The Newark journal., 1919-08-07

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~ 'Egpsssesgggy HEN Yinson Walsh Mclean ten
WS<1SA Years old the 5000 100000 baby"
kSvA@E was killed by a casual automobile
gF1@Y vi in fftmt of Friendship. the Mclean
kyE W Washington home the supersti-
W. tious people of the country shook
their heads with M eitoldyou So
air and invariably they were heard
10 exclam: The .eYil=eyc Hope
diamond is active again."
Presumably almost everybody Las heard Of the
Hope diamond ana Of the long history of mystery
misfortune, shattered hopes blasted fortunes and
violent deaths which Is declared Ia center about
the famous gem. Suffice it To say that the Hope
diamond is sapphireblue stone Of ia kar4ts
that Il made IFS appearance IN France i'll 1G6s;
TINT Il Is believed by The sHperstftiaus have the
evil eye that IFS published history. Which is
probably largely imaginary. would seem 10 bear
out lis evil Influence the fortunes Of its many
owners, and that The parents of the dead boy are
the present owners Of the gem. far as the
world knows.
The "$20o.0ooooo babY" VAS the Of Mr.. ana
Mrs Edward Beat Mclean. He was expected 20
inherit Yast fortune from his graudfathers
John Il. MeIeaH. The owner of several ReWsDa-
pers. and Thomas T. Walsh Il millionaire mine
operator of Colorado He slept in gold cradle
the gift of King Leopold of Belgium a partner
with Walsh in the famous Camp Bird gold mine
IN the San Juan district Of Colorado. He had
five nurses in five Of the finest mansions in Amer
fea. lie had Il private cur, Which earried HIN To
Palm Beach, California; or wherever he WAS Ia
20. lie had half dozen automobiles of his own
From the moment Of his birth NHson vas ia
nous rs the most carefully guarded baby ON earth
\ small army % guards, detectives aud attendants
aHa corps ST doctors anti nurses watched over
hiiH II hours ia HE ta5. When he Wiz m infant
Af# f3F-H air Hf,4fY,
serltahe steel eese locked by special nadlacks
THIS enc Of The precautions against kidnapers.
Then moment when The vigilance of his
attendants relaxed. Slipping away. the boy
started across the street y "nivyer' bearing Il
West Virginia license and containing three women
came along and him down in front of his
home
L vas in 1GJis that Jean EaHtste Tayernier.
French traveller. appeared i'll Paris with diamond
of marvellous size and coloriug. Some said II lad
been stolen from its place amonZ the ornaments
of a Hindu idol More insisted II lad been taken
from the palace Of the Grand Mosuls of Delhi.
Wherever II came FROM The story places II i'm
mediately aftefward III the possession of Louis
XIV, who placed it among the crown jewels Of
France and permitted ii to be Worn BY Nine de
M8nfeSpan.
Thus the diamond is launched upon a career of
i'll fortune and disaster and tragedy.
It was not long, soruns the story after Traver-
nfer sold 1t TO Louis NV fer 100 600 francs and
a barony that TraYerner WIS torn TO pieces by
wild dogs while he hunting expedition
Mime de Montespans fall is part OF history
She was sapplnuted by Mime. de Maintenon
At this time the diamond weighed 67i8 karats
The story says that in the rough it was of H.
karats and that the king sent it to an Amsterdam
jeweler to be cut and polished.
Along with other court jewels the diamond de-
seconded upon the death OF Louis NV to Louis XIV
Icfh
worn It, and so the lives of all of these sup
posed 10 have ended in tragedy failure worse
Louis XVI came into possession of the stone In
course of time and through him IL went To Marie
Antoinette who It, extending the same priv-
lege to her friend. Princess de Lamballe. Genuine
history records that Marie Antoinette died on the
guillotine, and that the princess was torn to pieces
by a French mob and her head carried about upon
pike
The stone was lost sight of about 1892. Then
after a span of 50 years the stone reappeared in
1876 In the meantime the story writer's again
reduced its size to A karats. Wherever the gem
was in those years Of mystery, stories are numer
Gus today that it still was performing its mission
OF hlishung lives and fortunes.
u One of these accounts attributes to Daniel
fiason. jeweler of London. who got the stone In
1870 story that after it was supposedly stolen
from the royal treasures OF France by Paris
mob the gem was sold to an Amsterdam teweler
William Falls, who recut the stone To is present
dimensions The story goes that Hendrix.
Of William Fais stole the jewel from his parent
who died ruined man. Then this record dis
POSES of Hendrix by suicide. after which the
stone got into possession Of one Francis Beau-
lieu to whom the story ascribes death by star
Vation Ii Wns this man who sold the stone
Elasoa.
From EIason 1t passed into The ownership OF
Henry r. Hope banker Of Aondon aud ae-
Ilsred he name under which 1t now is known.
The price Is seated 10 be $6aea- 1t Is act clear
that Hope suffered great9 :h:ai.sh his possession
ht.