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Show PAWNSHOPS VIGTIMIZED Clialns That Stand Ordi-; Ordi-; nair Gbld " lf - ccptcd as Genuine CHICA.OO. March 17. Max Gartman, who was arrested in the pawnshop. of Jacob Klein .last. night. Is said to have fleeced . pawnbrokers throughout the country of more than. $15,000. An alloy, the composition of which is known to ' G art man. is the medium through which the men were swindled. In . hundreds . of shops in New . York. Philadelphia and Chicago, watch chains apparently gold are stored away as souvenirs sou-venirs of the man's operations. The ordinary gold tests seem to show a solid and heavy gold -chain and plain charm. The articles appear to be worth $40 to $60, and Gartman had little lit-tle difficulty in obtaining- loans on $20 or $25 on them. - |