The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-31
GREAT BETTING FRAUDS.
now ENGLISH RdSCiLS CHEATED
maven COUNTESS.
Printing u Borua sporting Newspaper -Pinus-
Ibic Letters. TINT Drew out ThuuHands
OF Francs American Sharps Discounted.
from ne LjitttOh ~ tUv NeW3'
. Mnr..n.. .In.ntnh.l o. u Lnli


From The LJaion u uly Nets
Edwin Murray, described rs a betting
agent, WIS vesterd v examined before Mr.. Knox,
at ths Marlborough street Police Court. on
charge OF con-pring win others 10 GER uu thr
& luntc.s Marie Cecile Belsucy de Guncpurt OF
the sum ~ fl0O0O. under the prctence IN lie
was cnRlg, d win Others in certain tuti transnc,
tons aud int " she would join them sue would
MIR. Poland. instructed by Messrs. VI. Ahra-
hams and Roffv. Old Jewrv. rrosccuted; aud
MIR. Grtn. Instructed by MI. brogRitt, defended
the prisoner.
Mr.. Poland. in opening the case for the urose-
cution. At tea that tue prisoner was at present
charged with obt9ining from French lady
named DE GoncJurt. the sum OF 2B0DO francs.
the none, hcng ohtain' d IN The snap OF bank
ers' drafts. which she RENTED to THIS country
under CIR, umstances he would proceed 10 DE-
tail II w9.ld be shown that forgery nad neen
committed Tor the purpose OF ssisting the fraud
~ which the prisoner with at least two or three
others. was engaged. Three persons were now
In custody at Rotterdam and there was no doubt
that onp of them, person known as Monigom-
erv. was the chief agent engaged In the irtui.
Maiame De Guncourt was widow ~ property
resulting at the Chaselu de Goncourt, ABOUT 100
miles from Paris. On the 2l-t August she re
ceived a letter purportlpg to 1e written ny An
drew Montgomery. aud also "A KIND OF neWspR-
per called The sport. printed ~ ENGLAND. me
persons he had alluded 20 hid ms paprr SO
rrinted that II rtsembled the SpDrtsn ~. In5re
was In 1t an article OF winch hs would read ex-
tracts The letter, which was Kind ofcirculAr,
WAS ~ follows
II KtNe STREET., rec ,prtLY. loSDoS, Aug 20. 1879
SIN: Your name having been iorw rira to me 10y me
%
honor Of f5twardins YOU togc her with the sport,
translation Of an article That rgines t. me ps,s2p1
You vi observe. On carefully peru,ins the encosei
AZ ice that II you should wish 10 become one OF N,
intermcdllrie. your COMMISSION Won amoun, 60
your me sghtes' risk or Inconvenience. In
viii YOU At once the sun dcsirc 10 nave reiniited
to the bo1Kmaker, beg YOU sr - ncc pr my rn,st
r. 81 needless to say tnii tnis letter. rs con.
tents. an all future Transactions are TO o. cous-
As confidential
Another article was rend from the Sport. in
tended for the benefit OF the aristocrlcy aud
gentlemen beiters. This paper and its glowing
Language reached the inds OF "a lady Of position
named GOncOurt. Believing the statements re-
liable. sue whites: 80 -
sra consent to be one Of vour intcrnc iiirics pro.
vdrd ouvrentest the transmission of Sums OF money
cover Frcncn name; but befo nicrtakingt to nc.
sd that IN the event o. your 10 INK DO not share in
the loss nor make my sell responsible Tor any xenses
may think proper await letter from you exonera,,
have lady not gentleman. for your correspondent.
for having had the misfortune TO lose my husband Nd
@ aS tx Know aoi6ns OF English nor OF Ens. cue
so S Won m az ys me on ypqs The ars
with those emil ,.ed TO designate our French mo ey
To Mr. ANDREW MoSrGoAERY, No. IL King street.
TO tuis the following reply was sent:
II KING srRgEr, PiccApilLYl
LONDON, Aug -, 1879. !
% inst ami haste to iniOrn y6u that desiring
Mt Tor N you III Ihsa no ~ ,'s9 on % rn Won
herewith eek fol 500 sterling, watch beg Y9,g 20
) me-. place 81 James nm Letter IN tn,se words.
the gro una that o. e winter htd been Obliged TO send
ciuded; snoud you please for your own sac Go avah
vim A Nord6~EnY.
Inc next letter was from Montgomery, and it
To- md hs
address II "A sworn hOokmaNer AGAINST losses.
lie had heard OF sworn brokers. but a sworn
bookn tkcr most certainly he considered
The second letter to Nine. dc Goncourt was
dated Sept. 4. in which Montgomery writes that
was. with her check for El0O, to enclose French
or English bank notes for tho amount sne pro
posed to stake, or II not notes, bills or checks
t. the order Of the oooKnaker. The names Of
j. Francis, Cleveland row. aud MIR. Jackson, l.
81 James, place. we're gwen as two DOokmakers
Inc repiy u Mme. de Goncourt was to send a
check for El.0O. In reply. Montgomery wrote
that the RlOJO was not pl iced las It ava not come
soon enougn. the bookn lkcrs having closed
their fLooO uetr. ana would 40 notning undor
~ .Cc0. but he knew OF a horse absolutely GER
tam to win, and he would recommend her to
send 1000 francs, matinz 90 francs with the
20. % francs sent, t. Ar. Jackson to invest fer
her IL was impossible for the horse " losc-it
was dead certainty. he would give ner ms word
Of honor Tor it-but she must he quick.
To tins litter Nine de Gonc0urt replied 10y
sending 1000 francs, making 1000 francs to bet
Other letters from Nine. de GonGourt wero
sent containing Largo amounts TO be used for
ucts.
ON the 18Th of September Nine. de Goncourt
wrote
send TO-DAY - cco to Eerton; please see that he
inscrlhe booA before arrival, aud pay Insurance.
In addition To this Nine de Concur, sent ths
following telegram to Montgomery;
Iscna you $1,000 to make up-oesii,s Aj0,o -t'tal
cap. Df GoN,orRr.
ON receipt Of this Montgomery sends per tele-
gran;
Ihave paid Elerton 100. which covers your in ur.
Ance ON 4lhOlO. Ou must nlike haste 10 send tho
ne eare a IN TnC sst 5Su Toa be rcSa which
would be unt rtuhate, | consratu,ate you on vat
saf are ''Hs you AL very "' iiaoi ae'
Some more CORES poudencc took place on these
transact Gus, and on the lsth september Mont
gomery wrote II long letter, OF which the follow
Ing Is an extract:
Allow me do what beg You not to consider i'm.
Tor you aaa yorr little children. your pi.i,ioa OF a
liberty whicu t,,e il neve nv madame shsn assare
you on N, honor tnat never eau you nnd similar op-
porualU O. gam IN imugnse fortune, and TO give YOU
@Hrcii 9t me- So e = tGS Sd'f ySa 60
you shonli Gerlrc % sshi - Nj flcri N 'oDppp
n,rr aGG canpot run ANY r'sk ana saa aaqde
me 'o.r 9eei'i9a aad s'esr Pm to Elerton that you
Wii scnd lum -oOOt, .AJ .1OVDli.
mucn you have amt vii adsaLce ne an renee ne
If possible IA nye blIl- Of l5u,OlOL eacnl
On the 2lst of September telegram was sent
to Madame DO Goucourt stating that matters
were improving. and nothing could Toe surer.
On the III September Montgomery wrote to
Madam. d. GoncOurt that he enclosed two
checks together for 5O1,010i.. to be RENTED to
Jackson Francis. This brought up his & Axe on
the Ayrshire handicap - nearly four ulllinu- at
francs The latter urged ner to get the $1,000
as soon a plsslule, writing:
For your siK dear madame, for that Of your chill.
dreu, and tor my own satisfaction COR also nave q
niue dtDtf I1olftl a. gentleman ali nout- ntI,
desire Nih al my heart thHt YOU nav ur c to lrt AZ
the sum SUI wanting. when cannot De difficulty
woman Of your name and INK.
Nv this time suspicion had arisen, Madame
de G0ucourt did not send the money, anu on
the -3I OF september she received "a telegram
stating that, according to Insurance Laws, hay
ing been Invested Tor $4,000 II she did not send
the difference, E3OOJu, between THIS anu FfidaN,
stake and every thing wOulG Do forfeited BE
fore, however sending more money, Madame
do GOncOuTt took advice, ana the result was
that no more money was sent.
Inc Countess de Con 'Ourt who was accom-
modttrd with seat on the bench during the
Cuun-el'S statement, WAS placed IN the witness
box. she was dressed IN decp mourning, Of
SLIGHT lgurc, AMI apparently uetwern thirty and
forty years Of asc. Her evidence was interpreted
by Mr.. Al uert. Snc sad:
ana widow aud N August last was living NJ my
rcsdtu. 60 thr Chat 1unCuuH. received letter or
dressed Vi dc ucpurt gave tins otter To- my solicit
tor. received hh thr sam" post the newspaper pru-
uut l. tlc AtntNnJoi Np fHQ t .tt ir ana received
NJ The sane time the cCullr. ~ me circular there rs
me- | rcaI the circular nnd the letter, amt wrote
/ answer, aud 20 rrssei TO A Mont snm trN, at |