The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-05-27

Raoul Surian, called Freluquet, was the
son Of an optician and instrument maker '
Of Narseilles. and followed the trade Of
his father until his 10th year, when ne
came mn to Paris to seek his fortune. he !
first became known to the police through
= rand succession of swindling operations
verv successfully contrived, for the de-
livery of goods which he did not possess
and the appropriation Of money which
was not his own. Finally convicted. ne
was sentenced to close confinement for
three wears. and graduated from prison
verv accomplished chevalier dindustrie.
His operations now assumed bolder |
character, and he worked in larger |
field. He was again convicted of deceiv- |
inc a wealthy bourgeois and obtaining
ssloan'' from him of 100000 francs. This
time. he served five years. A third con-
viction insured him close confinement
of five years more.
At the expiration of this last sentence
Raoul Surian returned to Paris and an
nounced his intention tc s'reform. he
had saved little money for extra labor
in prison, his father was dead, and he set
up q small shop 1t Belleville for the sale
Of spe ctacles, eyeglasses, and 1nathematl,
cal Instruments. He was closely observed
bv the police, but seemed to conduct
himself in the most exemplary manner.
His passport at this time described man
Of ordinary height and figure, modest but
manly carriage, face rather pale, blonde
hair, no beard, and large, liquid, notice
able blue eyes. The face, so the signal
ment declared, was ingenious, frank, open
with q rather engaging smile, but none OF
the features were striking, unless it were
the ewes. He was great favorite with
the police, who had necessarily great
solicitude on his behalf, for, instead OF
avoiding them, he assiduously cultivated
their acquaintance. made them little pres
ents and gave a few francs now and tnen
to the funds for the support Of INDECENT
criminals, and for the burial Of deceased
serge1ats de ollie. He admitted, with
many shrugs of the shoulders, that ne
had been bad subject, but claimed that
he was shrewd enough to understand that
in any contest betwixt him and the law
he was certain to fall underneath. de
had tried it several times, and was quite
we'll satisfied with the punishment he had
received. In short, his reformation was
definite and complete.
After few months shop-keeping al
Belleville Surian sold out his establish
ment. He hid made good deal o.
money, he said, specializing in shares q
the Bourse, and did not need any ionge'
to continue the drudgery Of shopkeeping
He now rented q modest apartment OF
the third floor Of handsome house IN
street not far from the Boulevard des Il
: aliens-a drawing-room, dressing.room
breakfast-parlcr, two bedrooms, room TO-
servants, and . small room which n
called the labratory. Here he installed
MADAME" Surian, : very handsome Ant
viyacieus brunette, understood to hav
been o certain Mdlle. Cytheree, not un
known to frequenters Of the cou!isses Q
the opera. In his "labratory" Snrial
had a stock of furnaces, crucibles, wheel
and various other instruments, and cas-
and ground glasses for optical and othe
instruments, for which he received man
orders, being accounted skillful ana II
genioss workman. He had an ASSISTANT
q stolid.looking Alsatian. named julie
Gochen. His principal work, howeve'
seemed to be at the Bourse, where b
speedily became known IS daring ope
stor, who would carry tho heaviest Loo
Of shares in the face Of the most arduos
difficulties, who always accepted his su
cesses With modesty, and paid his loss
promptly at maturity. As the poll
kent the secret of his past life faithful
and he himself, Of course, did not disclo
Il Il came generally to be admitted tn
Raoul Surian Was very wealthy pcrso
who had made his money by followi'
civil engineering in South America, q
returned to Paris to spend it like Sc
tleman.
In 1859 there was . tremendous enc
made at the Bourse to 'corner"
shares Of the Servo-M oldavian Railwa
The .'corner" VAS broken prematurel
and = great slaughter ensued among :
'.bulls." Among tcose punished md
severely WAS N. Raoul Surian, whose !
hosses, it Was whispered, exceeded 70
600 francs. He came up CALAMITY, no
ever, paid every centime, and, Is II
show he was not hurt, set mp . coup
his own. 'Madame" had already 10
been in the habit Of driving to the b
in a very handsome turnout, and that
was understood, was hired only.
Himultaneously IN operation OF aAotl
kind aeitated financial centers and
trscted the undivided attention Of
police. Bills on American account
III ereeating over Eve million Of francs, y
sold in London. Paris, Amsterdam
Hamburg, which were found to b
eeries. The police, after long consul
ton and comparison Of data, found
room to doubt that oil these operati
were the work Of one man, and that
,e- "style" was that Of the once eminent,
the now reformed. confidence man, d. 4,
n Of eurian.
rim A couple Of the most trnsty 81
DO were detailed to work mp" the CASE,
op. ct the end Of three weeks SuriAn WAS
that rested and confronted with the pertae
. ci- the several cities who had besn sic'
Par. ised by the forgsr. Il WAS known
ii . Surian had been absent from PARIS.
mar it Vas hoped to identify him beyond