A Diet of Diamonds.
A woman who is alleged to have smuggled over 400,000 dollars' worth of diamonds into the country was arrested here on Friday, says the "Daily Telegraph's " New York correspondent. She arrived with a black poodle, and was arrested and searched, but nothing dutiable was found on her person. Later in 'the day the. dog died, A Customs inspector cut the poodle open, and found diamonds in its body. It is now said that the woman, after starving the animal for two days, had fed it with meat in which the diamonds were concealed and the dog thus carried the precious stones through the Custom House.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 June 1901, Page 4
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109A Diet of Diamonds. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 June 1901, Page 4
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