The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-15
4 Strange story from the
French

entltL Ill Ills IiIeS uCS ATCu
ives De Ia Police" has just been made the
subject OF drama at one Of the Boulevord
theAters, under the title of "Syrena de
Paris" At that time when NJ. de la Rey-
ME was Lieutenant General of Police un.
der Louis XIV, & great sensation was
caused at Paris bv the mysterious disap.
pearanca of not fewer than twenty ak
young men, aged from II to 25, belong
ing to noble and wealt by families. Among
The common people the report was spreat
hat the Young men had been murdered
by a foreign Princess, III order that she
might take baths in their blood to cure
herself OF liver complaint, The 'aatter
at last became so serious that Louis XIV,
CON- Hplaiued Of it to N. De la Reynic, and
the latter consulted ons of his ablest agents
named Lecoq, This person at once sus-
pected that the young men must have fall
en- into some snare set for them, by female
charms, and he employed natural son Of
his own, a handsome and intelligent young
man, 20 try and discover the mystery-
This Young man, whose name WAS EXu
pere, was sent, splsniid!y dressed every
day to he Tuilieries, tho Palace Royals,
and the Luxembourg, which were then the
places of fashionable esort. At length he
saw in the TuiIleries young woman of
marvellous beauty, attended by an aged
female, an his looks expressed his sdIni
ration.
She seemed far from displeased, and at
length her attendant, accosting him, said
that she WAS Polish princess Of the name
Of Jabirouzka, immensely rich, and that,
as she was much struck 5y him, she would
perhaps allow him 10 visit her. The
young man declared that he had concey-
ei violent passion for the lady, and after
some conversation, the attendant told hltn
that, ii at nine O'Clock at night he would
present himself in front Of the church Of
st. Germain I Auxerrois, she would meet
him AMI take him to her mistress. The
young nan Of course told Lecoq of this,
AMI in the evening the latter caused sever
al of his TO be placed in such way as not
to lose sight Of Exupere, and in the event
of his iacurring a1y danger, to DO able to
render hin assistance. At the appointed
hour the Young man was at the rendezvous
and the old woman joiueI him there
She wanted to bandage his eyes, but he
refused to let her do so. She then led
him, by various obsure streets, to the Res
des Orfevres, and introduced him into a
small house near the chapel St. Eui. Af
ter walking along dark corridor, tie
Young man was introduced into sumptI-
ousIy furnished room, in which he found
The beautiful foreigner. She received him
50 kindly that he forgot to give Lecoq out
side y signal which had been agreed on.
After while the lady retired, and the
young man, proceeding to examine the
room, found behind screen glass case
in which were twenty-siX mems heads, each
placed in a silver dish, and each 50 skill
fully embamed that it retained the ap-
pearance Of life, He started back with
horror; but at the same moment whistle
outside vas heard, being that Of signal
Lscoq, and in few seconds after the
windows were forced open, aud that officer
and his men, who had ascended by ladders
Jumped into the room. The sol disant
princess, hearing the noise rushed into the
apartment, followed by four ferocious-
looking bandits, but tue police were
strong enough to arrest all hve. lhe ban
dts we're III due course condemned to
death aud executed As TO the female she
turned ont to be not Ioie' out an Eng
Iish woman, who IS stated IN feuchets ac
count to have enticed the young men te
her house to satisfy her passions ana mac
them murdered IN order to roo them
she also was condemned to death, but es
capped IN strange way. ne hIng spoke
OF the affair to his brother Monsieur, &c
/ Tie CheValer de Lorraine, and some 9th
er high Personages. Inc CheYa!ler sug
8esteh 70 the Prince that II 5ou.d be anus
lng - sup with SO singular criminal
Monsieur at hrst orJ;ctei odt at last con-
sented.
Ry means Of blank (ettre de cachet
the Prince caused the woman to be given
up to some person sent oy MIN, on the pre-
olheF prison. he haa heI, Ho"eFe' car
ried to country mouse some miles across
tne country "ne[s u, ere. ne, tne onsvaI'er dc
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