The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-12
FELL FROM THE SKY
REMARKABLE STORY or THE
FINDING or DIAMOND.
Wonderfully Beautiful Jewel Alleged
to Have Been Found Long Ago in
Hole In Earth That Had Been
Cleft by Thunderbolt,

Two hundred years ago peasant
family lived in a Swiss hamlet, and
one evening terrific storm broke
from the Alps, and amid the incessant
flashes Of lightning and peals Of thun-
der came binding glare and deaf
ening crash setting fire to the roof Of
the cottage. Next day the peasant as
he refully contemplated the smoking
ruins. noticed a deep fssure in the gar
den leading to the root Of pine tree.
Without knowing why he fetched
pickax and began digging until from
the DEPTHS of the hole a mysterious
blue light shone fitfully. is the begin
ming OF strange story from Lyons
that, says the Paris correspondent Of
the London Standard, reads Just like
fairy tale"
Hurriedly making the sign Of ths
CROSS, the man aed, but the following
morning returning and saw the same
curious CLEAN, like a star, from the
depths Of the furrow cleft by the thun-
derbolt. Thrusting his hand down he
brought out marvellous stone still
darting uncanny rays Of light.
Much disturbed In his mind, the hon
est peasant took his find to the par
ish priest, who said The stone came
to you from heaven and it is the finger
Of God that placed 1t in your field
AS long as you keep it you and yours
win be SAFE from storms and evil
chances" Faithfully respecting the
priests wordd, the stone has been
even since religiously preserved by
the succeeding generations OF the
family.
but it has never brought much
luck, the last survivors being now
without penny The present pos.
SCISSOR, a woman forty-five years old. Is
married and the mother Of twelve chill
dren, Eve Of whom are still living,
while a thirteenth is expected shortly.
A few years ago she and her husband
left their native village and went to
Germ, where they started a small bust
ness which failed, continued the
story. sThey then came to Lyons,
where they have since lived hand
to mouth existence. Reduced to the
last extremity of want, they decided
TO part with the famous thunderbolt
stone. and took it to a well known Jew
eler.
| "Petrifed with astonishment at see
ing such a splendid diamond in the
possession Of almost a beggar woman
the jeweler informed the police. and
not till the family had sent te
Switzerland for documents certifying
that the diamond had really belonged
to them for the last zoo years was
the woman allowed to regain posses
sion Of the precious pebble.
Since then she has been besieget
from morning till night with absurd
offers Of the hundredth part Of The
value OF the diamond, which has beer
examined and photographed by ex
perts What will probably be know
as the 'thunderbolt diamond--if Their
is any truth in the story and Il i
Is a genuine stone-is said to show al
the unmistakabe signs Of rough dia
mond It is one of the biggest known
Weighing $50 earats, whereas thl
Grand Mogul diamond only welgheJ
ESQ carats.
1T will doubtless soon arrive II
Paris and be submitted to the fina
Judgment Of experts who cannot err
Almost every famous diamond has ii
own pedigree and story, but none ha
ever remained hidden so long In TIL
keeping Of poverty stricken owner
whose secretiveness is at least a
strange as the reputed manner Of tn
discovery.
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