National Republican., 1873-09-11
ANoTHRR skIzURE OF DIAMONDS.

Fsrty Thousand Dsiiars, Worth Taken
from TIVE Of the Adriaiic's Passensers-
The Wsassrfsi Hisisry Of . $4,000
Gen. q
Mr. Maurice Joseph and Mr.. Frederick Joseph,
his son, both Of London. arrived In the steamer
Adriatio on Sunday. They engaged rooms ct the
D.. Nicholas Hotel. they were visited az thai
placo yesterday morning BY Custom house In.
spector Bliss, who accused them Of smuggling
diamonds. He took from them eight magnln.
cent dlamonds, OF the size Of haze! nuts. Seven
Of the gems were heavily mounted In Etruscan
and one a shirt pin. The eighth was unset.
Nj. Bliss carried the diamonds TO the custom.
house, and reported TO the collector that the
Co. He charged that they had landed them
without the payment Of duty, and that they had
brought them here for speculative purposei. lie
yioua 70 the seizure and that ihsy offered to sell
him the diamonds. ~
the Msssrs. Joseph emphAtically denied to
Collector Arthur sss ,ney wsre They
and had them set for their own personal wear.
"Why," said one Of them, with strong cockney
accsni, Eve couldn't sell em In this ere country
II We liked. You won't nnd such nne diamonds
worn ere. They ave only 'em In Lunnun and
Paris, you know" lie declared the seizure an
outrage, and threatened to write to the London
mated TO be worth $1,000. There Is slight i'm i'm.
perfection In their color, but were otherwise
perfect. The collector ordered them held to
await suit for their condemnation, They are
% Be oficlally appvaised to-day BY Nj. Marsh,
the Government examiner. IL was ascertAined
that suit had been Instituted against the din-
nonds recently captured from Mr.. r.iLancaster. OF
The most noted diamond ever smupgied TO this
port was one seized from . German iapidary
some SON years ago. me seizure was made " sps-
was serving on the surveyora stan. The stone
was Of an immense size, aud originally belonged
70 an impoverished German prince; u u now
worn BY . welLknown belle In New York So
cie,y. This diamond has Q history.
A rich Boston lady had a. family heirloom
diamond o. unusual depth and bIiliiAncy. She
wore Il only on State 0ceaslons. Hishlng TO get
another like Il for . pair OF ear Iidgs, she COM
mlssioned . )ewelry house in Boston to make
the match. Tine task OF matching diamonds Is
very diflcult, AZ only experts are aware. A
lapldary In the employ Of the Boston nrm
secured Europe TO md one the exact cut, size and
bIillianey OF the one IN the ladyI possession.
Assr ,, ,0nE ssasSn y,ssn no found one IN Vr'aosos
Al the time he purchased II there was duty
Of 90 per cent, on precious stones. This was 4
lers agent hoped to bring the diamond through
free, and accordingly had It set In nnger-ring
Of antique fashion. lie wore Il on his hand
across the Atlantic. On landing he was aston
lshed to md that his plan was known, The
Government had received the particulars OF his
purchase through It's spies abroad. His diamond
his personal property. The proof OF his guilt
was fully proved by the discovery OF quantity
OF uncut rubies and other gems sewed In hls
nndershirt. Tue invoice which showed what the
diamond had cost was also found concealed on
him. q.
The stone was beauty. u was as large as q
marrowfat pea, and was one OF the busiI.tlnted
gem was valued at $4,000 gold. Mr.. Hatch, tho
banker, tried 10 buy II from the Government for
ys,0Oo. " was shown 10 MT. Wickharn, the
diamond broker, who pronounced it tho finest be
had eyer seen. The boston nrm fought 70 get it
back, but the court ordered II condemned IL was
sold BY auction for o., 900 currency. Tho Govern
ment auctioneer was himself tho purchaser. For
the last two years the selzing oificers have en-
deavofed 10 get II back on the ground that the
sale WAS fraudulsnt ,xkss gsrk san,