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Show JEWELRY TAKEN FROM SHOWCASE Daring Thief Makes Haul From Exhibit in Hotel Lobby SAN FRANCISCO May 9. Jewelry valued at Sli.o'i'l was t.ikcn from an exhibit maintained In th- lobby of tho St I'rancls hotel, noted local hoetelry, b Shrevc and company The robber had to work literally under the ces Of scores of persons who wero In the lobby at the time. The theft is believed to hac occurred oc-curred Monday night a few mlnutea after 10 o'clooli Pour pieces of jewel-rv. jewel-rv. all of diamonds, set in platinum vere taken. The lenpth of tho thief arm apparently limited tho haul, a-other a-other jewelry in the cane valued at more than tSO.OOO was not touched. FINGER PRINTS LETT Th.' theft waa discovered by F. C Martin, assistant miiiiager of the hotel The case stood In a promlnont po-on po-on in the lobby It rontainod two pluvs ehelves. of which the lower nnf contained two rings, four brooches , i , , wrist watch The thief had loosened loos-ened and then rmod one of the small glass sections In the. sldo of the case. He is believed to have worked for daya at odd moments In locs-enlng the pane. Fingerprints were plain on thf-glnss. thf-glnss. and the mark of a hand waa on the plush of the case. Tho police, obtaining ImpresalOna of theae, started aearchlng thoir Identification records. BRIGHTLY LIGHTED The jewelry exhibit had been in the lobby since December. Diamond settings set-tings of the latest design were dls-played dls-played by a brilliant illumination within tho case Those investigating the robbr pointed out that the thief probabh was fashionably dressed, as otherwise hi Noiild hae bern conspicuous loi-j ti ring about the lobb. Oil |