Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-20
An extraordinary Story Of n Female Blue
Beard fascinatisns and Grimes of a
Beautiful Fiend.

Beautiful Fiend.
An extraordinary tale, grayely told by Peu-
ehet In his Memories Tires dss drckIreS a,
Ia Police, has Just been made the snbisct of =
drama at one Of the boulevard theaters. under
the title Of "Syrene de Parisn At the time
when NJ. de ID Reynie was Lioutenapt- f,eneral
Of Police under Louis XIV, great seosation
was caused at Paris by the mysterious disan-
pearanee OF not fewer than twenty-six young
men, aged from seventeen to twenty-five, be.
longing TO noble or wealthy families. Among
the common people the report was spread that
the young men had been murdered by a for
eign princess, in order that she might take
baths OF their blood to cure herself Of a liver
eomplsint. The matter at last became so seri-
Ous that Louis XIV complained of il to NJ. de
la Reynie, and the latter consulted one of his
ablest agents, named Lecoq. This person at
once suspected that the young men must have
fallen into some snare set for them by female
charms, and he employed u natural son of his
own, handsome and intelligent young man
TO try and discover the mystery
This young man, whose name was Exupere
was sent, splendidly dressed, every day, to the
Tuileries, the Place Royale, and the Luxem-
bourg, which were then the places of fashion
able resort. At length he saw in the Tuileries
yOung lady of marvellous beauty, attended
by an aged female. and his looks expressed
his admiration. She seemed far from dis
pleased, and at length her attendant, aceost-
II tle
name Of Jabirouska, immensely rich, and that
as she was much struck by him, she would
perhaps allow him to visit her The Young
man declared that he had conceived a violent
passion for the lady, and after some conyerss-
tiOn the attendant told him that if at nine
o'clock at night he would present himself in
front of the church of St. Germain PAuxer-
rOis, she would meet him and take him to her
mistress The young man of course told Lecou
OF this, and IN the evening the latter caused
several Of his men to be placed in such a yav
as not to lose sight of Exupere, and in the
event Of his incurring any danger, to be able
to render him assistance.
At the appointed hour the young man was at
the rendezvous, and the woman ioined him
there. She wanted to bandage his eyes. but
be refused to let her do so. She then led him
BY various obscure streets to the Rue des Or
fevres, and there introduced him into a small
house, near the chapel Saint Eloi After walk
ing along dark corridor, the young man WAS
introduced into a sumptuOusly furnished room
in which he found the foreigner. She received
him so kindly that he entirely forgot to give
LecOq outside signal which had been agreed
on After while the lady retired, and the
young man, proceeding to examine the room,
found behind a screen, glass case, in which
were twenty-slX mems heads, each placed in a
silver dish, and each so skiIlfully embaImed
that 1t retained the appearance Of life, He
started back with horror; but at the same
moment a whistle outside was heard. being the
signal of Lecoq. and in a few seconds more the
windows were forced open, and that officer and
his men, who had aseeEded by ladders, jumped
into the room.
The soI-fisaUf princess, hearing the noise.
rushed into the apartment, followed by four
Notwithstanding bandits, but the police were
strong enough to arrest all FIVE. The bandit
were In due time condemned to death and exc
cuted As to the female. she turned oct TO be
D-U, k..sa !
in PeHchet's account to have enticed the young
men to her house 10 satisfy her passions and
had them murdered in order to rob them She
also was condemned 10 DEATH but escaped in a
strange way The King spoke of the affair to
his brother Monsieur, to the Cheyalier de LOr-
Taine, and some other high personages The
Chevalier suggested % the prince that it would
be amusing ~ sup with so singular a criminal
Monsieur at first objected but At last consented
By means of a blank IsffTe de ca eLst the prince
caused the woman to be given up to some per
sons sent by him, on the pretext that she was
10 be conveyed to another prison.
He had her, however carried to a country
house, some miles across the country where
he, the Chevalier de Lorraine, and NJ. d'Efiat
were waiting to receive her. The whole four
supped together. At length Monsieur, having
seen enough Of her, suggested that she ought
70 De sent back to the Bastile; but his cOmpan-
ions proposed in stead that she should be con-
veyed either to London or Brussels and set at
liberty. The goOd-n Itured prince consented
and went away. The two mobiles passed the
night in an orgie with the woman, telling her
that the next day they would convey her out of
the country; but instead Of trusting to them.
she thought best to save herself; SO, plying
them we'll with drink till they were overcome
she looked them in, and escaping, was seen no
more. The Governor of the Bastile on learn
ing that the woman had been got out of his
custody by trick of the KlxTs brother.
thought the best thing he could do was TO pre-
tend that she was dead, and be accordingly had
q Yy0css reTbaI drawn up to that effect