Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-20

and with it the conviction that the pairs visit to America boded DO good to any one upon whom they might bestow their inti- mate acquaintance.
 The man was one of the most accom- plished diamond thieves in the world, whose exploits had reduced the wealth of many a foreign jeweler by thousands of dollars, and whose acts had been success fully played throughout Europe for more than thirty-ive years.
 His companion had been his accomplice for more than fifteen years, and passed as his daughter in their various joint opera tions.
 The presence of such a skilful pair of criminals in Boston induced the detective to give publicity to one of many of their successful thefts, accomplished in Naples in 1875.
 One day the pair appeared at Neapoli tan hotel and registered as an English gen. tleman and daughter. (By birth the man is Pole, but his linguistic attainments | and extraordinary versatility of manners would enable him to pass for any of seve- | ral nationslities.) Among their baggags were two rosewood chests of the kind used by English officers in camp or barracks, l and which, when joined together, formed | bureau, with an open writing desk in its upper part, capable of folding upward, and closing with spring lock. They took too rooms communicating by a door, against which, in the mans room, this piece of furniture was placed. There was seemingly nothing to attract suspicion in this, and they conducted themselves in | such an affable manner that in 8 few weeks they had ingratiated themselves with all the guests and attendants at the hotel. l The man soon became known at lead l ing jewellers as an expert purchaser of di- amends. His dealings were small, but al ways shrewd and judicious, and always paid for cash down. It was his custom to drop into the richly furnished store, ac- companied by his daughter, @ who, while
 "papa" bargained in the coolest and most
 business-like way for stone which struck
 his fancy, did not fail to exert the infu-
 ence of her engaging manners and be-
 witching eyes upon the susceptible mer-
 chant.
 In a short time the man had established
 his credit solidly with the jeweler, and
 then he went straight to work to carry out
 his scheme. He called on the jeweler one
 day to negotiate for diamond necklace oi
 great value, which the jeweler had shown
 him before and pressed him to buy for his
 charming daughter. The latter was noi
 with him this time.
 'sPapa" said he wanted to surprise the
 girl with the gift on her bridal day, which
 was near at hand, and warned the mer
 chant that the purchase must be kept
 strictly secret between them. A bar
 gain was finally struck, one thousand
 francs were given in part payment, ant ) the necklace was left for certain altera
 tions, which were to be completed in [ few days.
 On the day in question the young lad, } called on the jeweler, saying that her faith CT was unwell and wished to see him o1
 business Of course the jeweler went bringing the diamond necklace with him : He found his customer sitting at the writ ing desk. and after some conversation tn [ subject of the business between them wa broached. The diamonds were placed ol the desk, and the supposed customer be gan to count out the payment.
 At this interesting moment the door o the room was opened and the girl, radian with smiles, bounded in. She paused ol ! seeing the jeweler and pretended to retire 3 As the diamonds were to be surprise, o course she must not see them, so "pspa
 hastily closed up the desk, diamonds
 money and all.
 :. The merchant was entirely unsuspiciou U of anything wrong in this, and even whe {. the girl told her father that the Duches U SsI-- awaited his immediate presence in th reception room no thought of theft CT
 tered the jewellers mind.
 "Papa" made 8 feint of impatience
 the duchess interruption, but went out d see her, leaving the girl to entertain h' = caller, which she did in her most captiv d ting style. Suddenly, pretending to tsi P. offence at a remark of her companion, sl ,e rose hurriedly and swept out of the roo re fin seeming indignation to fetch her fat
 CT. The jeweler was uneasy, not on a
 count of the diamonds, but for havil
 unwittingly offended the maiden, and
 spent some time in framing the mo
 humble apologies and explanations f @ ne the father. It was only after watchil e. an hour or 80 for the return of his GU re toner that an inkling of the truth dawn, d. upon him, and an examination of u 5. desk showed that it's precious contents h' 'r- been extracted through an opening on u ed other side, reached by removing the pan " 1y of the door leading into the girls room. n Everything had been successful ,g planned and timed, and before the alar u nd was given and search for the thieves l. he gun the latter were well beyond the reat en | of capture.