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Charlie Watts Disappears with $4,000 Diamond Rings, Sept. 9, 1925

Charged with Stealing $4,000 Worth of Diamond Rings

Smithfield, N.C., Sept. 9 (AP)—Charged with stealing $4,000 worth of diamonds from Miss Margaret Parker of Georgia, while the two were out riding, Charles Watts will be tried in the December term of Superior Court here. A true bill for grand larceny and embezzlement has already been returned against him.

While out riding with Miss Parker, it is said, young Watts, who is described as being very nice looking, asked to see her rings. Before returning them to her, he left the automobile ostensibly to buy some drinks from a nearby country store. He did not return—until brought back here by officers.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 9, 1925

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