Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-14
BOCLDERS AND DIAMONDS.
Cincinnati as a Diamond Mine-A Yarn
that Beats the August Sea Serpent
Story.

Cincinnati Is a Diamond Mine-A Yarn
that Beats the August Sea Serpent
Story.
| From the Cincinnati Enquirer
| On the Sd day of August Charles Russell, Q
! yellow fellow, worked at the bouder-crushinR
machine, on Mcfarland street, between Elm
| and Plum. 1t was his duty that day, for he
had taken the place of man who was sick, to
| remove the crushed bOuIders, not to inter-
| fere with the work of the machine and shovel
those that spilled into the wagons. The work
was new to him, but he gave it his undivided
| attention. Toward four O'Clock in the after
noon he was noticed, or, rather afterward,
| when their attention was called to it, some of
| his fellow workmen remembered his picking up
piece of one of the crushed boulders and put
| ting 1t quietly away in his pantaloons pocket.
HE SAYS.
"1'll keep that to remember the JOB by"
| he naively observed to Pat O'Brien, one of the
men who stood near him. On the following day
| Russell did not come to work, and another man
weeks be ,S .aks h
OF his fellow-workmen or the boss even could
have recalled the man or his name.
HE FINDS OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
On the day following, which was the 4th, a
man, evidently q labOrer, but who was neatly
| dressed, presented himself at a well-known jew
elry store on 4th street, and, asking for the
proprietor, sald Il have a peculiar stone which
would like To know the value of as well as
wnat III Is. LET me see It," UnrOlling a red
bandanna handkerchief which was tied in sew
eraI knots, and taking out buckskn bag the
man laid gOOd-siZed stone on the counter,
which sparkled and glistened and shed its rays
! in ali directions.
THE JEwELER SAYS.
"IOu are fortunate man. said the jeweler,
| "that stone is worth $125 900 to S15O,OOO. 1t
| weighs s2la carats. What are you going to do
with it?" II shall sell it," replied the man.
W. han dnd hac and
man who CHANGED to be in the store and know
ing the jeweler well, ventured to remark as the
got such a valuable stonee" .Could he have
stolen it," 81 ought to have called the patrol.
However, it, no affair OF mine. He paid me
80 for my trouble, and 1 don't know as it is
my business to play detective on my custom
HOW THE ENQUIRER CAUGHT on.
The Enquirer man asked, however, which
direction the man took as he went out of the
door, and was soon in close pursuit. The man
walked leisurely along Fourth street, and
turning down sycamore street, pushed on to
Front street, where he entered a cheap board
ing house He passed in through the bar-rOom
aud went on upstairs, presumably to his room.
The reporter entered, and, taking u cigar got
the landlady into conversation. and learned
the name OF the bOarder, and that he had paid
his board for a week in advance, and his week
would not be up for three days. He was safe at
least
THE MAN TALKS TO THE REPORTER.
clusion that he wanted to hire some man to
work on a railroad in Arkansas, and resolved
that it would be good scheme to hire Russell,
SO he repaired TO the boarding house on Front
street. The man he wanted Was seated outside
ON low stool, smoking an old clay pipe 1t was
not difficult matter to get up conversation
with the man. but when the question of going
10 work IN Arkansas was preached the man
promptly said: mo; I'm going to New York in
"a couple OF days and cannot CO." By this time
the two had got pretty well acquainted, and
Was hat no
no thief, but honest. He therefore decided to
take the bull by the horns, and at once, and
boldly, make the break right square at Russell.
Looking him straight in the eye he said: RUS
sell, you have a valuable diamond. L was in
the store the other day when you came in and
had 1t valued, and followed you. will be
square with you If you Will with me. l am
afraid You didn't come by it honestly, and can
easily have you pulled in. only want to know
ABOUT II as newspaper man."
HE TELLS HIS STORY.
Russell laughed and said: "Well, 1 didn't
steal it, can tell you, although know it looks
queer for the likes OF me to be having SO valu-
able stone The fact is, the more think of it
myself the queerer think it is. Come up to
my room and IL tell you all about it,
He led the way up a couple OF flights of rick
ETY. back-stairs and opened a door OF a small
room, containing plain bed, one chair and a
table, seated himself on the edge OF the bed
and gave the reporter the chair. "Where did 1
get the stone, you want to know? Well, L
worked for the Boulder company ON McFar-
land street on the 3rd OF August, and rs 1 was
watching the big wheel crush the boulders l
spled something shining.
WHAT HE WILL DO WITH 1T.
IL picked 1t up and found the diamond fast
ened into the middle of the boulder. Istuck it
in my pocket, and, bringing it home, picked it
out oy the aid OF a hammer and awl, and took
II 10 the jeweier you me.
'BuI, Charley, that will make you rich"
Il Know II, and mean To dispose of it, buy
me a little place and settle down Tor the rest of
my days.
THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED.
In the fall of 1906 the celebrated Aaron Burr
ex-Vice President OF the United States having
killed Alexander Hamilton IN a duel, paid a
visit to the BiennerhassetL island, containing
l 20 acres and located at the mouth of the Little
kanawha The head of the house was absent
at the time but Mr.. Burr was royalty enter
tanned by Mrs. Blennerhassett, highly accom-
pllShed lady, who afterward wrote glowing
account of the distinguished visit He was ac-
companied on this occasion by a Mrs Clark. as
recorded by Judge Stafford in his life OF the I'M
fortunate Blennerhassett.
WHAT AARON BURR SAYS
Burr, in a letter to Thodosia Burr Mrs Ais
tom, who was lost at sea in Charleston, s. c.,
harbOr on voyage to go to her father in New
York, speaks OF TITS visit TO Mrs Blennernus-
sett, and says: "One of these unfortunate occur
FENCES happened as we We're leaving the island
That deeply regret. Luell., who accom- panied
me- as We We're embarking from the island
dropped a valuable diamond. she was mucn
affected at the loss tor, in addition TO its value
Sine had obtained it in Cairo, Egypt but under
what circumstances she didn'L 1 tell me-" This
Lucia was Mrs. Clark, and ON tracing I'D her
ancestry 1t was ascerIaIned that she was BORN
IN cairo, Egypt. Her mother a very hauu-
some English lady; her father was unk KNOWN
There Was considerable scandal and talk at the
Time that the mother was the mistress OF the
fst>ila vi Egypt. the daughter had Ueen finely
educated In Paris and London, but losing her
mother came to America, just after the Ameri-
can revolution, and married a Young man
named James Clark.
CoULDIT HAVE BEEN THE PIGGOTT DIAMOND?
But what has all this to do with the diamond
found by workman on the Mcfarland street
crushlng-machine? Simply this: Any one
Eersed In diamond lore with the history of
the last century the celebrated Piggott dia-
IiOnd was sold 10 tine Pash; OF Egypt for the
sum oil SloOUOO Its weight Was S21, carats
Late IN the Il century the diamond was sold
at lottery Ior he sum oi gu, UUU. 1t was al
terward bought by Rundeu Il nudge for
this can be learned by reference 10 Emanuel
on Diamonds, page 81, and the author adds
thal the present possessor OF the diamond is
unknown.
How SHE COULD HAVE GOT 1T.
Now, what more likely thing than that the
pasha should present his English love with this
treasure, after the lavish manner OF eastern DO
tentates or, perhaps, she appropriated il her
Sell? nen her dius hter went TO Europe to be
educated the motn,r, probably 1eeiing-cer-
tainly hoplng-that one day she would return
To her native land, and at any rate wishiu. 10
secure her daughter beyond any peradventure
gave her the celebrated diamond. The dauph-
ter would surely be Sale anu secure from want
ana In the event oil her mother joining her The.
sale Oh the precious stone would certainly keep
them in comfort Tor the rest of their DAYS The.
diamond lost lStNi but how ..o,,Id IL