The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-09
King Charged wirh swiud,rng.

The French attorney, Tonnens, who, "by fhc
grace OF God and the VIII OF tn people, has be-
come King OF ArIuC iuIa and Patagonia. appeared
OF Saturday iu the Correctional Police C5ur 4f
Paris on charge of swiudlmg, which was set
forth in the following terms by the presiding
judge
In December last you alightcd at one Of the
best hotels In Paris. You engaged an apartment
at ljOf a month You intimltud your intention
OF boarding at the hotel, which is easily uuIg,-
stood, as yOu could not well board elsewhere.
You were without resources, but YOU had, as We
are told, an excellent appetite. Your tastes were
OF very refined nature You required the most
sumrtuOus fare, and when the dishes were not
sufficiently delicate you rejected them. When
persons are in such great penury as you were
they should be much more modest even though
they may have been Kings Of Araucania and
Patagonia. You sliyed in this way during four
months.
Now, for man who perhaps had worn a
crown but who had not a iarthug in mis- pocket
this was not oyer-dCliCate conduct. One day you
disappeared from your hotel; you went, | don't
know where, to your family, to solicit aid. You
returned to your hotel, and then you spoke of
res sOurCeS which would enable you to pay your
dCbt--TesOurCes TO be derived from an enter
prise you we're about TO engage n-flctor.es in
Araucania and Patagonia. You opened Offices
in Paris in "a little corner of the Rue Vvienue
You printed statutes OF company, with one hun
drcd millions Of francs capital Your attempt did
/ not succeed; you did not get a sous.
You were asked how you meant 30 pay Your
| motel expenses, ana you SAID yOu should do so
when you formed your company. How, without
having Il single subscriber, could you pay Did
you mean tOpay your personal expenses with the
money of your shareholders? In fact you have
not been able to pay. What answer can you
make "A long examination fOll0we I, in which
the accused tried to defend himself as best he
could. He had hopes OF forming his company.
he had hopes of getting back his crown; he hal
no intention Of swindling anybody he had given
I the lWdlady OF tho hotel an Acknowledgements Of
! his debt, wnlcn he meant and which he rled t.
/ pay; but all his eNerions to raise money failed.
/ Several witnesses we're called who deposed
/ that he had been for some time King Of Arau-
/ Cania, and that he had been taken prisoner 10y
/ the Chilsns, and sentenced to be shot, and that
/ he saved by the French nNthurties.
/ Moreover, it was proved by letter from the
/ PIOcureur at PcrigreuX, that during the time
| he prgctisCd there aS lawyer he had borne
an excellent character for prObity. The Pro
curCur moreover, added tia! he did not be-
levc him capable of swndng anybody, but
that his pretended royalty OF Araucaua had
completely upset his IDEAS aud made him indulge
the most prCpOstcrOus projects, and that he was
affected with n mouOmania which had completely
absorbed his ntCe :. The Judgment Of { c court
was to this effect Whereas, by assuming the
title Of Prince and King Of Arlucania, the accused
may have acted under the influence of chmerical
thoughts and facts, but perhaps, to him seemed
true, that, consequently, the character Of swind-
ling not appearing in the case IL decided that there
was good reason to pronounce his acquittll." lie
was accordingly set at liberty.