Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-30
CHAPTER v.-tContinued.)

fact is supphed Dy oistiie' al Al
Wore on plain five miles in diameter,
scattered thousands of masses OF
-. lie iron. varying in weight from
ms =, ton TO a fraction of one ounce.
I'''' .,,o,mous meteoric shower fell there
-,A mo neriod, and near the center is a
"1,tor.Iil,r hole which suggests TIE i'm
10 ga cf some very large body VII oh
~ al itself in the earth. All mlnerllo-
',;sts know the place as the Canyon
Tiaholo. or Devils Gulch, and specimens
- ia ore are in every collection. Or'il-
nsrv tools were spoiled, and even
.rnerv wheels worn by some hard lng'e-
~ in the iron, and analysis has re-
lid rhe presence therein of three dis
- forms of diamond-the ordinary
- like these now before you, both
sr r,, and black graphite, and
an,ornhous carbon; that is, carbon with
ont chrvstallization."
81 qather that the diamantiferous ma
terial was present in the form of tiny
,,,rtieles and not in stones at all ap.
pproaching these in size!" said Mr.. Abing
don
Exactly l have never either seen or
boord al specimens like those. In 1886
a meteor fell in Russia, and contained /
nor cent. of diamond in a slightly meta
morpbosed state In 1916 the Ava me-
teorte fell in Hungary, and it held crys
talliue graphite in the bright as well as
the dark form. But, again, the dlstrlbu
tiou was well diffused, and of slight COM
mercial value. Sir William Crookes, or
any eminent chemist, will bear me out III
The assumption that the diamonds now
before your eyes are absolutely match
less By the product of any recorded me
teoric source.
fsaacstein, having delivered his little
lecture. looked and felt important The
MAGISTRATE bent forward with pleasant
= smile.
Il am very much obliged to you for the
highly interesting information you have
riyen" he said. Zone more question
tbe inevitable corollary of your evidence
is that the boy now in the dock has either
found a meteor or a meteoric deposit.
Can YOU say if it is a matter of recent
occurrence"
Judging by the appearance of the ac-
companving scraps of iron ore, / should
saw that they have been quite recently
III q Sldlc u AuA HUN iiCftt- 4 Nv oiia
Gates seem to be almost eliminated"
The magistrate was unquestionably
puzzled Queer incidents happen in police
courts daily, and the most unexpected
scientific and technical points are eluci-
dated in the effort to secure an accurate
comprehension of matters in dispute. But
never, during his long tenancy of the
court, had he been called on to deal with
a case of this nature. He smiled in his
perpexity.
I'VE all remember the copy book
maxim: Let Justice be done though the
heavens fall" he said; but here it is
clearly shown that the ideal is not easily
reached"
OF course. everyone laughed, and the
reporters piled pen and pencil with re-
neWed activity. Here was sensation
with a vengeance-worth all the display
it demanded in the evening papers.
Headlines would whoop through a quar-
Ter OF a column, and Philips meteor
again run through space.
The boy himself was apparently the
most disinterested person present. While
listening to Isaacstein, he again eX-
peIienced the odd sensation of aloofness,
OF lofty domination, amidst a common
place and insignificant environment. The
jew was clever, of course, but his clever
ness was that of the textbook, dry
record of fact which needed genius to
illuminate the printed page. And these
lawyers, reporters, policemen, with the
yaeuous background of loungers, the
friends and bottle holders of thieves and
dFunkards-the magistrate, even, remote
IN his dignity and sense of power-what
We're they to him of no greater import
than the paving stones of the streets to
the pulsating life of London as it passed
The magistrate glanced at Isaacstein
and stroked his chin. The jew gazed in
tentiy at the packet of diamonds and
IUhoed his slmous nose. There was a
ueeP silence in court, broken only by the
occasional shuttle of feet among the
audience at the back-a shuttle which
stopped instantly when the steely glance
q policeman darted in that direction
At last the magistrate seemed to make
up ms mind to a definite course of action
There is only one person present." he
Saio' who can throw light OIL this eX
itraordinary case, and that is the boy
himself"
NcH Ut imp, anu all eNe S qulch-
~ turned toward the thin, ragged figure
standing upright against the rail that
7i0f him off from the well of the court
me professional people present noted
'..at the magistrate did not allude to the
l2e-looking youth as 'the prisoner"
" nat was going to happen? Was this
1.'.I'o ute urehin going to leave the court
WIN WIN diamonds in his pocket worth
1000: Oddly enough no one paid
.E,' to Philips boast that he owned far
fe tifln that amount 1t was not he
I'll. IN, packet of diamonds. that evoked
~'"4ef And had not Isaacstein. the
s.-} merchant and expert, appraised
. I'm openly Was it possible that those
a white pebbles could be endowed
WIN such Potentially. Fifty thousand
POUNDS. There Were men in the room.
"it a"f confined to the unwashed. whose
-.a''' dried and tongues sweled at the
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