Glittering Deception: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
In 1871, Phillip Arnold and John Slack entered the Bank of California in San Francisco. They were clad in worn clothing and covered in a generous layer of dirt and grime. One of them clutched a leather bag. They wanted to deposit it for safekeeping. The teller summoned a manager who told the pair that […]
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