Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-16
pt.taI. NJ the o.cr.


Two NoCNG "a NJ ENtN or sKW oPIEANS
Lhhf. To SETTLE a nIspUsE DTs-
lNG Trt lNl ERNtrs icS-uNk o. THIN
MOUNTED.
NV orl.ars papers give an account % an
- con- ~ bciW eeu tao yOasg mpn az Iaat
Z y o. u.s. isN night Last a. ne door 90 NE
hsice, son 81 DIR Rance ana n frsr R,u-
l.EhA a Nois o tle lat. Oman ique lloultgaV
lie fIeAs lne say mat iti -i-sltig has existed
betNeeh young Bouligay aud two OF NE
younger brothers OF Rance ana that a rem
coEtre took place between him and oae ~
tre brothers during the arisrnoon an wblch
Rance WAS considerably worstet. TIE news
Of this rencOntre was conveyed 20 FrAncois
Rance. After The cOncl usion 81 me vauae-
Vile f"Un Tigre de Bengsle." the openinr
piece Of the nights performance, Ra ace. who
~as standing ~ the bottom OF the stairs ap-
preached young BOuligny Jgst - the latter
r sched the lower landing. Rance said 20
hooligny. Your name. believe. ia Edgar
Boongny" Upon the latter replying that
~ Was, the former struck him Ia the
, 49,, instantly Young Bouligny drew his
rance IN ne abdomen. After firing thiS one
khot, bouligny turned and went bach nm
sne ~. ana into the opera house A. ne
the oescendli crowd, young Rance drew Ms
revolver and hired three shots at him. which,
ey Lothlng short OF a miracle, as Il were.
failed To- touch any one. Young Rance was
arresied ana taken To the second practnrt
station, where it was discoveries thar the
bal from Bouligny's pistol had taken effect
for his spp, aTance Co answer be was semi
bone 10 hls fathers residence. After Young
Bouligny went back into the Opera house.
and learned that hts shot has taken effect
lac surrendered himself 40 Judge StaeS aud
Was turned over to Capt. LAWYER VIM
allowed him 10 remain long enough % ac-
company home some Of the members OF his
family who were al the Opera house under
his charge. His friends We're VERY active In
endeaVoring 10 obtain a certificate from
Young hances attending physician that the
T. CHI arlra
that Bouligny might be admitted "a hail
Neither OF me young gentlemen Is yet OF age.
The Most Ingenious swtudie Vet.
Inc mcthods OF bank burglars aud OF
swindlers generally have revealed them
selves la al sorts OF ways OF late. but IL
would be difficult 10 conceive OF a more in
genious scheme for raising money than that
lately resoried 10 by a couple OF tele graph
ops raiors IA Texas Immediately over one
of The banks Ina Dallas is the telegraph Office.
and recently two OF The operators LEFT town.
On the day following a well-dreSSei man
entered the bank with a check Tor slO 600 on
New York banking house, and desired &C
csshed. He bnoaght with him numerous
letters OF Recommendation from parties with
whom the bank had business transactions,
ana every ming was all right apparently.
But $1,000 was a considerable sum 20 paw
out, and the bank officer hesitated, aud
finally declined - cash the check. But the
stranger was impOrtunste. "Gentiemen,"
said ne, IL came To Texas % invest thts
money lb cotton, IL Is very necessary that
This cheek should be caShed. SuppOSe Won
telegraph TO New YORK To this banking house.
Ask them about me. will pay ali expenses"
Nothing could be more plausible Than Lhis:
so dispatch was sent, aud IN "A snort
time came the answer, 10 the effect that IL
was all right, and that the Dallas tank
would confer a great favor on the New York
nrm by accommodating their friend. This
was satisfactory, and the check was cashed
IL is the practice OF telegraph operators TO go
over their days work AT night, briefly, by
asking the different points TO winch dis
patches cave been sent whether they have
been received or not. On inquiring of the
New York operator whether dispatches thir-
teen and fourteen had been received a uega-
tive answer was returned. No such dis
patches lad come 10 hand, and consequently
10 answer could have been sent Tae dis
patches had been regularly recaived; they
had come from somewhere, but where rom
could not be Known. The cotton Spectator
had disappeared with the funds. aud the
bank officials were al their wits ends. In a
DAY or two the mystery was solved. The two
telegraph operators had gone few miles out
OF Dallas, taksn possession OF an old shanty
by the roadside, attached a battery 20 the
wires. and taken the dispatches intended for
New York or They had then sent ansv ers-
IL was an acroit scheme, and successfully
carried out