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Show WOMAN MAY SAVE HIM Confession of Diamond Robbery Re-llevei Re-llevei Alleged Burglar. CHICAGO, Jan. 5 Through the timely arrest of Lenu Bach, woman of many aliases and self-confessed diamond dia-mond thief. Henry Hoffman, reputed burglar and diamond smuggler of International In-ternational fame, may escape punishment punish-ment in the United States courts for a rime which he is said to have confessed con-fessed to Agents Scanlan and Webb Of thi secret serlce. Hoffman will try to show that the diamonds were stolen tront a house !n New York. Hoffman, who stands aciused Of smuggling 200 diamonds through the port of Boston, was arrested while disposing dis-posing of gems In Chicago. The GoVr erntivnt .lete- tiyes say that Hoffman j confessed to smuggling When arraigned ar-raigned before Judge Landls yesterday the prisoner entered a plea of not guilty. His basis for the plea lies In the recent re-cent arrest of Lena Bu-h as an accompli, accom-pli, e. The woman confessed that she robbed a house In New York of dla- 1 monds. She said Hoffman merely met her some distance from the house and helped to carry the booty If Hoffman can show that the woman's story Is true he will escape punishment here and It is believed that he will again escape es-cape punishment if tried for robbery In New York. |