The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1908-01-25
LONG LOST DIAMONDS RECOVERED.
Remarkable Story Of Mrs. Joseph carraras, II
Which Strange and Vivid Dream
Plays Prominent Part.

Biloxi Herald.
A pair of sS5 diamond earrings, sup
posed to have been lest in an UNDER
ground drain pipe and six months after
wards, through the agency of strange
and vivid dream, discovered to be hid
ing in the earth under hg tree are the
principal facts in very remarkable
story told by Mrs. Joseph Carraras, Of
S27 East Beach street, of this city. The
little diamonds, and they are of the first
water, have been rescued and a Herald
reporter had the privilege of examining
this morning, but it is safe to say that
of all the strange stories that are told
about stolen and lost diamonds none is
more strange than the history of these
two little ear drops.
Several months ago there was pub
lished in the Herald the tale of how Mrs.
Joseph Carraras, a lady living on East
Beach street, had in moment of abb
straction poured into the kitchen sink
glass of water in the bottom of which
were two tiny diamond ear rings which
had been given her just a short time be-
fore by her mother. Mrs. Carraras at
once telephoned for plumber and
part of the piping was taken out in
the hope that the precious jewels might
have lodged there. They were not found,
however, and it was believed that they
had been washed in drain which runs
distance of perhaps two Or three hun
dred feet to the beach. AS to have
taken UP all this tile would have meant
a task involving considerable time and
expense, it was decided to abandon the
search for the present at least and the
matter was dropped.
A few days ago Mrs. Carraras was
the happy recipient from her mother,
who lives at distance, of small sum
of money as gift. Pondering over
how the money should be spent, Mrs.
Carraras decided that she would have the
drain tile leading to the beach taken up
and would if possible recover the little
ear rings which were so dear to her.
However, Mrs. Carraras had other
wavs OF spending the money. She
wanted to bring over to her home from
New Orleans the altar which had been
erected at her home there at the time Of
her graduation from the convent, but If
she were to do this she would then not
have the diamonds. Her desire to re-
cover the diamonds, nevertheless, pre-
vailed and on last Saturday she engaged
a plumber :. come on Monday and began
the work OF taking up the drain tile.
And now comes the weird part OF the
story. On Saturday night Mrs. Carraras
had dream. A little child appeared to
her in the dream, and, as she describes
the vision, told her that there was no
need of her spending the mppey to take
up the thing and that the diamonds
were not there.
The child told her that the diamonds
we're under the little fig tree at the side
of the house and that if she would go
there and dig she would find her mothers
gift.
In the morning and with the coming
of daylight Mrs. Carraras felt much be-
wildered by the dream and as most per-
sons have done, was inclined at first to
disregard it. The dream had been so
vivid, however, and the words CT the
little dream child so persistent that she
finally decided to make search as she
had been directed to do.
She took a spoon and fork, the latter
to break up and sift the earth with, and
began digging under the tree. She had
thon fnuy min
utes when the fork struck one of the
ear rings and it was brought to light
and busted off none the worse for its six
months stay in the sandy soil.
Mrs. Carraras, overioyed at finding it.
called to some of her friends living near
bv and thew at once advised her to con-
tinue digging and find the other. The
finding of the other ear ring was longer
task but it was finally unearthed. 1t
was nearly five inches under ground.
Mrs. Carraras remembers now that
on the day when the diamonds were
lost she was suddenly called out OF the
house by disturbance in the back yard
She believes that in her haste and hav-
ing the glass of water with the diamonds
in it in her hand she threw the water
and diamonds out of the window toward
the fig tree, though for some reason the
impression made on her mind in the
moment of haste and abstraction was
that she had emptied the contents OF the
glass into the sink.
Mrs. Carraras is so pleased at having
recovered the diamonds that she says she
will give to the church or to charity all
or a part of the money which she had
intended to use in taking up the drain