The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-21
HOW STOLEN JEWELS
J ARE DISPOSED OF
Diamonds Of 10 carats or Over
Must Be Cut to Find
.. Buyer.
TURN TO EAST
Ones . e<eiss Gem Gets 10 Es<sssr -.
die. psssis or Turksy. u 10 Histsm ~
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Brvm the Ne~ York sun.
Disposing OF stolen jewels 10 q 0m-
cult undertaking. particularly IN
jewels are OF great value. II II aimoss
impossible To get rid az large stones In
this country and harder stii to dispcs~
OF them In England and France ~ they
are stolen The only way TO do IL with
safety In TO cut the stone up. n when
n large stone u cut n decreases greatly
In value.
Diamond deaicrs ALL over the world
arc on the lookout now for the large
p~ear-shapcd diamond that was stolen
from the Tiffany work rooms sorno
weeks ago. Every reputable dealer
would refuse 10 buy that brilliant IL IL
were offered for sale In the a I'm
which ~ was stolen. That there are
diamond dealers who pre- not reputable
goes without saying. bat II they bought
this stone they would bay u with the
idea or cutting Ia
Large diamonds are not 40 numerous
hat they cannot hc kept track OF.
When a large diamond Is found IL
sooner or later ends its way TO the
greatest diamond MARKET I'm the world.
which Isl London. Persons through
whose hands n large stone passes are
careful TO note Us good points as well
as It's dcrccta. IL " has any.
know 6in Diamond.
Every diamond over ten carats 10
considered a large n and worthy OF
particular cote. Every dealer who
handles such a stone Tan give a minute
description OF II. The purer the stone
the more attention u attracts from the
persons who handle ~ That In why IL
In hard TO dispose OF stolen diamonds OF
any account. for when one 10 stolen
every dealer throughout the world
hears OF Il and has such a good de-
scriptlon of the missing stone that no
can hardly fail 20 identify H.
The ordinary stolen jewels ind their
way TO pawnshops aud fences There
are jewelers. I'm this town who have the
reputation OF being fences but none or
them does business direct with n thick
When n large tone ~ stolen here or
I'm England or France the frst place tho
! searchers ooh for "a TO turn up 10 I'm
1 Amsterdam. which ts the center OF Tho
diamond-cutting Industry. IL Il doesn't
appear there within n time
It's owners can bid goodbye TO IL. for 10
will probably bcS disposed OF without
trouble In the orient. India. Persia and
Turkey are the three countries where
| large diamonds can b. sold without
cutting them up.
Once they are taken into orr Of these
countries they are hidden just as ir
they were put back into the ground.
Diamond dealers say that the greater
number Of important jewels that have
been stolen have found their way to
these countries. The indian princes
will buy and nsk no questions.
The high-class native OF India is a
remarkable Judge Of all kinds OF pre-
cious stones, and many OF them count
most OF their wealth In this form.
Lost In the Orient.
Diamond dealers and police all cyer
the civilized world have long realized
h az soon as n precious stone finds
It's way TO the orient II In lost until It's
buyer dies and HIS property is divided
among his wives or his relatives.
The large precious stones generally
md their way into the crowns OF roy
atty. The Orion. which weighs ie4M
carats, II In the Russian crown jewels.
That stone formed one OF the eyes OF
an idol In the Brahman temple on tho
Island OF Srirangam in the kaveri rtv-
er. near Trichinopoli. The story has X
that IL was stolen from there early In
the eighteenth century by a French
soldier. From him IL found It's way
into the hands OF m English ship cap
tain and so got into Europe.
II turned up In Amsterdam In 1894
and for a time IL was called the AM
sterdam diamond. IL got It's name or
Orion when Prime Orion bought IL for
400, 900 Dutch forms and presented IL
10 the Empress Catherine ii. OF Russia.
This Jewel forms the e OF the im-
perial scepter.
Three other famous jewels In the
possession OF the Russian crown ara
the Shah, the Moo OF Mountains and
the Polar Star-the first OF IS caratA
the second OF 40 carats and the third
OF 40 carats. The Shah Is M engraved
diamond. n OF the very few large en-
-
perfect blue white stones. Catherine III.
bought the Moon OF Mountains for
100000 rubles. an annuity OF 1000
rubles and letters OF royalty.
Tire B~rassnxa.
These are not by any means the
largest known o In existence, but
they are among the most valuable. be-
cause OF their purity. Some OF the
largest diamonds on record are Bra
lillian stones. but doubt always has
been cast on their ge~nuineness. The
Braganxa In n Brazilian stone as big
as a hens egg and weighing 1850
carnts. IL is preserved In the Portu-
guese crown Jewels. but there has al
ways been doubt as To It's g-enuineness.
II IL IL genuine. diamond experts say.
II Is worth s224.0o0. 900.
Another large stone on which there
has been n good deal OF speculation an
TO its genuineness IL owned by the
RaJah OF Mattang. Borneo. IL weighs
3sT carats.
OF the large diamonds that have
been found In recent years the Excel
sior Is the largest. II was unearthet IN
n Jeg~ersfontein mine. In the Orange
River Colony. South Africa. II meas
urei 22 inches In length. 2 inches In
breadth and 1 inch I'm thickness.
The Excelsior was found In June.
1898. There was a flaw ia IL, however.
and n had TO be cut. The larger sec
ton OF Il found It's way 20 Tiffany &
Co. where II still remains waiting o
purchaser. When the Tiffany robbery.
nrst became known n was thought that
Il was the Excelsior that n been
stolen. n