The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-18
Bold Attempt to Rob the Shah OF His
Jewels.
New York July i5) Cor. Chicago Times.l

Bold Attempt to Rob the Shah OF HIS
Jewels.
New York July l5) Cor. Chicago Times.l
Particulars have reached here from
London of q most ingenious and daring,
but unsuccessful, attempt to rob the
Shah of Persia of his precious jewels.
When il was known that Nasr-ed-Dln
was to come to London with his load OF
precious stones, the Scotland Yard and
Home Office concerted measures to Sc
cure him against robbery by sudden
rush of roughs in the street. -Four dar-
ing and skillful operators, however,
made up subtle plot to secure the Jew
els of the King of Kings. BY the same
train, with detachment of London de-
tectives, who went to join the suite OF
the Shah in Moscow, there Travelled
three criminals of the first water, I'M
known to the London police. Col. Al
gernon Bignor Hawkins, an adventurer
of good family, was compelled to sell
out of an East India regiment, served
under the Emperor of China, Garibaldi,
and in the South American Republics.
He is most fascinating i'll manner, of
great daring, speaks ten languages, has
been bulling the Carlist revolt, and is
said to have fought through the late
American war. on which side is not
known. With him was associated
snuffy little Jew named Seratino, an ex-
pert in Jewels, and long engaged in that
trade in Marseilles, Amsterdam and
Paris As Hawkins, from memorandum
left, calculated on having f2, 900, 600
worth of Jewels available for market I'M
mediately after the robbery, and with
out exposing the most valuable jewels,
Serafino was just the man to sell them.
The third conspirator was Baron Narses
Megradetch Dadian Eutychian, an Ar
menian, formerly a money-lender of
Aleppo, lately of London and Paris, and
said to be connected with the great
Oglow Dadian family, which long man
aged the finances of the Porte, and, bet
ter than all, acquainted with members
of the Shah's suite. These were the
men who started for Moscow. The
fourth conspirator remained in England.
His name is Toby Spring, first-class
burglar and safe-blower, a suspected
criminal, often arrested but never con-
victed, and unrivaled in delicate and
difficult branches of forcible entry. Pro-
vided with passports, Hawkins, SerafinO
party to st. Petersburg, where PERU
mindi, pipe-bearer to one of the suite,
was delighted to enga his old friend
Narses as interpreter of the barbarous
Frankish tongues. Meantime photo
graphs of the Shah were bought up, and
base metal limitations of his Jewels made
in Paris. Hawkins returned to London
as a nabob, with lovely American
blonde, whom he passed off as his daugh-
ter Toby Spring brought to Hawkins
office bag of frst-class burglars tools.
On the Shah's arrival in Buckingham
Palace, the four conspirators held q
council how to capture and carry off the
King of Kings as the shortest way of
getting at the jewels. Narses, pro-
NOTED to the right-hand man of the
principal Persian official, proposed man
aging by an designation with lady and
carrying off the Shah. Hawkins pro-
posed the holder plan of getting admit
ted through Narses to Buckingham Pal
ace as man who knew of immense gold
mines in Mazanderan, and during the
interview to chloroform the King, break
open the safe, and carry off the Jewels.
If the first plan failed, the second was
to be tried. Narses carried photographs
of Hawkins so-called daughter to his
employer, Gen. Dschellalleding, who
said she would just suit the Shah. The
General was delighted and arranged
that the Shah should fall in love with
the lady and promote all her friends.
AS the King of Kings was returning
from Windsor, mademoiselle, sitting in
the window, saw that the Kings glance
was directed to her bv one of his suite
She tossed into his carriage a rose hav-
ing around the stem the Persian words,
q love-" The King of Kings sent
costly present to the lady, with prom
Use to visit her next day. That night
Narses went on a debauch of opium
smoking, and staggered to Hawkins Of
fee. An old Bond street police officer
followed to protect the seemingly drunk
ell Persian noble. Narses kicked wildly
at the door. and Toby Spring dragged
him in by the throat. The officer saw
Toby's face, summoned assistance, and
had the door burst open. Toby was
overpowered and secured. Narses burst
through, ran to London bridge, jumped
off the parapet, and was drowned.
Hawkins and mademoiselle effected an
escape with the Shah's present, and Ser
atino, full of terror, fell on his knees
and made confession of the plot The
Shah's rage was fearful on learning of
his escape from losing his Jewels.
Gen. Dschellalleding was disgraccd and
sent home