The New York herald., 1870-01-20

was confined TO few hours. and thas, above ail
q tne time OF hrs alleged intention 70 em,grate
MS property IT Bnh close to whacn he had arrived
TO these questions, put W him BY tue examining
had suddenly started for Paris leaving him to do
the business no had come into Aisace TO transact.
Jean k,nck never came 70 Paris o. al. Iraup.
mann was unable TO say when or DY what route he
had gone: he was unable to explain how 1t was that
the luggage left BY kinck at the Soulty coach oilce
SHOULD remain there unclaimed I'LL the tudcial au
thOrlties found them OUT there during TINS
investigation. According 70 nlm kinck had
remained IN Paris from tne 2Sth OF August to me
nearly the whole OF thar time; yet Traupmann was
not able 10 mention o single person who had seen
business he had transacted. nor, In fact. single
place where some record Of hs presence could be
found ne alleged indeed, snat K,ncx lea mys.e n
ings refused say where he lived only met hun IT
cafes or IN the streets and even had Ls letters d.
rected TO Iraupmann's hotel, ON which account ne
had requested him Crraupmann) TO assume tine name
Of Kinck The letters and dispatches sent to Kinck
having been found either about mis- person or az the
hotel he tried to explain the TACT away by saying
that Kinck had given them TO him after reading
them.
Kinck must have been Killed BY his companion dur
ing the walk tO Watwlller. But from the time when
ne skinsay disappeared Traupmanns M moyemen M
he returned to Cernay People noticed his agitatiOns
aud his looks were more than usually suspicious.
lie talked about gentleman with whom ne was 60
ing into partnership. Notwithstanding the straight
enod circumstances OF his family and himself he Is
sesa ~ Of god wasc ana chain
drives and squsnders Al the JJte OF Assholtz
In point OF fact, he carried about hlm all that no
piundered Jean Kinck OF.
THE rosr OFLIcE-TRAUPMANS's PERsONFICArION
OF kihCK.
Madame Kinck was anxiously expecting some It'd.
August she received q letter. which has not been
discovered, but winch Trpmann admits having
written ~ he didall the succeeding ones, alleging
ehotk 4nx h0Af fstar Ia han and hpn1
write the letters, ana merely signed. That letter
contained one OF the checks Jean kinck had taken
dated M from caeSwiier Her August % IS, ana duly signed
Jean Kinck. Madame Kinck was requested 70
cash the cnecK ut the Commercial Bank and
tante, at GncDwiller. Tue check was duly
cashed aud forwarded directed, IN TWO registered
envelopes. AT the same time Gustave Kinck wrote
10 ms ialner, whom ne supposed 70 be living at
Maiame Rollers, his sister. In this letter he an
nounced tue forwarding OF the money. -
On the 3lst or August Travpmann went to
the GueDwiller Post ONCE, representing himself as
Jean Kinck, and produced the papers belonging TO
struck with mis- youthful appearance, refused 70 give
up the letters Traupmann tnereupon stated tnat ne
was kinck's son. Inc postmaster sti refused-he
could give up the letters without power OF at
torney Two days later the prisoner returns 70 the
Post once, bringing with him document on stamped
paper protesting to be an authorization or Jean
kinck, Sr TO Jean Kinck, Jr., to receive the regis
tered letters BUT the postmaster insisted tnat the
power OF attorney should bs registered and the Sig
nature iegaiIZed. Traupnann Withdrew, bus re-
turned In the course OF the day, insisting tnat the
document produced was quite sufficient.
Hearing that one OF kincKs relatives, q woman
called Lnuw was at GueDwiller, the postmaster
sent for her and showed her Traupmann This
woman stated tnat kinck had no enid named Jean.
Traupmaan maintained that ne had, and that ne
cIraupmannl Emile Jean kInck. The woman
Persisted and ultimately Traupmann retired, an
nouncng that he would soon return with his father.
But he let that attempt might get him into
trouble, anu Immediately started Tor Paris, where
he arrived ON September .. about ten T. NJ He lin-
.
another train. which TOOK him to Lille. On the fol-
lowing morning, the 4fh, he took cab ana had
himself driven 70 Roubaix. alignting 2t Madame
Kinck's. he described himself a. sent by her nus
band, whose presence IN Paris his business lmpera-
postmaster had refused 10 hand him 5,500I., and
that Jean, not having tune TO return 10 Alsace,
directed his son Gustave to proceed to Guebwllier
and get the money. lie also produced letter which
he had written under knck's dictati0n, and which
the latter had signed. IL ran thus
MY DEAg fAxrLY-I must disclose business
with money, for cannot leave Paris Jusi now Traapmann
E ss. Ss ns 70 T or ,s.n
that won't hnr us as naupmAnn has given me half mil
GSn waS, 20 ct
nsy, which must bs ey The mayor Have the
nis travelling some from the bank send you check
-. s ss viii al 70 snd soa mus.
puncluaiy do Whatever no telisy you. JEAN kINCk.
The power OF attorney and the check were not
sent with THIS letter, hut TraupInann announced
That they would be forwarded without delay. ne
agreed with Madame Kinck and her eldest son as TO
ali that to be done, ana started back for Paris,
aectlonatcly escorted by the family to tne coach.
On the following day Madame kinck received by
post an envelope containing the power OF attorney
q regularly printed FORM dated Paris september 3,
and . cheek for $500 francs on the Commercial
Bank datsd the 4h, bosh protesting to be signed by
printed power OF attorney was purchased at Lille by
Traupmann that he had filled N up, ~ well as.the
CHECK. and posted the envelope containing them
RETURN TO AND LIFE IN PARIS.
Traupmann returned TO Paris, where he took .
the name Of Jean KincK. A letter, dated the SIN.
and signed Jean Kinck, forwards the address TO
R0ubalx, urges the wife to come TO Paris with the
children In few days, and adds, I'VE are getting
on falnousy." Madame klnck did not conceal from
the neghbOrs that tncse Suddenly mysterious goings
and the snxIety caused her by ms strange maOAiIy
to hold Q pen. But she mad every confidence IN
Traupmann; the instructions she received were
clear and pressing; she acted In strict conformity
Gustave, the eldest boy delighted at the idea Of
wthont Waiting for the bower OF sttorney wn,cn his
mother was to have legazed and 10 forward as soon
~ 1t came 70 hand. Ae arrived at Guebwler on the
His arrival reassured the Roller family, 70 whom ne
explained that business OF pressing. and until fur
ther notice Of secret nature required his fathers
The execution OF the plan conceived BY Traup-
in PARIS with tne 55o0r. from the Guebwiller Post
Once. Tranpmann sent q letter 70 Gustave pur.
porting TO come from his father, ana Signed ss
usual, Jean K1nck, telling HIM to come as soon
a. he had the money; tnat he would meet hun
at the train, anu giving his address at the hotel
above mentioned. Tie sent another letter, alse pur-
porting to be written BY KincK, Sr., 10 madame
Kinck fixing her departure from R0ubalx on sun.
day, the 18th. But this arrangement fell through,
owing to Gustave not having been able TO get the
registered letters the 0bdurate postmaster at
Guebwiller. More letters followed, in which TrauD-
mann, acting the part OF Jean Klnck, told Gustave
not to come lntll h0 had the money, and TO send
him despatch to announce his ARRIVAL ana put OF
the journey OF Madame kinck and the other chill
dren until further orders This inability OF her hus-
band TO write himself alarmed Madame Kinck. Not
being able 10 write herself she sent letter written
by ner second son, Emile expressing her fears.
Traupmann reassured her by letter signed
"Kinckn 81 usual, ana explaining that tney must
not come until Gustave had arrived with the money,
rs he wanted TO have all his family together;
He then went to ENJOY himself at the J3tc OF ST,
Cloud. some correspondence passed at this tmS
between him and his own family, who wondered
what was the cause or his long absence. lie tod
them that he was thriving, and that If tho business
he had III hand turned out well they would be we'll
or He never gave his address 10 his family, whose
letters 10 him all sent DOSte reytdi1e. TIE re
mad been hitch about the power OF attorney.