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Show T ' ' Czar's "Jewelry" Melted was, but when half waj through peeling peel-ing the potatoes site happened to cast glnnee at her treasure Only eight remained. The others were puddle of paste on the door sod these eight she Inter found to be glass. In arresting the three men, the detectives de-tectives stated that they watched their bouse for three days and that reports of their having sold crown Jewels In Detroit have been received. "Too see," said one, "we stole the war's crown Jewels. They are worth a fabulous fortune and we must either sell them or give them to somebody, to keep for us." Mrs. Barasch had heard about the crown Jewels being sold on the Rue de In Palx. but apparently forgot bout It She asked to see them, and was shown a pocketful of gleaming, crystal diamonds. They almost took her hrenth away hut she asked; "How can I tell that they are real?" , "Why we will take yoo around to any Jewelry store." offered one of the refugees, and they started out As they were about to euter one, Russo, It Is alleged, stepped from the doorway. door-way. He was Identified as a Jeweler and apprnlsed the pocket of diamonds as being authentic, snd worth a for tune. In the end Mrs. Barasch took all three men to her bank. She drew out every cent that she had, 'QUO, and apologized for not having more, - Then she took the Romanoff for-tune for-tune home to her handkerchief and laid It out on the radiator while she prepared dinner. There were 20 big diamonds In all. Mrs. Barasch thonght herself as wealthy as Csor Nicholas New fork. When the Russian crown Jewels melted and ran down the side of her kitchen radiator Mrs. Rebecca Barasch of 656 Crown street, Brooklyn, knew that she bad been gypped. She was further convinced when the few Jewels which did not melt proved to be a p'or grade of glass, and its a result she spent three days In the rogues' gallery at police headquarters. In the end she succeeded In Identifying Identify-ing three men from whom she hud bought the treasure of the late Romanoff Ro-manoff for t!MX). and all three were ur-rested ur-rested and locked up at Brooklyn police po-lice headquarters on charges of grand larceny. They said they were Btefano Anlllo. thirty-four yeBrt old; Frank Ru-so, thirty-six. and . Emanuel Fallncana, thirty. On being questioned regarding the Jewel trsnsactlon all three denied they were In any way connected with It Mrs. Barasch, however. Is positive In her Identification, and the police believe that the men have been doing a big huslness In the name of the late czar during the Insf few months. According to Mrs. Barasch two of them, Anlllo and Fallaccsno, met her at the corner of New Tork avenue and Union street. May 22, and started talking In Russian. She Is sixty Ave years old and the sound of her native tongue was pleasant to hear. The two told her they were refugees from the 8ovlet regime and that they were anxious to And the local Russian Rus-sian colony. |