Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — REFUSES $2,500 FOR PEARL [ARTICLE]

REFUSES $2,500 FOR PEARL

Mussel Digger In Wabash Makes Valuable Find In Shell. Evansville, Ind., July 13.—The “kohinoor” of the Wabash river pearls was brought to Evansville by Lew Pearson, a Wabash river mussel digger, who lives In a houseboat near St. Francisville, 111. It was about the size of a 5-cent piece, and Pearson asked $3,000 for it. He was offered $2,500 for it by several local dealers, but refused it. The pearl is without a flaw and Is said to be the finest found in the Wabash river in many years. Pearson found it in a mussel several days ago.