Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — Stealing Diamonds. [ARTICLE]

Stealing Diamonds.

Although closely guarded at the diamond mines the native miners succeed annually to stealing about $1,000,000 worth of the stones by swallowing them, hiding them in their ears, or cutting open the flesh and secreting them under the skin.