Show DIAMOND THIEf THIEFS 18 CAPTURED S Jewelry Valued at 1600 Is Stolen From Wilson Hotel tHIEF tHI EF ARRESTS ROBBER COSTLY GEMS ARE RECOVERED BY POLICE Within half haI an hour after a 1600 dia nond robbery was discovered at the Wilson hotel yesterday afternoon the thief was In Jail jan and the jewelry was recovered Ralph Peale a window washer at the hotel was arrested by Chief Sheets and after a severe sweat spat sweating sweating ing confessed to the crime The rhe articles stolen consisted of a solitaire diamond ring a watch valued at and a watch rob fob worth orth They were stolen from fromn froma o n suit case belonging to R J McKin hey a New York Tork salesman last Sat Saturday but the theft was not discos discovered bred ered red until yesterday afternoon Released but Rearrested Peale was arrested Sunday Sunda afternoon by Sergeant Hempel on suspicion or of orthe orthe the theft but was released later as nothing could be shown against t him He pawned a watch for 12 and amI was thought to have haye stolen it He main maintained maintained tamed however that the watch was as i t present from from his mother and as there was no report that such a watch had been stolen he was released Luck Aids Sleuths I Sunday afternoon a messenger boy bo found lound a fob set with a diamond lamond bear hear bearing bearn ing n ng the Initials R J I McK cl ana turned it over to the police so o that v when hen the robbery was reported the po police lice ice through the peculiar series of ot cu co coincidences incidences knew where to locate the watch atch and the fob Peale was Imme Immediately i rearrested and finally turned over the costly diamond ring which he had concealed in his underwear The accused is 21 years y rs old and had been employed as window washer at th Wilson about a week He saM said sa III his father lives at 2015 Fifth Firth street Baker City Ore where he is employed as a n sign eign writer |