The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-18
DlAMOt.D THIEVES
Women Are Experts In Purioinlng
the Precious Stones.

0tS tVVtV0S StVhCSs
SOME TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
cIsver Scheme Of q Light Fingered
L:dy Who Worked Nearly Every
Csaler In New York - ingenious
T c, of Smooth Berlin swindisr.
i .ar,nrr State street jeweler who
Is nov member of jewelers. pro
sriation and travels over
IN te world in search Of dia
md "sia thieves told some OF
a atplas ng methods used 10y the
rit thief 10 steal jeweIry. says the.
ii 20 News
tl.e,s,;." he said. "as dealers must
not iase chance Of offending u Gus
iuiper. lest she he rich mans wife
ui daughter whose trade il obtained
regularly would amount to thousandf'
year. Any woman well dressed md
,,osSessing certain amount OF re-.
nae. lent can see the entire stock Of
almost any dealer In the. country
then she II clever enough she can
.-ei stone .r piece OF jewelry duriur
y = IN pe,tion.
..,Inr New York woman came Int"
,arrr store and asked to see soine
n; Il. ;nds. The proprietor nt
~ I'd on her and showed
objection of tine stones
~, ,si - monster roll of bills
~ u purs .l,i''. an ex.e'i
81 f.len she asked whe sir'
fnild 81" II Why. r.I
Y ei The ronf'e'ir. "
4, tver to him noS.' II.
Il .fd fnaiir asEr
pr'd hnd d the stone VI
an AMI .:lie wuuld naEf
SO on 1t
e:red perfectly proper
ar.rge hut when she left two val
a.. :. stones we're missing. The wo
: -nl'ed. tekea 10 the NC
..ar'. =; fnd seax9ssG The ger
..e nm t'und On her and 10 het y
a.,'san An tb,pa cred to living 81
i~,l q" 70 lis.r Er had IN
Ne 4 ~ !, III sso,H.s, ia
H. ft,lfus ~ fss tvy etedto 8
u, ~. N. s.,a. teen aolsins
tnd at ate s,l..sr tine tr,snnd ii'r
This was ipiier than u aui, aud
4,ss OF aii II. supposed friends ef
woman. thought tie dealer. cSas' 9
sor,t1siicd him back 10 the stcrr y
while there. watched by deteI'tivt
made heF way VI, to the case whr'
.s,s. had afond beforY and slipping h'
harM ,,ssng the Nnfler edge. retoverr
the Two alissiRe stones stuck thnir
sn n littte baN az chewing gum.
~.J9e detectives did not know pos
eirvly at thtf time wtIsfher she TN
saker ANYTHING fE,pa ti,r epanter In
sie iled 10 keep further watch owe
fer AT ann; her store several day
anter. w,lile she was inspecting gems
"a stau~ ~as dropped on the floor nc
sids4nsaiis, and thas also WAS los
sluns sn t1s front Of the shoe ha
ayt this one The woman was al
rsNted and t'onf%axad that she I'm
.sw4sdled psarFiy every dealer In Me-
Work. with iter gum tFick
One ,,f the most iRgenions fhefl
was made In Berlin. where n feilo'
waked Into general Jewelry stor
kpow,rix che owEPr had fine di'
n1opd The thief wars an expensi'
diamond hil,,sef and went into tt
~tore apparently 10 have ~ old Ge
uan watch repaired He started
talk of diamonds aud exhibited b
own as ,.t,ob'e stone. He was show
the other s.oar by the dealer The
discussed diamonds IN every pha'
multi .hr watch was repaired. wht
tbe stranger started 10 iiAy for u
repairing He exhibited large r.
Of bills and Iarrosely overpaid. Du
ing the slight ~opfusion OF countii
his mcuay and payisg for his wat
ne had Substituted tor the genuine di
rsot,A u paste stone. which was bell
carefully wrapsed pp and placed
cts Dx by the dealer. while I
rsran..~r was Rannfes4ng out with !
watch
The dealer raw slight carb
~pot l., the ,,asfp Jewel as ne w
closing the hog and. knowing
own jrwpi to bp t8wiess. hurried
axamiupd the stone Bnd apprehend
+ha thief before he was half bln
away. np,rre In the thought thai
was safe
"He was taken 10 the store a
every pn,-i,ie Ut c.othing reni0t'
and he was searched thoroughly. J
the missing jewel coIild not I" foul
wore through curiosity at the ,
sv v2watch Than anything else /
~, sSY in'ice opened the back Of !
~ sad found glittering up. At 4
m sA~ nainspring the lost jew
III tiaif ~vAfessed and GOT hea
.A..sI rare.
Tbarp ar~ just sh0usands Of E
y. .s;nd ~ .,ases." said kbe gem III
ssieutA. THE majority OF the res
a,ig fellows that have ever seen
80 fine rst men as one would 6nd a
where. Their personality Is usually
the best. hv with q bad streak
fheir makeup soUSwhera-