The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23
rHREW AWAY A BAG OF DIAMONDS.
A Parcel Worth sas.eoo Mixed U with
Chieags's Made Ground.

Chteags's Made Ground.
Iron, the chicago herald
Somewhere near the foot OF Eldredgo court.
under the tracks OF tho Illinois Central Rail-
road. q buckskin bag containing $4,000 worth
OF diamonds lies buried. Some day another
schliemann. digging for ancient Chicago. will
run acnoss the gems. aud II diamonds are
%onds told oy William <. ifnsertcn. ehisi
n IKE q'G was on tie Illinois usprs train
coming In from the races and. under the In
rnss p. sm0sS
Boys" hs said. "thcre $25.oUU worth of
diamonds bun eli along her" somewhere. They
saw them ihromn in and didn't. know it Tho
story COOS back II one Of the biggest diamond
1S!S barssfs brnse int" safe in tho Whole.
sale jewelry store ti schooler Co. the iars.
es, IN New 3rIaaus and r took 81, sioo; ,s
nor OF 81. Charles. md ihe safe x.s IL
could he seen Ly the wat ,hn,au every time he
passed. One Monday MORNING ia the spring
,ia f Sssi loo s@s YSs
and the fortune in diamondh had been carried
away, How was I. done 1,he ,bsrgln,s had
passed the window IL one Of his rounds. .hsy
room. and there easily cracked II.
were no; p cP ,he ease and We Gas
c"uld ret no trace q them. About this time, =
Mobile Mobile and ohio and Nashville and Northwest
err Railroads, and tho railroad companies
Ssn s % Hei 10 FHa
pected. He was known to be desperate iel ::
low. and be answered the description Of one Of
devil IN light, We could set nothing on him.
stranger. So We abandoned the watch. The
managers OF tho southern Express COMPANY
ks on ~. s dss
i rom the South q watch shs lilnois teasr.l
t. be loaded with plumber.
AcoordnE to re desrntch IT. TIE .o,ise o, Co
frishte TIGHTEN by tho mans ;remsn .ons siso and
extensive reputation as a hard fighter to stop
him. but ne was iicketed through to Chicago.
father was nlivo then. and no sent john Curtin
and me- down to tho train TO take Hickey.
OF that sort with more enthusiasm possibly
ana a d az e tn Ss ncEhn and
ddn'. find Hickey in the sleeplne car whore
We expected to find him. and won't forward to
who VIII answered nild Hiekcy's description He was
scratched over two seats beside an open win
i
tin and pointed to, tho Sleeper. He indicated
by q sign that the man was Hickey and
pRsa ses aas drew s
from his pocket It was big forty. Ave calibre;
spss Of hSs in sheet sod 9n
rseosnissa ourlin; and iaasSsd: Whst 90
non he S viii
Al! right no said. With laugh r.,
train vas then , near m 1os 81 Ed
sr 4ds p he saek
POINTED tho srs,s aa
monds the by fellow drew dron NE ah breast ,s
.rs T VIA! I'D You .h!os QUIZ s HisSsy ?" asked
cerned laugh. | supposed be had tossed out
skeleton keys Sr burglars toos: and said
We sent him back TO Tennessee no was sol
nns MVnss ,s si5 h. .s15 met him
Sss sonssinsS 10y No. sala, Wen said h.
bag and then he told me his story. part Of
which had know before. 49,,
of sscsSsd
as Frank Denman and Daeo Frank, and little
they went to Memphis with their plumber and
prs.estisn Of rich receiver Of ssoIen prep %.
erty. Thor. FORESTER took his share Of the
o f. SsU s PssH D aolH o ss
nod TIM 20 .sna hs o ts
!' aes ss is ' Dean
is 9s Rsd Cot
fsyville small station near Memphis. while
where he served his term He promised to re-
form Ter but !. found the cares that walt upon
Pennsylvania authorities convicted him twice
an ,aa he r Is now in Prtfon at Mchpond Va
Tor BANK S%rssry. aiter Nk Ills reloase he CON- on
eluded that the American sphere was too lin
s IT, Ss Of r hs Esds
Safr 5aas xers ssnyStsa y bank robbery
Sie,ea q issslry robbery By tie Pinier,ons
son to
England. 10 nourished there until he was
ssSa sG f h H! h got ge
set of burglars tools. inspector Byrnes
s ssuShs At s END 81 serving i've
supIose yop had known that bag contained
s fai.ton oos.a a.. esy and .ad
nothing. That night An Illiaois Central watch
man discovered = man In a white plug hat
sweating ovsr pickax at tho foot Of Eldredgo
men who had iistslsd to the detsctivs's story
on the train. 10 had nothing in biz pocket o.
which indicated that no had been engaged in
an unprontabls struggle with fortune. w atsr
~ dom teref' demanded the Waterman.
white plug hat" the odds Was 20 good" and he
went away dragging tho pickax behind him.
HALF A MILLION AND A fI7LA