Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-24

you going to do with It!" Il shall sell 1t, !"
replied the man. The stone was handed
back, and an Enquirer man who CHANGED
to be in the store and knowing the jeweler
well ventured to remark as the man went
out: "Where could that fellow have got
such q valuable stonel Could he have
stolen it," Il ought to have called the
patrol However it's no affair of mine.
He paid me five dollars for my trouble,
and l don't know as it's my business to
play detective on my customers.
To a reporter Russell afterward said:
"Well, didn't steal it, l can tell you, al
though know it looks queer for the likes
of me to be having SO valuable a stone.
The fact is, the more think of it my self
the queerer I think it is. Come up to my
room and I'll tell you all about it.''
He led the way up couple of flights of
rickety back stairs and opened the door of
a small room, containing a plain bed, one
chair and table, seated himself upon the
edge of the bed and gave the reporter the
chair. ''Where did I get the stone, you
want to knows Well, worked for the
Bowlder Company on Mcfarland street
the Sd Of August, and as l was watching
the big wheel crush the powders / spied
something shining
Il picked it up and found the diamond
fastened into the middle of the bowlder
stuck it into my pocket and, bringing it
home, picked it out by the aid of ham
mer and awl, and took it to the jeweler as
you saw me.'
But, Charlie, that will make you rich"
II know it, l mean to dispose of it, buy
rest of my days.
THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED.
In the fall of 1o06 the celebrated Aaron
Burr, ex-Vice- President of the United
States, having killed Alexander Hamilton
in a duel, paid a visit to Blennerhassett's
Island, containing one hundred and seven
ty 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 entertained by Mrs. Blennerhas-
sett, highly accomplished lady, who aft
erward wrote glowing account of the dis
tinguished visit. He was accompanied on
this occasion by Mrs. Clark, as recorded
by Judge Stafford in his life OF the unfortu-
nate Blennerhassett
Burr, IN letter to Theodosia Burr Mrs.
Is. c. harbor on voyage to 20 to her
father in New York, speaks of this visit to
Mrs. Blennerhassett, and says: Zone of
those unfortunate occurrences happened
as we were leaving the island that deep
ly regret. Luella, who accompanied me,
as we were embarking from tie island,
dropped a valuable diamond. She was
much affected at the loss for, in addition
to its value, she had obtained it in Cairo,
Egypt, but under what circumstances she
didn't tell me-" This Luella was Mrs
Clark, and on tracing up her ancestry it
was ascertained that she was born in Cal
70, Egypt. Her mother was very hand
some English lady; her father was I'M
known. The daughter had been finely ed
ucated in Paris and London, but losing her
mother came to America just after the
revolution, and married young man
named James Clark.
But what has all this to do with the dia-
mond found by a workman on the McFar-
land street crushing machinsi Simply
this: ANY one versed in diamond lore or
with the history of precious gems, knows
that towards,the close of the last century the
celebrated Piggott diamond was sold to
the Pesha of Egypt, devoted friend of
Luellas mother, for the sum Of $50 600.
Its weight was S215 carats- Late in the
last century the diamond was sold at lot
terry for the sum Of $50, 600 1t was after
ward bought by Rundeil & Rudge for $780,
600, and by them sold to the Pashs. All
this can be learned by q reference to-
Emanuel on Diamonds page eighty
four, and the author adds that the present
possessor of the diamond Is unknown.
Now, what more likely thing than that
the Pasha should present bis English love
with this treasure, after the lavish man.
ner of Eastern potentates, or, perhaps,
she appropriated it herselfi When the
daughter went to Europe to be educated
the mother, probably feeling-certainly
hoping-that one day she would return TO
her native land, and, at any rate, wishing
to secure her daughter beyond any perad-
venture, gave her the celebrated diamond
The daughter would surely be safe and Sc
cure from want, aud in the event Of her
mother joining her the sale Of the precious
stone would certainly keep them In COM
fort for the rest Of their days The dia-
nond was lost In 1906, but how coufd if
have become irnbedded in the center of .
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