The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
STOLEN JEWELS.
The Use Of Counterfeit Of Coin to Regain Posses
sion Of The Valuable Gems.


of the Austrian Ambassador at ConstRuti-
nople were stolen from her toilet table. A
large reward was offered for their recovery,
and Dindar, one Of the secret police agents
of the Grand ViZer, was given the case
In the course of week Dindar got clew
to the perpetrators of the robbery. The
pluudererS we're numerous. and as the Jew
els could not be sold without great risk of
detection in Constantinople, the thieves had
resolved to carry them for sale TO Ieheran,
where they had no doubt OF finding ready
market.
and on the arrival of the rascals at kars a
respectable merchant from Koordistan, IN
a high cap of black Sheepskln and huge
robe, entered their carayanSary and very
dexterously managed TO extract from them,
in the course Of conversation, an aYoWal
that they had diamonds for sale. For these
the pretended merchant, who was no other
than Dmdar himself, offered to give hand
some price, and thus save them the trouble
of continuing their journey 20 the capital OF
Persia After a great deal of barga lining
the robbers agreed TO sell the jewels for
$4,000 piaStprS or $500 sterling, and, with
apparent reluctance and hesitation, the
merchant produced a heavy leathern bag
and counted out the sum in silver beschllks.
The money was some counterfeit coin man
ufactured in Eng and or Russia by gang OF
cOnerS,
The robbers left Ears joyfully on their
homeward route. At their first hating place,
however, some of the more wary began to
suspect the accommodating merchant who
had so OppOrtuneiy lnterposed TO save them
the weary ride to Teheran. at any rate, the
thieves examined the contents Of the money
bag and soon discovered the beschlkS TO
be spurious limitations. The gang returned
at full speed 10 kars, found the treacherOus
merchant quietly smoking his chlb0uQue IN
the carayanSary, furlOUSly accused him, de-
pryed him of the briliants which he had so
uniuStly obtained, beat him severely with
briudleS ana belts and pipe sticks, with the
full and unqualified appru patton OF the by
ISLANDERS, and, finally, only abStained from
dragging him before the Cadi for fear that
some OF the party might be unpleasantly
familiar with the myrmidOns or magistrates
of kGrs. Having thus regalned possession
Of the diamonds they FASTENED On to Iehe-
ran.
A fresh plan was soon formed and Dindar
mounted his horse and rode as fast as posi-
bic on the road toward Persia, and by see k
ing a little unlrequented pass in the noun
tain range had the qualification Of arriving
before the robbers. 1t was some time be-
fore he encountered a band of nomads fit
for the purpose he mad in view. AT last lie
arrived among a tribe of TurcOmans, a peo-
pie brave, hoSpitable and faithful, but with
exceedingly medieval ideas Of the rights OF
property.
To tile cheftain of this horde, Sultan
Moorad, Dindar told a plaintive tale of
wrong and violence. He had been cheated
out of the price Of a set OF superb jewels
which he had sold to some kaflirs at kars.
The uubelieving dogs, rank haFetics as we'll
as swndlers. had taken away the money
they had paid him for the diamonds by
force, after he Lad given his receipt, and
when he complained at the footstool OF JUS
tice the Cadi of karS, that son of burned
father and grandsire OF asses, had taken
bride from the thieves to apply the bamboo
to Dindar and to drive him with blows from
the court
There had remained no other resource to
the il-treated and disconsolete Dindar than
to PROSTATE himself in the dust of the Iur-
CONAN encampment and to adjure the brave
and victorious Sultan Moorad, before whom
the universe trem bed, TO put himself at the
head OF his liOn-eatlng warriors and sur
prise the robbers GU the road to Teheran
Dindar added that besides the diamonds
the rHscals had 10000 piaStreS in silver in
their possession and that he should be con-
tent with the restitution of the gems, leav-
Ing the money to his faithful any, Wh9m ne
finally implored by the beard of his father
and the salt of his hospitality. to protect
and aVenge him.
The Turcoman chief sympathized with the
wrong and injured Dindar and his eyes
sparkled at the mention of the piasters- He
ARTt6u 10 puIllSu tutuilto anu "
restore him the gems, and forthwith plucked
his spear from the ground, where it was
planted before his tent, mounted his steed,
which lad borne him on many day of bat
tie. and called around him his young men,
who mustered gladly at the first announce
ment of fOray.
To the dismay and establishment OF the
Stamboul thieves, as they emerged from the
intricate passes Of the mountains into the
open plains, they were charged by an over
| whelmiug force of Turcomau cavalry. Half
of their number fell beneath the scimitars
and lances of Sultan Moorad and his follow
ers, and the survivors, having been stripped
and plundered, were detained in a state of
slavery among the wild horde. AS for Din
| dar, the chief kept his word most faithfully.
| The diamonds were given up TO the willy
| tnief-taker, who returned forthwith to Con-
| stantinople, restored the jewels 10 the am
bassadress ana duly ella lined and received
the reward. The Turcoman chief was con-
| tent with the counterfeit coin.-Ex.