VANISHING RING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13846, 6 March 1909, Page 3

VANISHING RING.

•V Brest message of December loth says that a sensation has been cau ® by the mysterious disappearance from a local surgery of a ring g 1 belonging .to the German Marquis ifhclm vou Braun. •Hie marquis, who is a lieutenant in, the reserve oi the Artillery 01 ,e Uuard in the German army, was. 1 ." [ lvsieii. a short time ago, am iter, being kept in prison a released on bail.. The next day 1 c at tempted to commit suicide by . sh ° ot £ ing himself in the Head. •" 3 ,. 1 + taKen to the surgery "- >r V'r ois was here that occurred the m. fctu ous loss of his ring. • This was v. de ot platinum, with -ji bezel >.f the san e metal on, which u'ere e; K r*v?n _the arms of the owner. It "ail chased by an Austrian an . is stated to be a unique model. When placed on Uie cper axing trble the marquis refused to tuke'n oi. 1 aesthetic, and as tlie loctor fai.od w extract the bullet it was decided to remove the patient with a view to an operation the next ray. The marquis then requested the doctor to take charge of his jewellery, and placed in a box a. gold curbchain,'a diamond ring and the platinum ring in question. The doctor, von Braun's. lawyer, and the commissary of police were present. Suddenly the telephone bell rang. The doctor picked up the bos containing the jewellery and, followed by. the police commissary, ran to the telephone in an adjoining room. He. laid down the box close to the instrument, and after he had taken the call picked it up again and returned to the operating room. The marquis's lawyer, M. de Riverieulx, who is mavor oi . a commune near Brest, then aslced the doctor to place also in the jewel box the scarf-pin of his client. It was then noticed with amazement that the platinum ring had disappeared. The rooms were carefully searched, but no trace of the ring could be. found. The doctor ransacked the trunks of his resident patients, but with no more success: and then he formally handed over the investigation to the. police commissary. A magician or a conjuror could not have done the thing better. This my?torious affair is a second edition of the disappearance of the "blue diamond" 'which created such a stir two years ago,