Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-27

tl see what kind of chance this loan
 would have in London at the present | time and how far the leading fnan ! cia houses would support it. Should his negotiations for this loan prove successful he will give guarantee i that the money shall be spent in , England for ships and guns. Should
 he fail he declares he will go to the 1 United States, where he expects to 1 find money plentiful and where he owns considerable property that he 1 has never seen.
 A gigantic conspiracy has been dis covered in South Africa to rob the gold mines on the Rand. Stylishiy dressed ladies, who speak well and always travel in the most luxurious manner are used as instruments for
 getting the gold out of the country. It is estimated that the gang has sue
 ceeded in making at least $250,000 by their operations. That the conspiracy is widespread is confirmed by the ac- tion of the Transvaal government which is now endeavoring to find out the whereabouts of the syndicat. fer illicit gold dealing.
 The syndicate is supposed to have
 been at work during the past two |years and is believed to be one of the most gigantic criminal conspiracies of recent times. A few weeks ago number of detectives were sent down to Durban by the Transvaal authori- ties with the object of endeavoring to locate the syndicate supposed to be in Durban in touch with confederates at Johannesburg. The detectives con- stant1y moved back and forth be- tween Durban and Johannesburg and were ostensibly shadowing 2 few mo- torious characters attracted to Dur ban during the gala season. In real |ity they were quietly and cleverly piecing together the story of the con- lspiracy of robbery and fraud in the of which they are now so far advanced as to assure their next line of action. Meanwhile there has been a Hull in the traffic and it is
 believed that the gang, becoming sus-
 picious the police are after them, have temporarily suspended opera tions or have divert.l them fer the
 time being into some other channel than the port of Natal.
 The method of the gang, once the gold is in their poss e-'An, is as sin- pie as it is daring. Coatederates in the mines steal the gel1 and the next consideration is then to get it to the port For this purpose women fash ionably dressed and trave.ing first class by the fast maj: are employed. It is stated that in recent years q large number of we'll dressed women, chiefly foreigners, have been employ ed in the traffic, and it is we'll known that in the illicit diamond trade, and in the smuggling operations which are always going on on the Continent
 women figure more prominently than
 men.
 A member of the gang arriving in
 Durban with the gold is never met at the station by anybody, but has pre-
 viously received instructions to re
 pair to certain lodgings and remain
 there until communication is estab- lished. Eventually the gold is hand ed over to the proper quarter, and thence conveyed to another member
 of the gang whose duty it is to get it over to London. This is naturally
 most risky proceeding, in view of
 the customs restrictions on landing, but it is carried out with the aid of such ingenious contrivances as trunks with false bottoms The mem-
 Der of the gang travelling by sea is generally man, always we'll dressed and well spoken. and invariably going first class. | is stated that the gold
 is specially treated in Durban, and it is sometimes packed in bones design ed for the purpose, ready for ship ment to the gold buyers in London. Once in London little difficulty is ex- perienced in disposing of the gold
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