Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-05
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A very cur:, action has just bocn
recorded in the our Of the recorder Of
Rnngoon. Tho plaintiff was ono of the
wives Of Mindoon Min. King Of Bur.
mnh. Thcbaw's father and predecessors,
and 10 known rs the Limban Queen, and
she claimed Us sole hciress Of her
daughter, tho Sawlin Princess, to DO
entitled TO q largo amount of jcwclry
deposited with tho dcfcn.ints in 1878
under unusual circumstances. Tho
Princess, Il seems, says tho Chicago
Ecws, was q great favoritc with her
fathc:, King Mindoon Elm, who MAIDS
her large and frcqucn. presents 81
GEMS aad jcwclry of nil kinds. In 1878
Nlindoon Min vas on the point Of death,
mt 1t was known that confusion In tho
palace would follow on that event. 1t
wus apparently forcsccn that his sue
ccSson Thcbaw, would-as, In fact, no
did-murlcr most of his relatives Ct
once, and while tho King lay dying
special l.: assures for guarding tho pal.
ace were taken. Tho Linban Queen
INT her daughter. the Sav;lin PrfnccSa,
drcading what the near futurc had in
storc for them, concerted measures 10
Get the jcwclo OF the latter out of tho
palace to 4 place of safety where they
o ba accessible in ease Of mood
later N. :or this purpose they tohls
into thcir confidence certain bazaar
dealers, who had access to the ladics'
qu.rtcrs to sell their wares, and by
tacir aid succccdcdin getting out alltIe
jewels, packed TO look like swcctmcat3.
These dealers and one Aga Khorusani,
n Mahommcdan merchant, v:s.e tho de-
PENDANTS. They absolutely denied any
deposit OF the kind, but the recorder
found against them on the facts and de-
ci!cd that about three thousandprccious
ste IS, which wcrc specified hy,wcigf.t
II value in Il list made at the TING in
the palace and retained eve since by
the Queen, had, in fnct, been placed ia
their charge Immediately prior to Min
coon Minis death, and i'll anticipation Of
that event. The Princess died o fcw
months after. Tho Quceu, her mother,
remained in prison until the british
troops occupied handalay in 1855, when
she was, of course, released. All this
time She heard nothing Of the Jewels,
for she had no opportunity Of doing so,
and obviously did not desire to have
them returned. The dealers with whom
they were deposited left Mandalay soon
after Thcoaw began to reign; but on
her release the Queen inquired after
them and found Eicm in Rangoon,
when, rs already stated, she WA met
by n blank denial thai such jewels had
ever been deposited with them. but
here the jrlgc found against them,
largely on tho evidence that nine ycars
ago, and three years after the deposit,
ono Of tho defendants had in his pos
session n large ruby cut in the shape Of
n wild duck, which was described in the
Queens list rs having been handed over
to the dcfcndantI in the swcctincat
boxes III 1878. a decree Of restitution
was therefore made against oil tho do
PENDANTS except one, in regard to when
the action vas held barred by tho
statute Of limitations. Subsequent to
her rclcasa from Imprisonment tho
Queen was prevented from suing for
five years il consequence OF her pow
crty.