The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-17
A HORRIBLE HOAX.


WHAT THE MATRIMONIAL INFELICITIEs OF NJ.
AND MIME. HAZE LED To-A MOTHER
vAINLY CLAMORING FOR HER DAUGHTER
LITTLE ALICE's DISAPPEARANCE AND RE-
PORTED DEATH-THE DENoUEMENT.
The New York Sunday Mercury tells this
strange story: In 1870 Emile Hsizs, from
France, opened a tassei factory in Blocker
street. He annoyed the neighbors by his
incessant quarrels with his wife Madelon,
the cause of the quarrels being principally
Nine. Haize's young daughter by former
husband, Alice Dobeneck, who at that tins
was about nine years old. In the spring OF
1872, in consequences of severe beating
which her husband had given her, the vile
stabbed him several times. She fled TO
HobOken. where she took the first
steamer for Europe. HAZE was not long in
recovering, and wound up his business. He
left his stepdaughter with Nine. LOrgin,
at 70 South Fifth avenue, to whom he paid
for her board $50 in advance. He himself
disappeared from New York, but paid the
board for Alice regularly. Meanwhile her
mother made repeated efforts to recover
the child. She wrote Nine. Lorgin threat
ening letters, and on one occas on the captain
of a Havre steamer called upon Nine. LOr-
gin with an order signed by Nine. Haze to
take the child to France. Nine. Lorgin re-
fused to surrender Alice except by order OF
Emile HAZE. When she told the captain the
reason why Nine. HAZE had fled so pre-
cipitately he said be would pot have any
thing further to do with her. Alice, more
over, declared that she did not want to
rejOiu her mother. A few weeks aiterwsrd
NJ. HAZE called upon Mime. Lorgin and
TOOK HIS sTRPDAUeHTER WITH BIN.
No one knew until 1874 where they were.
At that time Nine. Lorgin, who had mean
while removed from New York to Williams
burgh received a letter from Mime. Haize,
10 which the latter informed her that the
only brother of her frst husband, Frederick
Dobeneck, had died, and that Alice was the
heiress of his eseate. Believing that Alice
was still with Nine. Lorgin, the mother Of
fered her a reward of 5 900 francs If she
would send the girl to Boulogne. Nine
Lorgin, anxious to earn the money, adver-
| t sed for HAZE. Some three months after
ward HAZE called and told her that Alice
was dead. He showed her paper purport-
| ing to be certificate of death by ply
sician in Detroit, of which he gave copy TO
Mime. Lorgin to be transmitted to his wife.
The latter wrote back very passionate let
| ter, in which she bitterly rebuked Nine.
Lorgin for having allowed Haze to take
Alice away. Nine. Borg,n wrote to HAZE,
and he said: "I can easily satisfy her that
Alice died of typhoid tever." He sent from
Detroit a few DAYS later All elaborate letter,
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Alice described the symptoms under which
she lad died. But even the receipt of this
letter did
NOT SATISFY THE MOTHER.
She wrote back to Nine. Lorgin that
she knew the character Of Emile HAZE
not to be convinced that he had had
something to do with Alice's death, il
only to spite her mother. Upon hearing OF
this last latter Haiza Qnnearad here with q
coffin, which he said contained the remains,
and which he sent to his wife by steamer
When the coffin arrived in BOulOgne Nine.
Haizs had il opened. A horrible stencil is
sued from 1t, and even the official physician
| who was present tainted. An examination
of the remains, however, led to a very start
| ling discovery. Embedded in a sickning
mass of putrid flesh was found q small
skeleton. The flesh turned out to be beef and
veal In a very advanced state of decompOsi-
| ton, and the skeleton was found to be that OF
a monkey, who must have died at least thirty
| years ago. The authorities decided at once
to follow up the matter, In order to see
whether a crime or merely q malignant
hoax was at the bottom of this CHASTITY af-
fair. They applied to the French consul at
Detroit, who promptly replied that no such
physician as purported TO have signed the
certificate for Alice's burial had ever lived In
that city, nor could any record OF the death
OF Alice Dobeneck be found there. The
mother in BOulonge expresses conviction
that Alice Is still alive, and that HAZE has
done 1t all only in order to spite her. She
has applied to the administrator of Fred
erick Dobeneck's estate for means to enable
her TO return to America and try to un
| vail the ystery. The Journal de Boulogne
has opened subscription tor her to the same
end.