The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04

When these were handed over the
other added: ''Mrs Trelaug told me to
say that, if you Will keep the bracelet
for week, she Will probably be able
to buy it back, and will give you $500
| for it
The commisslopaire put the notes In
| his pocket and descended to the street.
| Out of the tail of his eye he saw the
Armenian watching him from the win.
dow. so calling taxlcab he said
| loudly:
"Here, 90 as quick as you can to
- and he gave the address of the
London was familiar. The Armenian
| returned to his desk satisfied.
A few minutes later the taxicab was
discharged; Sir John IS last shilling was
spent In paying the fare. In q few
minutes he took another taxi and drove
to the Bank Of England, where be
turned the notes into gold. Only when
this had been done did he feel safe.
He returned to his taxi, drove to the
| train to Westminster From there he
walked to his rooms. Here luck ia
vored him; the caretaker was not about
| and he slipped in unobserved. In few
minutes he had changed. The rest was
easy. He returned to the Cecil carry
ing small Gladstone bag, wrote note
regretting his absence the previous day,
and enclosing a remittance to Messrs.
Clarkson, and asked them to send n
messenger for the uniform the follow.
ing day, paid n portion of the money
into his bank with laughing remark
to the teller about having been lucky
betting for once in his life. and in due
course Mr.. Smith - of Manchester set
tied his account at the Hotel Cecil. and
departed.
1t finally developed into the most
sensational lawsuit of the season. The
young and beautiful Countess of Shif-
she had been wearing her diamond
bracelet at a small dance in Court6eld
Gardens during Ascot week. Feeling
very tired, she had not waited for her
limousine, which she had arranged
should fetch her after having taken
her husband home from political
meeting at which he was speaking, but
had driven home in taxicab. She
bad not noticed her loss until her
maid called her attention the next day
TO the bracelet being missing. and
had not the faintest idea whether she
lost 1t at the dance OF In the taxi
cab. She had been much distressed,
and had made inquiries at Scotland
Yard and at the house where the dance
ndu peen given. NO. Sne WIS sorry SDe
could not recognize the chauffeur; but
she described the abusive scene from
which she had been saved by o gentle
man who was passing. No, she had no
idea who the gentleman was. She ad
vertised offered II reward of s10o, and
few days later received by registered
post, letter containing number
of thin metal slips with raised letters,
such as come from the automatic name
machines on railway platforms At
first she could not understand them;
but after some little arrangement she
found that, placed one after the other,
they read; "Lady Shifnal should go
to Koodoorian, moneylender, and de-
mand bracelet sold him by Mrs. Ire
lanr.o
Lord Shifnal then entered the wit
ness box and described how he had
taken the metal slips to Scotland Yard.
and, accompanied by one of their de-
tectives, had proceeded to Mr. Koo
doorian S Office and asked to see the
bracelet sold TO him by Mrs. Trelang
Thinking this WAS the rcpurchase
limited at by the lady S messenger,
Koodoorlan had produced the bracelet,
which Lord Shifnal had identified MS
his wife S, and leaving his card upon