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Show SEES THIEF DEFRAUD COMPANY OF NICKEL, DOES (JOT niSS $800 DIAMOND FROM TIE Vaa IX Spahffog, prMfit of the tMlng-lUvtTtgston Investment com-pan com-pan jr. with ofncee m the Newhcee build -lac. wmI whoa Immm im at til K street. M "touched" by a clever sneak thief while on atreet car Monday night and lost a diamond cravat Din valued at Mas. Mr. ftpaJritmr rMn to his horn on the aiM car each night, and It ! believed thai ha had been watched for some tlma by tha thief, who took tha ftrat opportunity oppor-tunity that was opened to him to net away with the-diamond. Mr. Kpaldtiur boarded car No. 404 on ?,'Mh av-nu line at First Peuth, afl Main streets at at U o'clock MonOsv night, as was hts custom. The conductor was No. IH and the motor-man wore No. 44. A friend rides on the name rar each night Both men were smokina. and were on the platform. Thev matched nickels to determine who mas to pay lite farce for both. Mr. Rpaidlna says that as they wre tnatchmif the nickels, a man of medium height and very dsrk complexion reached under his arm and nipped the scarf pin. There was a lurch of the tar as It turned a curve at that moment and Mr. Snaklinc says he did not notice the man's action. The man dropped off tha car with a i companion whom Mr. Spalding did not see distinctly. This attracted a little attention atten-tion from the men on the pis t form, as; the conductor had not collected the fares. J and they commented on the fact that thet men who dropped off had beaten the com I panv out of their fnree. Mr. 8paldlng did not miss Ms scarf pin until he reached home and was seated I at the dinner table. Mrs. Spalding no-1 ticed that tha stone wss missing and asked him where It was. He boarded the same car. going at ones In the police sta' tlon. where hs reported his loss. 1 On ths wiy to the police station Mr. Spalding told the street car conductor, the same one with whom he had ridden to his home, of his loss. The conductor told the ipotormaa and the latter, calling Mr. Spalding to the front end. told him that a similar "touch" had been msde on the same car the nurht previous to that on which Mr. Spalding was robbed. The motormaa also said that he Jelleved thst ha mniA Btftini out thai men who turned th trick. Tha diamond .tolan wu . oarfart Mu whlta atona of . carat and . half In walfht. of wonderful luatrr and orllllancv. It waa . twin atona to tha ona worn bv Mr. Hpaldlrut In . rtne. and ha ortaM tha pair hlahlT barauaa thr wara an perf-tlr matrnad and of auch aolandld qualltjr. |