The daily Alaskan., 1910-05-11
R0GUES IN UNIFORMS
Donned Official Clothes to Work
 Their Victims.
RUSSIAN sWlNDLERS,
The Plausible old Military Man Who Made St. Petersburg JsWsier Whom Hs Robbed Act as His Aeeomplies. The Energetic Police Agents,

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 Hs Robbed Act as His Aeeomplics. The Energetic Police Agents,
 Nowhere Is uniform more potent chan il Russia, aud that fact has more than once beeu utilized by swindlers Ia their daring operations. . Some years ago a jeweIer on the Neysky Pro~nekg of St Petersburg re celved visit one sunny afternoon from an old and decrepit officer In the uniform ot a geueuJ The old gentle maa was assisted from bls carriage to . che counter by HB attentive fooJman in livery. Tbe smiling ieweler received him wlu the degereure due Co his rank aud accommodated lm wiJb a chaIr
 Tue gentleman had yume to choose a birthday present .gr his wife The lradssmau displayed hls most valuable collars and llaras The vet
 srau fingered over tbym lovingly At
 last be made choice ot a costly suit and nImaJed that Il would meet bis purpose
 TrembIlugIy lbe old soldier sought in bis breast for bis pocEetbook He had
 sailed forth w.thou. Il The disap-
 poiutment ot both shopmau and GUS toner was acute The general how ever was not a strategIsJ without re- source With apologies he asked for writing materials and essayed to pen letter Co hIs home The excitement acting upon his pa,sled h1uds made bLs writing megl1le The jeweler was in
 despair. The old man sighed and re-
 marsed upon the sad consequences Of
 campaigns. Tbe leweler was touched
 He bad an inspiration
 ~Wul your ezce,Ieucy permit me to write Jae instruction to your dicta-
 uouT'
 . The general was delighted and most gratefully accepted the offer. On the business paper Of his drm the feweIer wrote the stumbling words of . the veteran.
 . Dear Anna -I have need ot money
 Please take 5ll0 ruales from my safe and rstlga by bearer. Lovingly yours,
 The eeueurs own footman was dis
 patched wuh the note The old man
 sat admiriuE the Jewels uuu, In due course the servant returned with the
 1000 ru1Ies. The tiara was bought
 and paid far. The jeweIer escorted his distinguished client to the carriage and
 stood lowing as be drove away.
 That evening when the ieweIeF re- turned % his home bis wife asked why be had withdrawn so large a sum from
 .he family safe
 ~Wha, sumg asked the shopkeeper . n surprise
 ~Wby. the 5000 rubles you sent for
 this afternoon"
 Five thousand rubles, don't un- . Iersund."
 Heavens. heres your letter"
 The wife produced the letter in the feweIer's 0wu handwriting upon the . jewellers own business note paper, and . be for the first time realized that the common name of Anna and the com mon name ot Ivan were respectively tlose. ot himself and his wife as well as oE rhs paIsied oICer and his vision . ary spouse.
 The feweler had paid for the officers tiara
 . Ot the same genre, though differing . In detail. was another swindle perpe- urated upon a jeweler ln St Peters burg. The mystery surrounding the composition Of the secret service force . Is the most effective. too, In the hands .1f the intelligent Russian criminal Uu che GraDde Norska.s Is one of the most magnificent jewelry stores in . Europe. the house Of Fauberge. To it one day drove up a splendidly ap-
 pointed egulpage In which were seat,
 sI lw0 ladies. The ladies descended at FauberEss and were received as customers ot distinction. The older lady introduced herself as the wife of well known statesman recently re- turned from abroad She explained
 taat she bad been authorized by her
 husband 60 choose a collar of dia-
 nouds. The 5eweler spread before her . the gems Of his collection. : Alter much hesitation the lady pick . ed one or the most expensive, but to
 her dlsmay the price exceeded that
 suggested by her husband The sales
 man dreaded to lose so profitable a customer. Could not madam obtain the consent of her eIceueucy's bus band to the purchase2 The lady medi-
 tated and at length begged permission to drive to the office Of her husbands mlnistry-the distance was not great
 Go show him the collar and gain bis . permission Co buy ic Her companion
 would remain ln the shop during her ! absence as a hostage. The ieweler was delighted wGsh the suggestion.
 T-e lady departed ln her carriage, lime passed-quarter of an hour half
 an hour. tbreeQuarters Of an hour. ! Suddenly there rushed into the shop
 two police agents, who announced thefr authority and showed their oth- cIsI badges. They assured the aston