Show ROMAN ROM N POLICE OFFICER TRAPS TRAPS- CHURCH lOOTER St St. Peters Peter's Treasures Recovered P Fro From r o ill m mS S Shoemakers Shoemaker's e s 's Shop By THOMAS B. B MORGAN United Press Pren Staff Correspondent ROME RO July 7 Playing Playing the role rol of rich merchant merchant from from New ew York I taking advantage of the lire de depreciation predation Police Officer rotta succeeded In trapping a shoemaker in whose whose possession were found ere found th the rare rare treasures treasures' stolen Friday night from St St. Peters Peter's sacristy sa The shoemaker shoemak r has confessed to the police as to his part In the robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery and several ac accomplices have also been arr arrested sted Pope Pius Plus has has- has has' been notified of ot the officers officer's and Is likely to present him with a liberal re re- re ward Marotta's l ruse was today the subject of or congratulations from In Interior Interior In- In tenor Minister who had had personal charge of the Search for the robbers and from Cardinal Merry Del Val Marotta told Mariano Stella the shoemaker that he had plenty of money and wanted to buy jewelry in view of ot its comparative cheap ness with the lire depreciated Stella fell into the the- trap an and l took i Marotta to his shoemaker shop where he displayed the rare jeweled II treasures which up to Friday Frida had rep repOsed sed in the sacred vaults of the I sacristy sacristy Suddenly eight detectives sprang up as Marotta gave a signal forced an entrance into the ShOP and put Stella m tn handcuffs Taken tb Ui headquarters he confessed The sacristy y ornaments are In Intact Intact intact In- In tact except a few ew diamonds which Stella had removed from a acrOss across across cross and concealed in a pair of shoes The police poUce have nae r returned turned the stolen stole articles article's to Cardinal Merry Metr I Del Val al I |