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| | @ e~- (Maunt Clipoing in Space Below) . Liberace's ‘gems found: Chicagoan arresied The FBI announced here Thursday it hes recovered entertainer Liberace’s $5,500 stolen diamond-encrusted watch and 500 other pieces of jewelry taken in thefts across the nation. - FBI agents arrested Adolph Lewin, 58, own- er and operator of the Universal Gem & Jew- elry Co., in Suite 604 at 5 N. Wabash, on a charge of illicit transportation of stojen prop- erty. . The expensive watch was described by FBI agents 4s platinum with Roman numerals sht it, diamonds and the Initial L in diamonds on the back, It was stolen from Liberace’s suije Nt the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Dallas on Feb..U), he ofher stolen items were mostly inks: cufflinks and pendants. The arrest of Lewin came after FB) agen|s tapped three phones used by Lewin in hls business. The agents had obtained court wir’: “tap permission April 2. < one intercepted conversation, Lewin and Mea man identified as a customer were discussing the price of a platinum watch which a third male voice in the background said was stolen from Liberace, agents said. “Lewin, on probation for a 1972 income tex . stolation, was arraigned before U.S. Magis- we Olea Jurco Thursday and released | mn am red ouni7e nee bond. {Indicate page, name of newepaper, city and state.) 3) GHICAGO SUN TIMES CHICAGO, TLLJNOTS G-2 Dato: 4/19/74 Edition: ° 4* FINAL Author: Editors JAMES HOGE Title; Liberace’s $5,500 diamond-encrusted watch CRIME RECORDS Character: 94 -] 1 99 CALI COPY SENT TO BURCAL Submitting Office: CHICAGO { Hout rong Leawenm thegeaten’