Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1909 — Be on the Look Out for Diamond Swindlers. [ARTICLE]

Be on the Look Out for Diamond Swindlers.

Citizens of nearby places are being warned by the police department to be on the lookout for a couple of men and women who are traveling ovei the state selling “phony” diamonds. They have worked their clever swindling game in a number of Indiana cities recently. They have for sale diamonds that to any one but the expert seem to be genuine. However, they are really base imitations. They have all the fire and sparkle apparently of the real stone, but are made of chemicals and have no more commercial value than so much glass.