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Ch. 10-A: The Jagersfontein Diamond

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98 THE GREAT DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.
and employs diggers. On the 15 th of November he was informed that he was being robbed. It was more particularly mentioned that at that very time he had just been plundered of several diamonds, and among them one weighing probably 200 carats. On the following day the Government Inspector re­ceived information to the same effect from a different source. He and Mr. Frames compared notes, and found that they had sufficient evidence to justify them in having the suspected parties apprehended; but it was agreed, in order to secure the diamond, to give the thieves the chance of getting some distance on the road to Kimberley, where it was said they were going to sell it. Several young men, diggers and others, were sent on and stationed somewhere along the road to intercept the culprits. The result is related by Mr. G. S. Armstrong, manager of the Fauresmith Company. He says : " I voluntarily assisted to capture the accused thieves, Jacob Kleb and Frederick Adamson. A plan was made to allow them to go to a certain distance and then apprehend them. The accused took the Koffyfontein road to Kimberley. We had made a circuit, and were re­turning, when we met the accused, about three miles this side of Swanepoel's. The distance from here to Swanepoel's is about four hours on horseback, or twenty-four miles. My comrade Dykes and myself pretended to be drunk. Kleb asked how far it was to the house ? Dykes tried to answer in Dutch, saying, 'a klein beitje farder.' Dykes' horse was almost knocked up. Mine, being better, I crossed country to head the cart which Kleb and Adamson
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