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Show Rich American Woman Trusts Friend; Loses Pearl Necklace LONDON. Sept 24. Solicitors representing Mrs John Spreckels. li . of California, have Instructed the police to inaugurute extradition extradi-tion proceedings for Villlam Bar-i Bar-i rett. an American, who is report- erl to be under 9ur Slllahce Of the police of Los Angeles Cal A War-irnt War-irnt charging Barrett with the theft of a pearl necklace valued :it 1 1ft, 500 was ISSjlied ou llie appll-catloh appll-catloh of Mtb Spreckels in the Marlborough poiic- court September Septem-ber 17 Mrs. Spreckels Is at a West Knd hotel, has cancelled her, passage on a liner tomorrow for New YorK and will await the return of her husband who is in Norwaj Her secretary said today that Mrs Spn.ckcls met L5rr-tt Whom she had known several '-:ns, at tile Pandown race course some months ago and as she- was not aco.ua Inte. I in London he offered i to Introduce her to his frlen-.'.s. , The secretary declared Mrs 1 Spreckels requested him to attend to some dealings for her with Jew-. . elrrs and row him the necklace, which she wanted cleaned and re-strung re-strung Tim.- elapsed but Barred avoided discussion as to the whereabouts of the necklace, the secretary said, and eventually London. His t ontlned sib nee determined de-termined Mrs Spreckels lo Inaugurate Inau-gurate proceedings which re.sulte.l i In the issuance of the police courl I warrant LOS ANG BLEB, Ca. Bept 2'4. William Barrett, for whose ar- r rest a warrant was reported to have been issued in London u-tcniber u-tcniber 1 1 in connection wUh the theft of B p arl necklace valued at Jtl6.oio. Hp- property of Mrs. John BpreCKleS, Jr , was said la be .Isiting friends in a suburb of Lob Angeles toki. Barrett visited ihe district attorneys at-torneys office here Wednesday i accompanied by a dctcctlve, who . then passed the night with him at a downtown hotel. It was denied de-nied at police headquarters he was under arrvd Yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon Barren parted companj from the detectlvep;. "There Is nothing criminal In my connection with Mrs. Spicules Spicu-les and her Jewels and as soon as m London solicitor can investigate investi-gate anel wire. I am sure that I will be cleared of Implication " |