The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-14
linked WITH DEATH.
Articles That Brought Tragedy to
Their Owners.
SOME QUEER CONDOLENCES

The Hindoo Idol That Mms. Carno.
Ordered Destroyed--A Grim Exhibi
10 a London Mussum-A Ring The
Brought tss Owners 10 suioids.
Of course the psychologists have ex
plantations for them ali, but there
are lots Of things that happen that
somehow do not respond readily to
these 50 called explanations Of Dpurels
mental effect or accidental colnc
dences7 and all that sort Of thing,
When Nine Carnot, widow Of sadl
Carnot died and her viii was read,
clause Ia 1t caused considerable com
ment This was to the effect that
certain small Hindoo idol carved from
q hard stone which would be found
among her property must be taken out
and crushed until completely destroy
ed. Many marveled at this apparently
singular request, for the idol seemed
a harmless, ugly little thing, but her
Instructions were carried out to the
letter
THE idol had been presented to Sadi
Carnot years before be had ever
thought Of the presidency Of France
By q friend who had brought It from
India. Later he learned that there
was a legend attached TO It which as
serted that wh0soeyer would retain Il
In his possession would rise to the
fullest height Of power In his chosen
profession. but die OF stab wound
when at the zenith Of bis career Car.
not traced the history OF the idol and
found that for 800 years the rulers
who had possessed It had all died
either IN battle OF ~ assassination 81
stab wounds Yet be laughed at the
story, called the facts adduced BY bis
search a mere chain Of coincidence
and retained the idol He died BY
dagger ia the hands Of an ASSASSIN
hence Nine. Cagnots strange request
IN Chicago a pawnbroker has a queer
looking old turnip q a watch that he
win not sell and viii not wear, for he
knows lls history lie bought Il at a
aalo Of accumulated police property
and after the sale as warning one of
the police officials related three "coln.
cidenees' IN connection with It. The
first Chicago man to own the watch
no far as the police knew. had been
killed by burglar. and the watch was
one Of the few things the thief got
away with. A few weeks later the
burglar. with 4 party Of his pals. pur-
sued by the police for another crime,
took refuge In d house on the outskirts
Of the city and sought to bold the ofii-
GERS at bay. All were taken alive ex-
cept the burglar, and he was shot dead
The watch was found On bis body II
WIS around the detective bureau for o
long time. and one day one Of the
force asked permission to take 1t home
to show some friends. his description
Of its quaint, curious case having
aroused their curiosity. On bis wny
back to report that night, with tie
watch In his possession. he was shot
dead by a crook who had a long stand
ing grudge against him.
The pawnbroker put the watch II
his showcase. but purely as an orna-
ment and made such investigation Re
Eardlng It's history as be could. lie
learned that It had been made In
France more than hundred years
ago. and ave men who had worn II had
died violent deaths Yet these were
ali condolences. and the curse OF the
old woman from whose hands II had
been snatched by a thief IN Bordeaux
shortly after It left is makers hands
had nothing to do with the care what
sTsr.
n che South Kenslngson museum
.Ks0ndon. there ls an Objeict cataloRied
z2.46o. Il Il cast of a womana fGce
and was found IN an excavation NOT
faf from Luxor. In Egypt. The east Is
that Of a beautiful woman. but the
face wears m expression Of ainisteI
evil. The man who found the cast
died within twenly-four hours after be
had touched f. and the two workers
who handled Il died within a few
weeks. Three q the carriers who han
died It on the NIle boat died within d
short space Of time. and the man who
reshipped Il at Cairo also died within
less than week after be had played
bis part IN the work OF getting It to Is
destination All these were seemingly
natural deaths. but It IS odd that al
the men whose fingers touched the cnsi
In Egypt should have died 50 soon aft
er the handling
Then there la the ring Of which
Glrouard. the French detective, has
told US and which now Is IN one Of ths
museums OF Paris. II is odd IN thai
It Is flexible. slightly 30. for It Is form
cd like a twisted serpent Ii closely
NO. en- gold links with an opal on The
top Of the head, two tiny emeralds foi
eyes and a ruby in It's mouth. Sever
such rings ore not apt 70 be Ia exist
enee In any one city, yet seven time.
during the twenty nine years Girouarl
served the Partisan police IN q position
which brought him to the morgue dails
he found this ring on the bodies ol
suicides -Four times It had beer
claimed BY relatives Of the dead. ane