The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-29
.GEM|0E EVIL omen
HAS REAP |: APPEARED.
M
Believed Lost at Sea, Hope Dia-
lr1ond Turns Up in
Paris.
ilc G; i {: !! E: BY HISTORY
Misfortune Has Followed Every.
Owner Of the Famous
Stone.
cH IL: i: |: |, BY HISTORY

E Paris, October 2s.-The famous Hope
diamond, which has brought death and
misfortune to every person who has
owned II and which was believed tosbe
lsefe at last ut the bottom OF the China
sea, has reappeared in Paris 1t Is now
on sale in tie window of a jeWeler In
the Rue dc II Paix. but Its evii reputa-,
ton has affected its price. Lord Fran
Scls Hope sold 1t for s14s0Uo but 1t
can be bought now for less than ylUu,-s
900
About year ago the diamond was
bought by a Persian named Hapid. who
was said to lie acting for an Indian po-5
tentatc. He took passage for India on
the French steamship Scyne. which was
rammed and sunk In the China Sea by
the Onda.
It was supposed that all on board
was lost but By peculiar coincidence
the man who has brought the famous
stone back to Paris is a Persian named
lidbtd. Whether he is the original ono
returned from the dead cannot be told,
hui in any event another mystery has
been added to the diamonds long list.
May Yobc Wore 1t on Stage.
The diamond became well known In
America when It scntillated on the
breast OF Lady Francis Hope, once the
beautiful May Yohe when.9 after her
marriage to the son of the Earl OF
Newcastle, she returned to the yaude-!
Vile stage. She fell a victim to itt
baleful influence. After a brief mar
ried life she elopcd with Putnam Brad
L.
New York. Witt.him she Travelled all
over the world, growing less and less
pros porous year By year.
Last February she became the pro-
prietor OF cheap lodging house In
Seattle. and then lost even that, and
was reduced TO singing in the cheap
music halls in the cellars of San Fran
cisco. few months ago she was
stricken by paralysis while singing.
and IL; now said to be a homeless para.
lstic.
Thief Slain by Dogs.
Bat long before May Yohe ever heard
OF the diamond 1t had a sinister his
tory. The first known OF it was when
It was brought to Paris In the reign OF
Louis XIV by travelling jeweler
named Tavernier. who is said to have
stolen ii from a Hindoo idol Then 1t
weighed in its rough state H. carats.
but after it had been recnt by an AM
sterdsm jewcler it weighed sixty-seven
and a half carats. Tavernier later was
torn to pieces by Wild dogs in Constan-
tinople.
/ King Louis gave the gem to Madame
de Montespan to wear. She lost his
love, and he abandoned her. Nicholas
jFouguct, Intendant of France, borrowed
the diamond from the King and wore
lit. He was disgraced and died in
liprison. Marie Antoinette begged for
the Jewel and wore 1t. She was be-
| headed. as was King Louis himself.
The great blue stone was also worn
| by the Princess de Lamballe. who was
torn to pieces by a French mob. VIII
! liam Falls. the, jeweler who recut the
| stone. died ruined man. His son
Hendrix. who stole the jewel from his
| father. committed suicide from remorse
Some years later II was sold to Fran
Icis Beaulieu, and he died in misery
and want. III
Trail OF Murder and Misery.
Dantai Eliason. a London jeweler
/ got possession or the gem and sold II
| tic Henry Thomas Hope. rich Londor
!, banker, Just before he failed IN bust
| of n1isfortunes, including the deatt
/ of his favoritc son.
The stone passed to Lord Frhnci.
fHcpe in time. and he beca Yle bank
/ rupt and lost his wife. He sold ths
diamond i o Simon Franke1. anew y orl
,eweIer, and it brought him fnancla
idifficu1ties. The next owner, Jacques
IColet, went mad and committed Sui
eide. Prince Ivan Kan1toyski, wh,
thought 1t from Golet, was killed b,
] Russian revoIutionists. a nd NJ lle.a Ladue