Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11

or not. and he is acting so suspiciously
that l don't bolicve he does own them.
L think he and Stcubock are In a CON
spiracy to get possession OF the dia-
monds' Then I told Lon to go out on
the porch and tell the men to come
over and see me. They came over. The
paper seller. Steubeck. came Into The
house and said: This is the gentleman
who owns the diamonds which your
boy found, and he has come TO get
them / asked the man II they wr:e
his diamonds, and he said they were.
He asked. Is II u stickpin and ring!
l said, Yes, sir He showed me box.
and asked me II the box containing the
diamonds was the same style. shape,
and green color ] said to him. You
must pardon me. sir, bu. you are to-
tai stranger to me. and how am TO
know that these are really your dii-
monds. without your giving Il better
description Do you blame me for not
turning these diamonds over to you
under such peculiar conditionsY Xander
said NO. / don't blame you, and ap-
peared to faltcr. But Steubcck didn't
say anything to my objections. Then
they left.
.tThe man seemed to be so anxious to
get hold of the stones quickly ana
quietly that / set out to see about the
matter at once. Ny husband was not
MT home. My daughter. Lillian, was
quite I'LL So / went down town ana
saw Mr. Lloyd. because l knew tilat
he was an honorable gentleman ana !
could trust him absolutely. 1 talked
1t over with Mr.. Lloyd and Mr.. Is'aub
In the store of the Cache Knitting com
pany. at Al south Main street. and both
advised me to keep the diamonds untii
we got an accurate description OF tnen.
Il had Mr. Lloyd put the diamonds
In his safe. and then came right
home Tint night. (Monday), another
man came out TO my home. l didn't
know that he was an officer. He wore
no uniform and refused to show his
star or credentials. Before l had any
time to talk to him, he tossed his mead
and jeercd at me. He said: we nave
come for those diamonds and we want
YOU to deliver them up to us imme-
diately. You have them. haven't you
| said, We have them In safekecping,
but not In the house. He seemed
to be enraged at this and said: You
mean to tell me YOU haven't those dla-
monds?' 1 replied that had them In
vault. He shouted. Where
answered, Down town He got ex-
cited and yelled, we want those dia-
monds. and YOU dig 'em up He point
ed his finger at me and acted in an in
sultlng manner. 1 said, I told you the
| diamonds were down town. He said.
| You want to steal this mans dta-
monds. do your He stood across the
| table and leaned over and talked to
me as though he were talking to dog
! said, You're not much of gentle
| man to talk to ladies like that, sir. He
| pointed across the table and yelled,
| 'Ahl You're n set of thieves l felt
| outraged by his insults. and told him
that I would not go with him when ne
| asked me to go down and get the dia-
| monds for him right away But I
| II hot 7 oh 10
| further in the morning. and that I
| would not deal with any man who In
| suited me and threatened me and call
ed me ana my children set of thieves.
Xander sat still In chair all this time
and never said word when that
cowardly detective insulted me. The
| detective had a white mutache. wore
a long. light gray coat. his hair was
kind of gray. and he had IN aqulline
nose. AS he was going ont of the
house. he turned on me furiously and
shouted at the top of his voice, I'll put
you in jail. I'll put the whole pile OF
you In jail
AFTER the officer had gone. my
daughter and I went down to a friends
house and telephoned to police head
quarters. and Lieutenant Richard l.
Shannon talked to us I told him the
circumstances of the whole case Rnd
how the officer had grossly insulted
me and my daughters in our own
home ane how he had threatened 10
nut us all in Jail unless we cave UT
the diamonds. Lieutenant Shannon
said that he couldn't understand how
the officer could have acted that way
and said that he knew the detective
wasn't u drinking man. Lieutenant
Shannon told US TO come TO head
quarters in the morning.
Tuesday morning, Dec. Z. we We're
| Ia1 4. 81 rot MI
We went in to Chief of Police Barlow
private office. We told Chief Bar
low how the officer had insulted u.s.
how my little boy had found the dia-
monds; why we were suspicious about
the man who claimed that he owned
them; and all about the whole case.
Chief Barlow said that he didn't know
why his man had acted the way he did
but that he would see why the detec-
tive had insulted US and called us
names 1 said, Chief Barlow, feel
so outraged over this matters that
shall file charges against that de-
tective. He isn't fit to be on the force.
"Chief Barlow said that he had talked
to Xander and was satisfied the dia-
monds belonged to Xander, and that he
thought we had better turn them over
to the police. so that they could be re-
stored Immediately to Xander. l said,
this ad. in the paper? Don't you think
1t looks queer? Isn't the whole busi-
ness suspicious? Here this man claims
that he owns the diamonds and that
he lost them and that they are worth
more than $i00. and yet he never offered
a reward. 1t doesn't seem lawful nor
nor right nor just nor decent for the
police to compel us to turn the dia-
monds over to them. after my son has
found them on the street, and especi-
ally in face OF the fact that the man
who claims them is utterly unable to
| give description which anywhere near
fits the stones Then Chief Barlow
said, IF you don't give up those dla-
monds right away, your son will be ar
rested 1 asked. What for?' Chief
Barlow said, Grand larceny 1 asked
Chief Barlow how my son could be ar
one acquainted with the case knew NIB
solutely that my son had found the
diamonds He said II was the law and
that we would have to give them up.
asked how finding diamonds could be
classed as the crime OF grand larceny.
and he said. Anything over $50 Is
grand larceny 1 said. But my boy
know It. Grand larceny is stealing.
Chief Barlow said. Your son has
committed grand larceny. and II you
don't want to be disgraced by having
the world know that you have a GRIM
inal in the family, You must give ur
those diamonds to me right now ]
insisted that my son hadn't done any
thing wrong and that We had a legal