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Show LOVDON noniiEits. A Gentleman and two Ladles Charred wllh Then. ,,1fV"v,s" "' Robert A. rlgut, a ciu.Jlan, aged S2, and two women, who gave the names of Condy and Irving, were arraigned In the police court today ona cbargo of robbfnga jeweler iu Cheapide of a diamond brooch valued at $550. The police say these three (lersous have victimized nearly all the prominent Jewelers In London. Tho man had several thousand pounds on deposit at the American ageucy, and ail three were plentifully supplied sup-plied with money. They were held for trial. The women are pretty and were richly dressed. Mrs. "Irving" Is about 35 jears old and the Condy woman about 23. Mrs. Irving is said to be the wife of Wm. Burke, alias "Billy the Kid," the Amerlcau bank thief who was recently re-cently convicted here. Tho Condy woman says she is single hut refused to give her address. "It appears that they called about noon 011 September loth, on Messrs. Edward Poultry S. Co. and looked at some of the valuable jewelry, Including In-cluding a diamond brooch and pen dant with a large sapphire 011 the center. They made an excuse for not bying anything aud then left, but shortly after they had gono the manager misMxl the brooch and pendaut. A few dajB later a Mr. Britten brought to Mr. loin iM a large sapphire stono which, mi examination, ex-amination, was recognized as the one w hlch had formed the center of the pendant that had liccn stolen. From information Mr. Britten was iblu to furnish, tho stone was traced lack to a bulllou dealer named l'ankir, at West Fed, who jnir-cliased jnir-cliased it from Wright for 3, through the instrumentality of the Low's American Exchange. The w hereabouts of Wrightand the two women were easily Uncovered. In Wright's possession werefound three contract notes, relating to jewelry, jewelry valued at about 130 anil a pawn ticket for X1S0 north of diamonds. He had, more-ov more-ov er, deposited 100 at Low's Exchange, Ex-change, Charing Cross. This morning morn-ing he handed to the detectives tile brooch, whicli lie had managed to conceal and which is worth XI 50. |