as usual, in- a. small jewel case and laid it awaj She thought nothing about it until Tuesday afternoon when, while cleaning bouse,, she noticed they were not in their usual place. A thorough and exhaustive search was then instituted, and, at the suggestion that the box containing the rings might have been burned with debris, a search through the ashes was made, but no trace of the rings were found. Mrs. Scott feels certain that the rings are hot on the premises, as the search made was thorough in-every respect, and it is supposed that the jewelry was stolen. She states that she was visiting with neighbors, but noticed no evidence of the house being rifled, --