, 1864-12-24
TIE GREAT Tk0mAyCE.
Rumors about DR.. Ds1nmo and FTsI1e
1Funpy-Their Suicide Denied and
Ee-aerned-KoP9rted Escape to

(Berne {NoE. - Cor. London Telegraph
The extraordinary Demme aiIair has now
entered upon new phase. The suicide Of
Dr.. Demme and Mile, lrunpy is reported to
DC mystl1cation, md the farewell 1etters Of
himself and the young ladyto have been coucoc-
ted for tho purpose Of thro wing the police off his
truck. The doctor is reported to be ''Wanted"
on the charge Of having stolen diamond
ring. Shortly after his scquIttal, hs was ex-
amined upon this matter. At the last exam
inatlon, on the 1lth instant, Dr.. penme is
stated so have declared he had received the
ring he had given his bride a. present dur
ing tho 1tallan war from u man whose name
and place Of residence he could no longer
recollect. III contradiction to this statement,
the ring Is said to hare turned out to be the
property Of IN nttache to the Brazilian en-
bassy In Berlin, formerly stationed in, simi-
la1 capact.J at BeEne, and while there under
medical treatment Of DR.. Demmc. Some con-
NOR by the fact Of the jjnge dinstruaion having
! gone to Berlin during the last few days with
! The supposed object Of establishing the iden-
tjty Of the ring: The judge lett for Berlin on
the l?tl. and the following day Dr.. Demme
and MS brlas a., disappeared from BeEne IN I'D
prison, On the 10Th Of March, addressed the
following letter to her daughters guardian
-" IL. LEUz1NnER ScnNKI4L: Some time ago
Flora received from Dr.. Dcmme a diamond
ring worth from 600 to 2. 500 francs. He now
wants II returned-laments and pleads to us
have the ring. In his present position
think Flora shonld Immediately give 1t back,
She herself is Inclined to do so ; bat her
grandmother, that egotist, advises her to re-
tain it. l consider this course shameful,
and absolutely desire that Flora should re-
turn the ring. But W can do nothing with
the old woman, and must therefore ask you
: to demand the ring BY force Of your authority
as guardian. Let me beg you to do this at
once, and to insist upon It sternly. Lastly,
guardianship Of Florn -
In connection with tho uumber1css yer,
sions in circulation about this business, nav
DC mentioned that other rings and articles Of
Eal1c are Fas0 to have been distracted, &C.
cord!n0 to one account, from an English family
staying at tue Bcrner Hol, who. had also
been under DR.. Demme's medical treatment:
according to another statement from lady Of |
distinction at Berlin, during the passage Of |
her trunks through Berne. It will be re- |
membered that the. late II. Trumpy was in
nusiness as general carrier, aud in this way |
With tue xupposed robbery. It may be OBJ |
served that last Mondny dispatch Is said to
have been received here offering DR.. Demme
the Office Of fcld-surgeon in the Mexican
army, and proposing to him to be one Of the
founders Of a university in Mexico. 4 report
rested in Vienna and Trieste, and that all the
papers OF Professor Dcmme, his ather, have
been seized by the police.
TIE ROMANTIC PAIR EN- ROUTE FOR AMERICA
From the Paris pressel
report is current to the effect that DR..
Demme and Mademofselle Trumpy hare been
recognized at Havre when embarkine for
America. It is even said that the Swiss Con
sui demanded their extraditfon, which was
not Vr1nfeH hF fhp 4nfhrr3f lac {ha. !