THE STOLEN NECKLACE
EVIDENCE IN COURT
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
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LONDON. September 19. • A sensation was created when the stolen necklace was produced in court. The largest pearls., which are half an inch in diameter, by their texture, •delicacy, and brilliancy astonished the experte present. Spanier told a romantic storv. He said that- he met Gutwirth. in " the First Avenue Hotel. The other prisoners were mysteriously introduced, and they tried to persuade him to come to a private house, but ho refused. Finally Grizzard e:;gage<] a. room in the First Avenue Hotel in Lower Oxford street, where he locked and bolted the door, and produced the necklace. Spanier described how he simulated anger and complained of being humbugged in order to hasten a deal. Cross-examined, Spanier said that at one time ho and Quadranstein were in Rrandstettor's room with Silverman and Grizzard. He could have screamed for asaif-tanc? and secured the necklace immediately, but he preferred to abide by the prices.' His instructions were, to purchase, two pearls. Finally he gave the accused 10 minutes' .start to enable them to escape.
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Evening Star, Issue 15294, 20 September 1913, Page 5
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184THE STOLEN NECKLACE Evening Star, Issue 15294, 20 September 1913, Page 5
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