San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-19
THE STORY OF a DIAMOND.
How Ii Travelled the Rounds and
Brought Joy and SORROW.

How IL Travelled the hOuHus anu
Brought Joy and Sorrow.
| Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat.
New YORK, June lO.-The family OF
ex-Mayor Wade, of Cleveland, might
tell a story of the adventures of a dla-
mond belonging to them which would
disclose a curious phase of New York
life. Mrs. Wade while in this city
in April lost a diamond from an
earring. The pair of stones mad
cost her SO 900. The stone lost was
fount in a crevice in a street crossing
at Fourth avenue and twentieth
street by Mrs. Bernard Koran, Of
Scar borough. Mrs. Koran made no
secret of her luck. Among her
neighb ors is family whose son is
employed in the grocery of A. hehoe,
at Sixteenth street and First avenue.
Shortly after she found the stone the
clerk called on her to say that the
owner had turned up and would give
$40 to have it restored to him. she
delivered it to the clerk, who In
due time paid her the money.
A published paragraph stating the
fact of the finding of the diamond,
and reporting that its owner had re-
covered 1t, was brought to the atten-
ton of a son of Mrs. Wade, from
whose earring it had been lost.
AS he was in this city purposely to
try to recover the stone, and had
failed. he naturally traced the para
graph to it's source. He learned from
Mrs. Koran that she had received
money as a reward from Mr.. Kehoe's
clerk, and, of course, supposed that
the rightful owner had the diamond.
Mr.. Wade sought Mr.. Kehoe and
eventually recovered the stone.
From all accounts he had hard
time of it, How much it cost him in
addition to his trouble is not clear.
But he has written to Mrs. Koran,
advising her not to return the $l7O
under any circumstances, tor she, at
least had been honest in the matter.
Mr.. Kehoe tells a singular story
concerning the diamond. He saw
the advertisement at about the time
that he heard through his clerk of
Mrs. Horan's find. Not wishing to
have anything to do with the matter
himself but wishing to help poor
Mrs. Koran, and to help also friend
of his, he advised his friend to
write to Mrs. Wade. He says
that in reply Mr.. Wade offered $500
for the recovery of the stone. kehoe
says that the next he knew of it his
friend sent him $175, of which egave
S. to his clerk and sent the balance to
Mrs. Koran. Not hearing again from
his friend, and suppOsing, of course,
that Mr.. Wade had the stone and the
friend S25 for his trouble, Kehoe was
annoyed to receive a call from MIR.
Wade, who wanted the stone. kehOe
tried to find his friend, but could not.
He says that he gave Mr.. Wade ref
erences, and assured him that the
stone would surely turn up as soon as
he could find his friend, and failing
to find the friend he (Kehoe) would
be responsible for the value of the
stone. Mr.. Wade dOer not ap-
pear to have been especially
impressed by Kehoe's philanthropic
avOwals. He seems to have been dis
posed, indeed, to call in the police.
1t is said that he did actually con-
suit Inspector Byrnes. When Mr..
Wade had gone thus far Kehoe had
found his friend, who had been off
on a spree, but being an honest man
he had held on faithfully to the dia-
mond What arrangement the friend
and Mr.. Wade made before the stone
was restored Kenoe processes not to
know. He is merely content in the
consciousness that he was an humble
agent in bringing the Wade family
again into its own.