Show THE KNAVE OF or DIAMONDS an all murtha je Ic ly by nil stis expert r On omalia lalla bee aug 81 one of the shrewdest pieces of ras rascality e al i ty t that I 1 i a t b has as b been e ell play played cd i in n ta ting I 1 is i city for along n long time was that reported 1 last ast evening of which mr 6 jonason the we well I 1 known south thirteenth street jeweler was the victim tile job seems to have been coolly plan planned lied and successfully carried out by the man nian who is certainly t ain I 1 v an ln expert at and who has nin made e a haul hall I 1 that will 1 last ast him for some sonic time about the of tune this man went rent to thel the millard hotel and registered gist ered as J theine chicago he ile sold a lot of dry goods to george I 1 P brown the proprietor of the chicago dry goods store former formerly lv of farnam street and removed io to the new addition of F ren renders block who gave him a check for the amount theine went to Jona sona sons at that time and selected a gold watch and chain valued at and gave mr fr jonason a check in payment thereof jonason after taking the check sent right over to brown to see ifft if it was all all right and aud found that it was and received the pay Attlies at the same ame time the man inquired the price of diamond earrings and various oth other er articles in the etore before leavin leaving 7 yesterday the same saine individual returned and looked at mr fr jona jolla soil sons Is stock of dianco diamonds n I 1 S saying saying that lie desired to make a purchase he ile selected a pin ring studs and other articles amounting to about and went out saying 0 he lie would call again later just before 6 iio lie returned and find said that he lie had looked at jewels elsewhere but had found no better bargain than he lie had bad been shown a at t 11 his is place pi a cc ho ile had the jewelry done up and ili in payment ont handed mr jonason a check for on george 1 P brown the same party drawn on before saving that that was all lie had he ife indorsed endorsed indor sed his name naine on oil the back and received in change the sum surn of the amount which the check exceeded the purchase price of the mr jonason instructed one of his clerks a to watch the movements of his customer nier until lie returned and at once skipped over to mr browns Brown store satore 1 lere here lie found that the proprietor waa was absent in alii ili cago and his assistant stated that it was impossible forthe for alic signature to be genuine as the check was dated august when mr ir brown was five hundred miles away meanwhile the clerk followed theine over to douglas street when ho lie entered kolbas restaurant opposite the 31 millard illard hotel he ile waited some moments ts on oil the sidewalk for liis his man to appear reappear re and as lie did lid nut not come conic ho lie at length went in and found that the rogue had skipped out ut tit the back door and madeilys mad eIlls escape no doubt being aware that iio lie was watched the truth bez beginning inning to dawn oa on mr lur Jona sona sons mind he lie proceeded to police headquarters and notified the marshal fars who sent officers flynn and find donahue out to look up the case the first went to the depot and when all the outward bound trains had left made a search about town but all to no avail and at a lato late hour last night no clue was had to the fellow who ia no doubt secreted somewhere in the city he had chosen a good time for passing his forged papers it being after r banking hours and not supposing that mr M r denason would I 1 look 0 ok the matter up may fancy himself safe until toda today to da day and thus be caught cau glit it is is a very unfortunate affair and it ia is to be sincerely bince rely hoped that the jeweler may yet come ou out t better than at present looks possible for him to do i |