The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
A TRUE STORY OF A DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS OFFICE. y
BY ARTHUR c. TRAIN.

tears which continued TO roll down his
cheeks while he tried to wipe them Oft
on his arm.
1 babe him cheer up and promised to
do all 1 could to protect his rights.
Then l called up the. custom house.
"Paid"' came back the voice of the
United States district attorney. "Ot
course not. The claim is worthless I'M
til the diamond is sold, and anyway
such an assignment as you describe is
invalid under our statutes. You had
better execute a revocation. however,
and place it on file here. Yes, I'll look
out for the matter"
The keeper and Riggs arose in uni
son, the same urbane smile that had
previously illuminated his countenance
restored.
One day, about a week later 1 was
Informed that Riggs had been convict
ed of assault and sentenced to a years
Imprisonment on BlackwelPs Island.
Meantime, the Mexicans were tried,
convicted and sent to prison. The
jewel itself was duly made the SUBJ
ject of condemnation proceedings and
whose pursueth the reports of the
United States circuit court may read
thereof in those for the year 1901 I'M
der the title of 1.-THE United States vs.
One Diamond Pendant and Two Ear
rings" 1t was, so to speak, tried, prop
erIy convicted and sold to the highest
bidder. The Mexicans are still serv-
ing out their time. One turned states
evidence. stating that he was a mu-
stefan and had won the love of a
beautiful senoEita in the City of Mex
ico. who had given him the gems to
Sell in order that they might have
money upon which to marry. He also
protested that his sweetheart had in
herited them from her mother.
Inside the cover of the old red case
is printed in gold letters:
la Esmeralda.
'F. Causer Zihy & Co., Mexico and
Paris
And a highly scented piece of violet
note paper lies beneath the double lin
ing containing. in a wOman's hand,
this:
THE diamond necklace is from Max
imilian's crown, the Emperor of Mex
leo. The center stone has thirty-three
and seven-tenths carats and the eigh-
teen surrounding it no less than one
each. The diamond ring. the stone
thereof, was in Maximilian's ring at
the time he was shot
But that is ail-there is nothing to
tell what hand snatched the Jewels
from the lifeless fingers of the dead
from the royal household.
A year later a tOvial-lOOking per-
son called at my office, and l recog-
nized with some difficulty my old
friend Riggs in a new brown derby hat
and a checked suit
After shaking hands warmly he pre-
| scented me with a card reading:
"P. Llewellyn Riggs,
/ Private Detective,
- Broadway"
YES" he explained, in answer 10
my surprised expression, I've gone
/ into the detective business. My unfor-
tunate conviction is only sort of ad-
tvertisement, you know, and then 1 was
the victim of an outrageous cOnspir-
acyr"
| But" says I, Il thought you were
going to retire on the proceeds of the
| diamond
why, haven't you heard?" he re-
ment of the claim with a power of at
tOrney, and when the diamond was sold
she ran away"
Ran away?"
! Yes, she took a friend of mine with
her. But I shall find her-just as
did the diamond" He struck a Sher-
lock HoIshcs attitude
by the way if you should ever
want any detective work done you'll
remember"
Il am not likely to forget" 1 an
sWered
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