Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-23
RICH and RARE GEMS.
Precious Stones that Are Mt Pre-
Ci0us at All.
How a Lot Of Valuable Diamonds were Re.
placed with Cut GIass---Magnifcent
Collections Owned by Queens
and Expresses of the
Old World.
Phiiadelphia Times.

said gem Expert, holding up a ring Sc
with magnificent four-carat ruby, sur
sounded byold India white diamonds.
"Dan't afford the luxury"
Cant afford itF' reioined the jeweler
"How much, now, do you suppose that i
WORTH and he turned the stones so tina
they seemed to fairly blaze with ,lustre. Tn
writer guessed $4,000. Its yours 70
$3.50" rejoined the jeweler, land l an
making Is per cent. now. Yes, it's al
actual fact. The stone are bogus and tht
gold is so thin that it will wear off il
twenty-four hours, but the stones are tn
finest ever brought into this country; q
cut glass they are beyond criticism, ant
thereby hangs tale.
Some months ago | received a note from
a lady customer of mine, who lives beyond
the borders of the United States and to whom
have sold thousands Of dollars worth o
gems, that she would be in the city in /;
few days and wanted to see me at such 1
time. was on hand punctually, and ate
some preliminary conversation she told MI
hat it was imperative that she should rais'
10000 and wished me to negotiate thu
loan. knew the value Of the goods sh'
rad, so I accepted the offer and took tn
casket, and the next dsv sent them to 1
broker friend of mine, to whom | should
look for the money. l thought nothing
more about it, but that night the broke,
came in and said John, if didn't know
you so we'll | should have come aroun(
with an officer What do you mean ?
saidI. Did you examine thase gems be
fore you sent them to me? he asked. No.
| replied. 4 thought not he rejoined
They are all bogus and came within ont
of advancing money on them / wa
thunderstruck and would not believe it
but he soon convinced me and went owe
the gems
To Find Them all Bogus,
but exact limitations Of the ones had sol
my customers.
e Il packed them up and we both starteG
for her house. | was ushered in, and afte
made my statement my lady looked at m
:or moment and then, to my astonish
luent, burst into fit Of rage and accusrG
me of having sold her bogus gems. Sh.
threatened to call the police and | fouuj
myself in at least a disagreeable situation
but finally she sobered down and told he
she had no case against me- as always II
making sale Of valuable stones had thu
gems marked, and at least twenty person,
could swear in court that delivered then
to her in the first place Of correct weigh
and value. then asked her if any on
had access to them besides herself and Soou
found that her son and husband had The
handling of them. The old gentleman !
did not suspect, but week later | found
that the son was living q fast life in New
York and within year had spent larg"
amount of money. So to come to the point
met him and with detective charged him
with it and told him he knew az about it
He gave in at once and seemed glad to tell
all he knew, and the trap that fellow walkeC
into a caution. We found that he had
fallen into the hands of a gang of counter
letters and they had used him as tool and
be had brought the gem to him, had them
replaced by bogus ones and had been paiu
we'll for it. But the curious part of it wa
that though he said he had seen the men
time and time again, he could not take M
here, as it was on vessel. Every time ne
met them he was put in close cab, ana
did not see a thing until he was in the
cabin of vessel, and he was taken of the
same way.
But we put upa job on them; he had
an appointment and we followed the cab,
and it landed us in what is known as South
Brooklyn, and in the cabin Of small
schooner with deck-load of brick we found
hem. They all got off, however, but one
chsp-a fence, reckoned; but we captured
he entire outft-and a fine lot it was.
they had material there for making
Any Gem You Can Think of,
rom diamond to q pearl. They had a
private book giving directions how to make
Jrivate gems. Here it is; 'Ruby-To make
ruby take strass, so per cent; that IL
lass, said the jeweler. Srass Is the trade
ZANE"
"'Silica, 38.2; red oxide of lead, $50.
That gives it coloring. Calcined potash
l.9; add proper parts of calcined boraX.
,rsenic acid and alumins; melt 1000 parts
with forty parts of glass of anthony, one
art purple cassius.' know something
,bout these things" continued the speaker.
,'anh that combination will make a first
class ruby, that, when cut, will deceive
almost any one. q,
"You never recovered the real gems?
"No; they had been distributed long be
fore. But under the flooring of the oid
craft we ran across o fine lot Of gems,
evidently stolen, and forward was regular
shop where these bogus gems were cooked.
The rage for fancy gems is still undated
and curious thing it is. Five years 1t was
somewhat difficult to get lady to wear
colored stone but now not only the ladies,
but every man of fashion, has bis cats-eyes,
rubies, emeralds, etc. They are generally
set in ring, fat and mixed up every way
so as to look odd and give fine effects o.
lrstre. Here is ring am making for a
Cuban gentleman. Yes, it's only a cats
eve but / value it at $1,000; and. when
finished the ring will be worth s., 800.
Cat's-eyes are likely to cost as much as
diamonds. They have one in the museum
at Paris that is valued at nearly $50, 600.
The finder was a poor boy who had never
had a dime before, but he was sharp enough
to take it to jeweler Of repute-RaspoE,
| think; Of Rome-who paid him what was
a fortune in that country. II finally went
to Perret, the French jeweler, who sold 1t
for SSl, 900. A mate to it brought S2S, 5000
q nd is in the collection Of the French crown
Jewels, and as many Of these may find their
way to this country you may see 1t yet.
It's wonderful Stone
end is the most remarkable imitation OF
organic matter ever seen, The sale OF the
French crown Jewels is an important one
and guess every jeweler Of note has had
orders TO attend the sale. You know there
are a number of specialists among very
rich men that have collections Of gems, and
they are always on the lookout for rare
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