The morning news., 1891-10-12
FOILED BY A SLY BIRD.
DIAMOND IMPORTING FIRMS LOOK
ING FOR A PILFERING PELICAN.

The Latter Had Jewels Valued at
About $4,000 Stuffed in It's Pouched
Beak-A Chicago Concerns Part In
to Pan Out.
| CHICAGO, Oct. lin a certain diamond
! importing establishment in Chicago, whose
name is not given for obvious reasons, there
| is consternation epidemic among its finAn-
! cial managers. This is the result Of re-
cent financial venture not entirely in ac-
cordance with the Mckinley tariff, and
hence the financial managers take it out by
turns in biting a large iron spike in
the rear office. In consequence a lead
ing jeweler. who goes about with his
front teeth frayed at the edges, may be very
safely spotted as having hand ia the busi-
ness. The scheme was hatched in New York
and it looked golden. There was a woman
in it also and an importing firm in Maiden
Lane. The woman is now very much
wanted and the Chicago aud Maiden Lane
houses are telegraphing mutual words of
coincidence to each other. charges prepaid.
The story is about as follows:
| Mrs Olivia Yancy is a New York woman
dress aud who has eluded custom house Off
GERS in nearly every eastern port. She was
| a professional free trader, long known to
| the authorities, and last Friday at the port
of New York she made her master stroke.
Mrs. Yancy in personal appearance Is a
very striking woman, dressed in widows
weeds, aud with form that many more
youthful woman might envy, for there is
gray in Mrs. Yancy's hair Early in the
soring of 1899, after winter abroad. Mrs.
| Yancy landed at the docks OF an Inman Line
steamer in New York. And surely she at
tracted attention. By her side was dimin-
utlve MongOlian atte Idant with the aesthetic
title OF Bimbo This atte ldant, as he
marched down the gang-plank, held
attached a splendid gray pelican, which
waddled slowly and in dignihed manner
down the incline. Pelicans were rot down
on the tariff lis IS and the customs officers let
MIN pass. Since this time Mrs. Yaucy.
Bimbo aud tue bird ZIP, with its great
pouched beak, have been passengers on
| other steamers, outgoing and incoming. and
at no time were they questioned. There
are several great big Interrogation points
| now which deluded officials. revenue and
civil, would like TO spri &.
Last Friday, just before the steamer
| landed the trio, Bimoo brought the hungry
| ZiD into his mistress state room. The
| great SbOChll lS@l6R DtuCu Vi l6 ltUdTiSSS ShlH
| under the birds beak looked as If it had
never held quart of water at one time,
| but when he was led from the steamer at
| the pier he seemed to have broken out with
| II virulent form OF mumps. The customs
| officers allowed them TO pass and they were
| all bundled into carriages. Here Zip was
relieved of one of the oostliest meals ever
| slowed away in the pouch of a
| pelicsu-there was $50, ,0J0 IN 1t in bright,
| sparkling diamonds And here all traces of
Mrs. Yancy, alias more tnau a dozen other
| att active widows, were lost. 1t was this
| disappearance that caused the story to leak
out wIthin twelve hours the police in half
hundred cities. were notified TO look out
for her on complaint of one of the big dia-
nond importing houses Of New York.
This is the romaDce OF the story; the
financial portion of it is prosy, very prosy,
indeed.
The Jewels which Mrs. Yancy took with
her are portion of the order of the Chicago
house, made through the Maiden Lane firm.
Mrs. Yanoy was the agent OF this firm and
1t may be Questioned why ths Chicago jew
elers arc so much exercised. By the terms
of contract the Chicago house advanced
10000 on the diamonds, agreeing 60 pay
the remaining 500. 900 on delivery But the
Maiden Lane firm can't deliver until 1t finds
Mrs. Yanoy, and the Chicago bouse is
tired of waiting for Mrs. Yancy and will
be quite satisfied to get back its advanced
payment. This is not the New York way
Of doing business. and that is why the
Chicago house is stirring up the Maiden
Lane managers with very warm words at
Western Union rates.
Among the local jewellers to-day there
was good deal of speculation and sub-rosa
whisperings. No one knew anything. of
course. Pinkerton didn't know. either; but
it is safe to say that il Mrs. Y ancy appears
| in Chicago, with or without her pelican, she
| is likely to meet an emissary OF the police
| who will recognize her.