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Show !OLD ROBBERY IS JUST CLEARED UP San Francisco, OcL 1 A jewel theft seven years ago amounting to $1 5,000 was cleared up last night, according ac-cording to advices received here today, to-day, by the confession of one of two men under arrest in Los Angeles. The jewels wwe stolen from Mrs. J. J. Valentine, widow of the former president of the Wclls-Fargo Express company and were taken while Mrs. Valentine was riding on a street car Tho conductors and molorman of the car, known to the police as WilBon and Soramers, disappeared Immediately Imme-diately after the theft, but were not connected with it by the police until about a week ago. Wilson, It was learned today, had been undor arrest several days, He finally admitted, the police say. that he found a jowel case containing diamonds In his car. and Instead of turning them in sold them aud divided the proceeds with Sommere. |