The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-14

A swindler extraordinary, says The Paris
correspondent Of the London Daily Ne.es,
was the other day convicted in the ASSiZe
Court of the Seine. His name is George
Martigny, native Of Nantes. He is a
young man, twenty-eight years old, Of gen.
temanly manners and good education. He
belongs, unfortunately, to the corporation Of
letters, having been three or four years ago
editor OF provincial paper, tue Courier de
Jonzac, in the Charente Inferieure. On
September 3, 1872. being in Paris in bad
circumstances, he happened to lie sitting in
small restaurant near the Chateau d'Eau,
at the same table with medical student OF
Polish origin named Nachtel. The student
ordered Il lobster, and said to the waiter In
joke, "Let it be fresh. or l will blow your
brains out" This furnished Martigny with
an opportunity to open conversation, the
consequences Of which the most astGte man
in the world could never have foreseen. En-
tering into the joke, he produced a pistol,
which he placed at the service Of his con-
mensal negh5or TO do execution, If Beed
should be. upon the waiter, according "
the threat. Sachte' took it ny. ard it
went off accidentally, The bullet making q
hole in the wall. The report naturally caused
alarm in the quarter, and ffie t<,liGsrDan
coming III DFSs fA,PR tFF< 5ssjSS ana w1
dresses ii tsas aacr gt,Tss2 men. and said
they would ~ zSsst,Sf,t,ts bfEfbfe cIrfHtnis-
siouer n MIR, StaS,sAf m*s very fright
ened. Hastlass7 tytys t.la. under ils protec-
ton. ar,d f;gofsSse1 ~ give evidence in his
favor. 4 fsaeGs,st.!p mss at once struck
III tasHes1i turin, ana MaftigDy, after bor-
rowiny TIC tfife ~ couple OF louis from
h.s t,s,Y friend, invited him to breakfast
With t,sso the next day ut q false address in
fi.s. Rue ;bauctiat. Nachtel lived two miles
away. at No. IS Boulevard Saint Michel,
sud while he IN simple faith was on his way
10 the hue Cbauchat, Martigny, with the
ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor in his but
top.hole, and representing himself to be a
eommissary Of police, came TO the stu.
dents lodgiEgs, and told the concierge
that the young Pole had been expelled
from France tor firing of pistol, and
that he vas commissioned by the Pre-
feet of Police to take possession of his ef-
fleets. A locksmth was sent for, the door
was forced, and the cool, daring thief PLUM
dered the place Of 5000 francs in hard cash,
q stock reatipt for 35 francs rente, and =
quantity of books and furniture, which he
packed into hacknt y coach and forthwith
sold. Nachtel, who, some how or other was
put upon false scent, went of to Gala s.,
OOfcI, auu Louuou, III puieuta Va tuc IoU-
Der. The latter, mean while, had gone OF to
Granville, where he took shipping for Jer-
sey, entering his name as the Marquis de la
Roche Thulon. In this name he scraped ac-
auaintanee on bosrd the steamer with NJ.
Qufnion, the President of the Civil
Tribunal of st. Pol. They messed to.
gether in most fraternal manner at
The Hotel de Ia Romme dor, the
false Marquis talking famlliarly OF many
members OF the Jockey Club, to which be
said he belonged, He borrowed little
money Of tl,e judge, aud in testimony of his
distinguished friendship gave him his photo
graphic portrait. This was his ruin. Coming
0ack iIom jersey by way Of 81. Malo, h.