Aristopoulous

In the short story The Oracle at Delphi, Aristopoulous is a jeweller in Athens. He conspired with his accomplice to gain possession of a valuable diamond necklace belonging to Mrs Willard J. Peters. Mrs Peters thought he was making a paste imitation of her necklace to hand to some kidnappers as ransom for the release of her son Willard. In fact he made the paste copies of the gems for Mrs Willard to keep while the real ones were handed over to the kidnappers.