Show n JEWEL F ND BY RAYS X-RAYS X 1 i Young Woman s 's I Diamond to lIe All Az t. t Omaha Ne Neb Nob Mo May The he The gas gas- g- g fe fet t of Cleopatra Cleopatr in consuming consuming con con- suming a pearl salad with ith vinegar dressing was eclipsed b han handsome by a some eyed black-eyed young Spanish American Spanish woman named May a Thomas in Omaha a few Cew days ago Un Under el the eyes of or two detectives S and an astonished and arul alarm alarmed d lesman salesman the young young woman won wallowed a carat 2 diamond valued at 00 without batting an eye Subs Subsequently Sub Sub- s the rays X-rays X-r's X were turned on her In order in-order order to establish the fact that the diamond was in h her r stomach I Miss Thomas rh tried to make away I with wih several diamonds of or gr groat grat at beauty and value the day ay she swallowed this this' one he She first attracted attention In j I X N. P P. Frand en's Frands-en's ens en's jewelry store when shen sh she started to walk out with wih a handsome handsome hand hand- some somo diamond ring alu valued d at several j I hun hundred red dollars ollars caught In the folds I of her handkerchief The salesman I who ishio had hd been waiting on her called caled I her hel attention to the fact that she had hail the ring rinG in her lieu handkerchief and she idie returned it to him with profuse apologies for the accident Tho The police were vere notified of the at attempted attempted at- at tempted theft of ot the tho ring and Detectives De Do- DoI I and were wert detailed to watch the young oun omon woman She went vent from Fran Frandsen's sens sen's to Com Combs Comb's s 's jewell store The detectives followed her hel As she sat at at a table In the diamond room of oC the thc store the tho two detectives stood Just outside c the door apparently carrying on an idle conversation but at the time timekeeping timekeeping keeping a sharp eye ee on the young woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man In inside l e. e As tho the salesman who was waiting diamond on her turned to weigh a which she admired vcr very much he saw s1 her raise rise her hem hand ham to her mouth and I when he turned to face her again he missed a beautiful diamond weighing two and anti one eighth carats and valued at 00 The detectives haul had ob observed H fed her action acton rho Tho salesman beckoned to the de IC- IC I When hen hen the they went t ward lou and commanded the oung young woman to open her mouth she swallowed convulsively con con- anti then obeyed There was nothing to be c seen in h her r mouth but ut two rows of o pearly teeth She smiled an and told the detectives she sho guessed the they had hat laid their odds on the wrong horse She SIze was taken to the tIme police station and turned over to the matron matron The matron resorted to h heroic treatment to bring up the stone but It did not come conic The girl maintained stoutly all ni the time that she had not swallowed it It The salesman an and the detectives swore that the they had seen been her l put ut the toe ring in her mouth however an and finally finally final final- ly 13 after putting her through a severe ere se sweating process and ancI tainG falling failing to get a conre confession lon the police polee tUrl turned d her over overto overto ovel to a n surgeon with lh the request that he turn th the rays X on her he and find the diamond If It Jo possible l le- le leAn An ray X-ray machIne machine machine ma ma- chine was procured d ant and the diamond was quickly located Just where the salesman an and the tIme detectives detect es said sid It I would be bo foun found The diamond wille will willbe willbe be e recovered and restored to Its Down Downers ers els oven even o en should a surgical operation have to be e resorted to Tho police know little about Miss Thomas She says bays ts she Is of Spanish Spanish- h- h I American Amerlan decent descent ale and has been in I Omaha only a few cel weeks s |