Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-16
CHAPTER III.
Fan FABos TELLS HIS STORY.
So might my task begin.

Fan FABOS TELLS HIS STORY.
So might my task begin.
l am to prove that there is a con
spiracy Of crime so we'll organized, so
widespread, so amazing in it's daring
that the police of all the civilized coun-
tries are at present unable either to
imagine OF to defeat 1t.
/ anne tell you when first It was
that some suspicion Of the existence
OF this great republic Of thieves and
assassins first came to me. Years ago
/ asked myself IL 1t were not possible.
There has been no great jewel rob-
berry for q decade past which mas not
found me. more jealous han the po-
lice themselves in study OF it's meth
DDS and Judgment Of it's men. l can
tell you the weight and size almost
OF every great jewel stolen, either in
Europe or America, during the past
five years. l know the life history of
the men who are paying the penalty
for some of those crimes. / can tell
you whence they came and what was
their intention should they have car
r1e1 their booty away. I know the
houses in London and Paris and Wen
ma and Berlin where you may change
q stolen diamond for money as read
lily as men cash a banknote across a
counter. But there my knowledge has
begun n ended. / feel like q child
before q book who's print il cannot
READ. There is a great world of crime
UNEMPLOYED and it's very cities are un-
named How, then, should a man be-
gin his studies? l answer that he cam
not begin them unless his destiny opens
the book.
Let me set down my beliefs a little
palmer. If ever the story be read,
ii will not be by those who have my
/ urn M M p Of nrfpaa Of fhafr col. ~ l,a,r,
studied as / have studied the gospel
Of robbery as long years expound II.
1t would be idle to maintain at great
length my belief hat the leading jewel
robberies of the world are directed by
one brain and organized by one SUI
preme intelligence. Let me be content
In this place to relate but a single
circumstance. 1t is that of the discov-
cry of a dead body just three years
ago on the lonely seashore by the lit
ale fishing village OF Failing III Nor
folk.
Now witness this occurrence. The
coast ~guard-for rarely does any but
a coast guardsman tramp tina lonely
shore-a coast guard, patroling his
sandy beat at 6 o'clock Of a spring
morning, comes suddenly upon the
body OF a ships officer, lying stark
upon the golden beach, cast there by
the food tide. No name upon the pi-
lot boat betrayed the vessel which this
young man had served. He wore Jack
boots sue as an officer of a merchant
nan would wear; his clothes were Of
navy serge.
Such a fatality naturally deserved no
more than a brief paragraph In any
daily paper. / should have heard moth
ing of 1T but for my friend Murray,
Of Scotland Yard, who telegraphed for
me upon the afternoon of the following
Edn w.. and nnnn my a arrival AZ htc n f1on
astonfshed me very much by first show
ing me an account of the circumstances
in the Eastern Daily Press and then
passing for my examination a roll of
cotton wool such as diamond brokers
carry.
out preface. do you know anything
OF the jewels IN that parceI?"
There were four stones lying a gilt
ter upon the wool. One OF them. a
great gem of soma 100 carats -cso col
ored and altogether magnificent, / rec
ognized at a single glance.
That" / said, lis the red diamond
OF Ford valley. Ask Baron Louis de
Rothschild and he will tell you whose
property ii vas"
would you be very surprised to
knew that X was found upon the body
of the young sailor?"
Murray" 1 said. you have known
me TOO long 10 expect me 10 De sur
prised by anything"
But II is somewhat out of the way,
isn't it, That's why l. sent for you.
The other stones don't appear to be
of the same class. But they're val
liable I should think"
This pure white Is a Brazilian" said
III; 1T may be worth f150. The other
two are jewelers. common stuff. They
would make a pretty pair of earrings
W Pnr cxfr daltuhtnr Murine y vn,, chn.,Il
make the treasury an offer for them.
Say. so for the pair
THE police haven't much money 10
waste on the ladies' ears" he said
rather hardly. we prefer 'em without
ornament-they go closer to the doors.
thought you would like to hear about
this. We can't make much of 1t here.
and / don't suppose youth make more.
A ships officer like that--you don't
expect him to be a fence In a COM
mon way and he's about the last you'd
name for a professional hand In Paris
for X this IL Baron Louis stone, as
you say 1t must have been stolen In
Paris"
mo reason at all. Murray. His wife
wore II In her tiara. She was at the
princes. ! believe, no more than a
month ago. Does that occur to your
w haven't begun to think about ii. =
he said. "how can we? No ship has
reported his loss. He carried a pipe,
q tobacco box, a gold watch and this.
Where's your ciew start? Tell mt that
and I'll go on It,"
There are no papers. them"
"None-that Is, this paper. And II
YOU can make head or tail Of It. I'll
give E100 to a hospital
He passed across the table a worn
and tattered letter case. 1t contained
q plain gold wedding ring and q slip
" - no - xxrfkh fiuo~ ~-A-lAA Ar 49,
Captain Three Flngers-Tuesday,"
Where did he carry the diamonds?'
Inside his waistcoat."
mo arms Upon him?s