THE LADY THE MONGOLIAN, AND THE PELICAN.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 2715, 30 January 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE LADY THE MONGOLIAN, AND THE PELICAN.

An adventuress is wanted by the police of , Chlca.go (says J)alzle!) y having disappeared ■with diamonds to the value of 30,000d01. t which she had smuggled, and upon which dealers of Chicago had advanced IO.OOOdoI. The lady’s method of smuggling was the most novel on record. She was a lady of striking appearance, being always dressed in deep mourning, while her pale, handsome face and white hair made an unusual contrast to her sable gown. In the spring of last year she landed in New York with a Mongolian holding a grey pelican by a light gold chain. As she was apparently a lady of wealth, nothing was thought of her strange pet and its keeper, and as pelicans are not upon the tariff lists she was allowed to pass. Since that time the lady has crossed the Atlantic many times, and always carried her pelican with her. On the last occasion she arrived, as usual, with the oird, and having passed the unsuspicious Customs officials, called a carriage and drove away. Since then she has not been heard from. It is now alleged that the lady was a diamond smuggler, and that the precious. stone 3 she brought into the country upon each trip were concealed in the enormous bill of the pelican. Recently the bird carried 30,000 dollars’ worth of diamonds, being a portion of an order of a Chicago house through a firm of New York importers, who claim to have bean ignorant of the manner in which the stones were brought into the country. The Chicago house had advanced 10,000dol. upon the diamonds, and were to have paid the remaining 20,000d01. on delivery. The police are now actively searching for the lady and her pelican.