Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-05

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'ax,raordinary tale, gravely told by
psnchet IN his MsEIoires Tires des Archivss
4, h Police, has just been made the suplecs
of a drama at one Of the boulevard theeters,
under the title Of Syrene de Pdrte. Az tne
time when NJ. dc Ia Reynie was Lieutenant.
Gereral of Police under Louis XIV, great
sensation was caused at Paris by the myste-
rious disappearance of not fewer than twenty
six Young men, aged from seventeen 70
twenty-fye belonging TO noble or wealtny
families. Among the common people tns
report was spread that the young men nau
been murdered by a foreign princess, IN nor or
der that she might take baths of their blood |
IN eure herself 81 a liver complaint The mat:
Ter at last became so serious that Louis NV
eomnlained of il TO M. de la Reynie, and the
iaIter consulted one Of his ablest agents.
named Iecoa. This person at once suspected
| that the Young men must have 1aieh lhto
some snare SET for them by female charms,
and he employed natural son OF his own,
handsome and intelligent young man, 10 uy
and discover the mystery. i
This young man, whose name was Bxupere,
was sent splendidly dressed, every day, 70
| tho Tuileries the Place Royale, and the Lux
embourp, which were then the places of
fashionable resort. At length he saw IN the
Tuileries young lady OF marvellous beauty,
attended by an aged female, ana ms looks
1 eSNh%AN~-
from displeased, and at length her attendant,
nccosting him, said that she was Polish
princess of the name of Jabirouskas inn
! mensely 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 conversation the attena.
ant told him that If at nine o'clock at night
he would present himself in front OF the
F. church of st. German Auxerrois, she would
meet him and take him to her mistress. The
voung man of course told Lecoq of this, and
In the evening the latter caused several OF
his men TO be placed in such way as not 70
lose sight of Exupere, and in the event OF his
incurring any danger, to be able TO render
him assistance. IHu.
AT the appointed hour the young man was
nj the rendezvous and the woman joined
him there. She wanted to bandage his eyes,
= hut he refused to let her do so. She then led
him by various obscure streets to the Rue des
5 Orfevres, and there introduced him into
small house, near the Chapel Saint Eloi
After walking along a dark corridor the
vonnp man was introduced into a sumptu.
7 ously furnished room, in which he found the
! | foreigner She received him so kindly that
. he entirely forgot to give Lecoq outside
| a signal which had been agreed on. After
: while the lady retired, and the young man
! proceeding to examine the room, found be
hind a screen glass case in which wer'
: | twenty-six mems heads, each placed in {
! | silver dish and each so skillfully embalmet
! that it retained the appearance OF lifel ID
started back with horror; but at the SAINT
moment whistle outside was heard, being
a the signal of Lecoq, and in a few seconds afte
! the WINDOWS were forced open, and that OH
q = Ger and his men, who had ascended by ladders
!, Ii umped into the room.
u The soi-disdnt princess, hearing the nois'
= rushed into the apartment, followed by fou
e ferocious-looking bandits, but the police wer
: strong enough to arrest all five. The bandit
~ were in due time condemned to death an
ie executed. As to the female, she turned on
d to be not a Pole, but an English woman, VIII
y is stated in Peuchets account to have entice
=. the young men to her house to. satisfy he
I. passions, and had them murdered in order {
=. y rob them. She also was condemned to deatl
!, but escaped in q strange way. The Kin
. spoke of the affair to his brother Monsieur
y ! to the Chevalier de Lorraine, and some othe
y high personages. The Chevalier suggested
y the prince that it would be amusing to su
= with so singular criminal Monsieur
:; first objected, but at last consented. b
~ II means Of a blank Iettre de cachet the Prime
: caused the woman to be given up to SON
"A persons sent by him, on the pretext that 81
~ =. | was to be conveyed To another prison
~ y, He had her, however, carried to COUNT
=. ~ house, some miles across the country, whe
10 he, the Chevalier de Lorraine, and NJ d EN-
\. were waiting to receive her. The whole fo'
~ supped together. At length Monsieur, ha
"a ing seen enough Of her, suggested that g
~ ought to be sent back TO the Bastile; but
y companions proposed in stead that she shou
1e be conveyed either to London or Brusse
~ = and set at liberty. The good-natured prin'
l consented and went away. The two nobl
,o passed the night in an orgie with the woma
ne ne telling her that the next day they wou
o. convey her out of the country; but instes
Ua U of trusting to them, she thought best to say
NC herself; SO, plying them well with drir
till they were overcome, she locked them i
and escaping, was seen no more. The go
m ernor of the Bastile, on learning that u
woman had been got out Of his custody by
trick of the Kings brother, though the be
be thing he could do was to pretend that s.
OF was dead, and he accordingly had prot
ot eerbaI drawn up to that effect.