Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
A Paris Robbery.
A LONDON paper says:

A Paris Robbery.
A LONDON paper says:
A few days ago Partisan jeweler was
victim Of robbery to the amount of
106, 900 francs, organized with rare audac
ity and persistency. A week or SO ago a
well -dressed gentleman, accompanied by
young and handsome lady, very elegant
and very shy, followed by an irreproach-
ably attired man servant, installed them
selves in apartments on the entres0l OF
an apparently very respectable house in
the Avenue d'Eylau. The rooms were
completely furnished the rent $3.50 francs
month"; paid in advance, and they were
let for two months. The gentleman,
lady and servant affected marked En-.
glish accent. They brought with them
numerous trunks, conducting themselves
as If they meant to make long stay.
Monsieur and Madame went out good
deal. Shopmen almost every day brought
articles which they had bought and paid
cash for. Among these was jewelers.
emplpye, who brought something or other
nearly every day, sometimes ring, at
other times earrings, studs, pins, etc.
The concierge was more and more defer
entail to his wealthy tenants. He cal
culated that within a week they must
have spent about 5000 francs. The jew
eler alone had supplied them with articles
worth 5000 francs. AS, however, the old
servant, with his large blond whiskers
and his prepossessing air, always stood
at the door, as soon as q shopman ar
rived he politely conducted him to the
entres0l SO as to save people the trouble
of accosting the concierge Thanks to
this the tradesmen-above all the jew
eler-did not know but that their Gus
toners occupied rooms furnished by
themselves. A few days ago Monsieur
and Madame treated for set of
diamonds, for which the jeweler asked
1900 francs and for which they offered
him 100, 600 francs. After several visits
Monsieur called and offered 100000
francs, which was accepted. He wished
to surprise Madame by giving the extra
5000 francs, for she was Ill, and he asked
the jeweler to send the casket and bill TO
the Avenue d'Eylau. When the shop
man arrived the servant was at the door,
and fastened to usher him to the eatres0l.
Monsieur was in the drawing-room,
which bore traces of Madame having
been in it. An old shawl was thrown on
chair, a workbasket was placed near
the window, and on table in the corner
bundles apparently of bank notes were
in readiness for settling the bill. The
shopman entered. Monsieur took the
caskeI, and, begging the shopman to wait,
carried it to Madame, who was in bed.
The shopman waited, looking through
two or three amusing newspapers which
were on table beside the couch on
which he had been directed to sit. The
reading entertained him, but after glanc-
ing over the three papers he raised his
eyes and looking at the timepiece he
perceived that it was motionless. Seized
with vague uneasiness, he took out his
watch. He had been waiting three
quarters of an hour. He instlnctively
rushed to the table containing the bank
notes. He began to count them, but
perceived that they were only prospcc-
fuses He hurried to the door leading to
Madame's room; it was locked. He went.
from one door OF the drawing room to
the other; all were locked. He tried to
ring. The bell-pull fell off into his hand
He opened the window and called the
concierge. The concierge had been sent to
the Boulevard Malesherbes by the In
comparable domestic to get portman-
teau repaired, and his lodge was intrust-
ed to a little girl. He leaned over to the
street, perspiration on his face, and his
countenance distorted by the fear of how
matters stood; he gesticulated, he cried
''Je suis uole! de suis uole!" Passers by
looked up at him, took him for a lunatic,
and laughed. There was nothing to be
done but to wait for the concierye's re-
turn. Threequarters of an hour elapsed
before the concierge arrived. The stairs
were assembled with some precaution, the
unfortunate man was found locked in,
and no longer knowing what he said.
A thorough search was made. The &C.
cupants had disappeared. The neigh
bors saw them quietly going out with
boxes under their arms, bowling politely,
and getting into cab waiting at the
corner. They had been gone two hours.
The police commissary of the district
was sent for, put his questions, and
sealed up the apartments. They were
inspected this afternoon Trunks were
found entirely empty, and little dirty
linen Without any mark ina closet there
was mans hat, without any hatter's
address, some false light chestnut tufts
OF hair, two or three pairs of whiskers
of various shades, a beggar's dress, a
workman's ditto, a lady's old dress, an
old shawl, carpeting, and the famous
bundles of bank notes. Everything else
had disappeared, and the unfortunate
jeweler swells the list of victims of his
class to similar enterprises.
An attempt is making at Harvard to
improve the political education of
students. A. club, to be open to the
whole college, for the discussion of po-
litical questions is the means suggested.
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