, 1873-07-16
THE. .SHAH'S JEWELS.
The King Of Kings and the
King Of Thieves.
A Great Plot Discovered.

London tJ'ne 20, corr,s:nonde"ts ,s e' tic fe'' fork
Whitehall p!ace, tho Mansion House, ana Bow
street have now sonantton. It WIS Thought
when tho Bank Of England forgoriea wore dis
cuvorod TINT it would bo impossible for anything
to lappon tl,at could moro completely disturb
tho eQl1npilnity Of our police, but tho ingenious
lis pricolcsa jowcls-a conspiracy only just now
mud by moro accident dotoctod-has convinced
or rathor plodding metropolitan force tint
tnero aro things In tho world which do not como
within tho rango Of Its philosophy.
As aoon as 1t waa doffnitfvoIy known TINT Naer-
ud-Doon waB to pay 1lB o visit and dwell in Buck.
ingllRtn Palace, and tlat lo would bring with
linn such display OF wealth. Mr.. Bruce con-
eorted measures with Mallommod Agla, council
lor Of tho Persian legation, and with Lfout-Col.
henderson, tho Chief Commissioner Of Police,
to soouro tho ahah against danger OF robbery.
Col. Henderson guaranteed to ina,tro tho East"
ern Monarch ageinnt boing ,plnndered hy mobs,
9ssS pas e es er9H'b bsgf IL o eEsf nee y
was supposed owing to tho narrow and crowded
Bsreets through which tho Monarch would hnyc
to pass 30 frequently, both by night and by
sy o poassn asSs + dneo ne'' and T'1 tho fMfea Ma@a
Secretary promised that theao promises
should havo additional securitios ordered
for them, and that tho jowei-safo Of tho shah
In particular should be made burglar-proof after
dition to oil this, BY agreoment with Mnhommod
Acha who was to telegraph his august 1nnstcr
on tho eubioct, detachment Of London de-
toctivos was to join tho Shah at Moscow, and
ilnnlly left our shorea. This detachment, which
was specially solooted as by tho aatute Adolphus
Williamson, Superintendent Of the Detective
Branch, oonsistod Of two Inspectors and fiyo
Sorgeatlta. On roachtng cur slloroa they woro
to 10 reinforced by auother Inspector, threo
Horgoants, aud ton mon, tho worry olto OF tho
force. It waB thought that, those arrangements
carried out, it would 10 impossible to steal tho
shRh'a tronsuro no long as ho was tho guest Of
But tho boat laid schemes Of mice and men
gang aft aglcy. Within twenty-{our hours after
tho detectives loft London for Moscow another
party left tho sarne city for tho sa,no objective
point, and with the express intention Of concort-
sIah-in-sllah Of all his priceless jewels. this
r3arty consisted Of threo remarkable mon, GRIM
iua1s Of tho first water, yot who wero totally un-
known to the London police, md indeed, though
ofton compromised, had neger Yer boen convicted , OF
nor nor Huwkins, thos lcader Of tle purity md
organizer of tho conspiracy; Borallno (hiB
other narno is not known), Jew diamond
brokor of Dfaraciliea, hut formerly Of salon-
lea, md " Baron" !" Naracs Mfgraditoh Dadinn,
foruorly soraiP " or money-lonler Of Aloppo,
but lately Of London and Paris, m Eutyohian
Armenian. and BaiI to bo connected with tho
oyuinent Oglou-DAdiau family which so long hns
managed tho flnanees Of the Sublime Porto.
Hawkins IL an aavonturor Of rathor heroic
stamp, nnd is said to bo Of good family. IIo IL
. nan Of nearly fifty years Of age, md Of worry
commanding appearance and fascinating mnll-
nors. Originally ho WAS d Lieutenant in a whit
ing regiment and went to India, where disaipa-
ton md difficulty nbout cards compelled him
to soil out. lie drifted about in tho East, "eee-
Ing ufo" mud picking up adventures for
@ zo1no yoars. Ho' was for awhile in tho
aoryico Of tile, Emperor Of China, he
wna in Australia, llo was III South America mud
Moxco. 10 certainly served twice under Carl
baldi. was for timo in. service in tho American
civil wnr (but which aldo ain not ablo to Hay)
took pnrt In tue last Polish revolution, md III
tho Franco prussian war, in which ho waa Liou-
tonant-C Colonel on Minotto's staff. His latost
ostonsiblo occupation las beon that Of a stock
jobber in this city, wherc aomo Of his operations
in South American securities havo boon notably
suceeasful but il ie generally thought hia chief
with the shipment Of arms and supplies to tho
Carlists, whose cause no is known to "bull."
Ho ia not a momber Of any OF tho Committees
hero, but is gonorally thought to be doep n thoir
councils, mud priVy TO tho most Of tioir clandos-
tine traffic with tho Biscayan provinces. IIaw-
kina is q man Of gront daring, remarkable ed
dreBs, and consumnato offrontery. Uo Ia mover
without money for my Of Ills occasions, speaks
nino or ton languages, and Possesses largo
fund Of practical information. OF his powers Of
fascination aud command Of impudonco can
give YOU tho boBt idea when tell you TINT not
very long ago fond and wealthy toy merchant
of Birmingham paiI him -E10, 600 to discontinue
his attentions to tho merchants wife, d
blooming but foolish young woman, who waa
really to olopo with him whenever he said tho
word. Ho sgnt receipt to tho merchant, and .
duplicate to tho poor woman, with note saying
that lie WAS q nun whose word was his bond,
aud he would never see her again, having sold
hia promise to TINT effect.
unwking it would appear, conceived tho de-
sign of robbing tho ehnh as soon as it was
known that tho monarch would bring his jewels
with linn to London, Ho has passed through
Persia, and was intimately acquainted with Tho
yaiuo Of tho Kings jowols alld treasures, tho
beBt of which ho felt suro the Shah. aomi-
barbarian as ho Is. and eagor in pursuit Of
tho efrocka of barbario aplondor, would bring
to Europe with him. a memorandum known
to DO in lis hands estimates TINT, without run
ming any risks by offering for sale tho moro con
spictlouB ponrlH, diamonds, omoral1s, and rutios,
jewels to tho valuo Of E2,00o,0 600 could DO made
at once available for tho Amsterdam market.
achome tho Jow 6erafno, q native Of salonica,
rogue as ever Was soon. lie was. howeyer. 4
man Of great adroitnoss an export in jewels,
that ho not only know all about such
tlinga, but was known to oil tho largo
houses Of England and the Continent as
an extensive dealer In Huch things. It appears
that for years hc Ind been employed In buying
anu selling diamonds in Turkoy and Egypt,
selling and buying again IN Holland and paria.
If paala or n pnsha'a wife wanted money mid
had diamonds to cell or lad money and wanted
to buy dia1nonds, sorafno was tleir euro re-
source. How HAWKING became acquainted with
him nm not ablo to aay but it is apparent tint
ho knew tho Jow and his character quite vol
enough to mako him full partner in his
nefariouB plot.
Tho third Of the conspirators, Narses ori-
H.