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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 67, 18 March 1880, Page 2

The Da ma of Philip Arnold, eaja the London "Timep," will be remembered by many. He was the person who, many years ego, bought iv England and on the Continent, diamonds of inferior quality, end some other preoioje stones, and buried them on a mountain elope on the bordera of New Mexico and Arizona. It will be recollected that "Arnold " grt up " a company for the purpoße of txploring these pieteaded diamond fields, that experts wore despatched to examine the loculity, that their reports were contradictory, an;) (hat at last the swindle was exposed. Arnold was generally believed to have netted a considerable ftriune by the tracsactioo, but all efforts to make him surrender any part of the plunder were fruitless. ' He died quite lately in Kentucky, end oce Barlow has commenced a suit egaingt his widow, demanding restitution of 143,000d01p. The statement made by Barlow is to the tff^ct that, alout eight years ago, moved by ArD old's repiesentniious, he despatched an i zpert 10 (he Boene of the alleged diamond-fields, who, on his return, osßiired him of tbe trustworthiness oi Arnold's reports, and declared that there were immense treasures of diamonds and other stones all along tbe range, only waiting to be picked up. Barlow at once advanced lOO.OOOJoIs. to Arnold for working the field. SSoon afterwards a thorough examination of the property was made by come honest experts, wuo exposed the Dwindle. Bailow now seeks to recover bis 1 00,000 Jol 8., and 43,000d01a. besides, which he sets down as interest on the advance. !