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Show American Boxer Held For Big Jewelry Theft In England London, July 26. Kid McCoy, the American boxer, was arrested " today on a provisional extraditional warrant war-rant and brought up at Bowstreet police po-lice court on a charge of larceny alleged al-leged to have been committed at Os-tend. Os-tend. The magistrate, Mr. DeRutzcn, remanded him without bail. McCoy said he was entirely Igno rant of the charge. According to Scotland Yards authorities, au-thorities, McCoy Is suspected of being implicated in a jewel robbery at the Grand Palace hotel. Ostend. They admit, ad-mit, however, that the only vidence against him thus far Is that McCoy has been seen In the company of suspects. sus-pects. McCoVs friends say he left Ostend before the robbery was committed. com-mitted. ' The Scotland Yards officials say the person robbed at Ostend was a Russian Rus-sian princess who was staying at the Grand Palace hotel. Their story Is that the princess who possessed jewelry jew-elry worth S2S0.000 was followed from Russia by a gang of thieves who engaged en-gaged an adjoining room and entered her apartments during her absence, They secured a case containing jewels valued at 5S0.000. but overlooked a larger case. The officials at Scotland Yards say that a man known as "Squeenzer-bamp" "Squeenzer-bamp" and a woman companion already al-ready have been arrested at Ostend for alleged connection with the crime. McCoy. It is declared, recently was a guest at the Grand Palace hotel with a partj of friends. Tho only large robbery reported from Ostend recently was that of the Princess of Thurn and Taxis, from whom it was stated jewels valued at $80,000 were stolen in a hotel The princess was a Miss Nicolls of Union -town, Pa. She was divorced in Pittsburg Pitts-burg in 190G from General Gerald Fitzgerald of Ireland, and last No ember em-ber at the home of her mother in Uniontown married Prince Victor of Thur and Taxis, a member of the Hungarian branch of his family. |