Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-27
WAS SHEER LUCK.

When the great pink diamond of Guznee reached Europe 1t created widespread interest and took immedi- ate rank with the historical stones of the world. It was compared with the hnest gems In the royal and imperial fegala, saVants wrote learned disdui- sltions upon it's beauties, and the maga zines and newspapers spoke of it's value In a way that made ones mouth water
 Among others whose envy was aroused by the descriptions of the stone was Mir. Lamorock. a gentle man who had passed under many aliases Tn his career and who had only recently been released from Portland.
 As he read of the great diamond hls eyes sparkled at the thought of It's worth. There it was-$500, ,000- and you could put 1t in your waistcoat pocket
 The ex-eonvict, as he pondered over the subject, knew the task was not an easy one.
 Without more ado he wrote a short note to Congleton x Go. the celebrated diamond merchant of Hatton Garden. asking them if they would care to buy some old fancy jewels, and received reply expressing their willingness to inspect them. After studiously exam ming the caligraphy of their letter with T magnifying lens he set himself to practicing q number of curves and fourishes on sheet of paper. An hours work seemed to satisfy him and he then indited the foIlowin epistle:
 "Hatton Garden, Jan. 4, 1896.
 "Messrs Bonsfeld Brothers.
 Dear Sirs: As client of ours de- sires to inspect your pink diamond known as The Light of Guznee.' with view to purchase we should feel obliged If you would send it to us. Our MT. Lamorock will call upon you a few hours after you receive this letter, and will bear a note vouching for his identity. We shall be happy to undertake all risk and responsible lty Tor the stone from the time 1t is lhtfusted to the custody of our repre- sentative, and we beg to remain yours IalthfullY, "C0ngleton x Co.,
 When this production of his pen and brain had been carefully scrutinlzed. he composed another short letter, which stated that the bearer was Mir. Lamorock. the representative of Cong. Teton & Co. He then went out and bought half dozen cigars, four of which he steamed open and unroled. Smeafing the interior portion over with a dark, treacly liquid, he rolled them up again with expert fingers and put them into his case.
 The first letter he had written he sent by registered post, going down to Bristol by the same train that took the mail. But on his arrival there he waited Tor three hours so as to allow of It being delivered before calling. He then went to their office and presented his credentials. the genuineness of which were not for a moment suspect ed
 The Bristol firm thought 1t safe that the stone should be under the custody or their own representative, and de- termined that one of their partners young Harry Bonsield, should ac- company Lamorock ID to London, talk ing it with him.
 They had just seated themselves comfortably and the train was already in motion. when an elderly gentleman with Joyial red face and black bushy whiskers opened the door and bundled himself in
 After the lapse of quarter of an hour he had talked their reserve away, and proved himself so amusing con- panion that lney all became quite friendly, and Lamorock who had grown suddenly 9miable, pressed the others into accepting n cigar apiece. The 5olly-faeed intruder was not to be outdone in hospitality He opened his handbag and with merry wink produced flask of curacoa, which the intense cold made particularly accept able to them all
 Lamoroek, indeed, found the liquor so delicious that he took two glasses. Before they got half through their cigars he noticed with suspicion that the conversation began to slacken, and that his companions showed disposi- tion to go to sleep.
 Bonsfield was the first to succumb tr somnolence, and Lamorock even began to feel sleepy himself.
 The intruder also began to look as if he would soon follow Bonsfield,s ex- ample. He vainly tried to look wide awake, but his lids would droop heavi- ly, his head would sink down upon Lis chin and he would then pull him. self together by supreme effort and try to sit up straight.
 When the train arrived at Swind~N Junction the guard discovered them aIl asleep, and after trying in vain to rouse them up, the conviction dawned upon him that it was a case of foul play. The three patients were taken out and removed to the hospital, ar engagements being made by the police that on their recovery all three sheuld be detained in custody pending inves- hgation.s
 Harry Bonsfield easily established his identity. and was set at liberty, but the information that the police obtained about his companions, the revolyers they found in both their oyercoats, two telltale cigars and two equally damning cigar stumps, the remnants of curacoa in the flask and very suspicious false beard, all these incidents led to their arrest, trial and subsequent conviction.
 Scotland yard keeps the flask as curiosity, for it has two compartments from which the contents can be drawn at the will of the owner by slight pressure on secret spring Both