Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07


be versed in the law of the land but
the manner OF his arrest and imprison
ment struck me as rather high handed.
do you have the right to arrest
himI" ! asked as we were leaving the
station house.
He's arrested, isn't he?" was the
noncommittal reply.
Sure"
"Wcll, that S enough for the present.
We can argue questions of law LATER
| grinncd.
I'VE seem to be making progress. y
1--WE are" he admitted. 'even if it's
not evident to the eye of layman.
You know, son, this is a case of con
spiracy and conspiracy--in legal sense
is one of the hardest things in the
world to prove. It's like chain, rs
have often said before, and each link
must be connected with the other. We
have two links in this chain so far. One
is the steward OF the Dom Pedro. An
other is the diamond dealer. That's
encouraging.
Yes" said, but we haven't got
YOU'RE right" he agreed. with
faraway look in his blue eyes. I'VE
haven't got the Red Diamond yet"
House of Hundred Keys
DEFORE breakfast next morning
- Bromley Barnes had n long distance
secretary of stntc ,ekirg him r. thnrc
wns any furtbcr informotinn cn,ca,n.
inc thn mystery of thn Rod diamond
The Wnshiuptnn official said thn Rrn2il
lam ninietnr Lad nnlInd ~ thn d,,'"It. "
mcnt the day before and Informed the
secretary of state that his government
was very much exercised over the dis
nppcarnncc of the gem. and was Wiling
to go TO almost any extreme TO recover
it. The third assistant said that while
the United States Government did not
accept any responsibility in the mat
ter, it would like to scrve-the brazilian
minister to the best of its ability. He
was sorry to hear from Barnes that
the diamond had not been recovered and
suggested II little more ginger on the
part of the special agents of the Treas
uly would be very much appreciated by
the State Department.
The old man smiled grimly as he put
up the receiver
what would he think. he asked
me. ''if he knew that the Red Diamond
was smugglcd into this country in the
trunk of the Spanish ambassador|'
smiled in reply.
~ don't know. un Hess the thinking
might bring about a declaration OF war
between Spain and Brazil. y
The incident had the effect of remind
ing both of us of the Importance or
the quest in which we were engaged.
Also it set my mind working in an
other direction.
by the way | said. Il want to
refresh my mind about these twin
diamonds"
"Fire away
II understood you to say that the
Star of the South had been cut into
two perfect diamonds; that one of
these had been placed in the National
Museum in Rio Janeiro and that the
second after passing from one hand to
another had finally been smuggled into
this country
Correct ~
Now what | am driving at is
whether there has been any confusion
as to the identity of the stones. You
felt perfectly satisfied in the beginning,
as | understood it. that the diamond
which was smuggled into this port be-
longed to a private collection in Brazil.
Now YOU say the diamond brought here
was taken from the National Museum.
How do YOU KNOW Wnlcn Is Wnlcn HOW
do YOU know the diamond which is sup
posed TO be in the United States does
not belong to the private collection in
BraziIP"
"A fair question. fairly nut" re-
nlied barnes. "J'lI trv to cnlightpr.
vou We know that tio stone Which
has mvsterionsIy disapncared does no,
hrionp to thr nrivate collection because
we have n cablcgram from Juan Fer.
nonJons tbe owner of that coIlection
sa,.ing thot bis half of thn Stor Of thn
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