The New York herald., 1879-12-11
STOLEN SUEZ CANAL BONDS.
A Burglary Which Puzzled the Partisan
Detectives and Police.
FLIG HT AND ARREST.
Justice Bixby Holds Three Prisoners Pending
instruction from the French Consul.


as he was by criminals. it naturally caused
ton when. on the 25th Of last August NJ des Bris-
sards robbed of q number OF bonds aggre-
eating in value many thousand francs. The
circumstances of the case never got much
further than the precincts of the official chamber;
but it is generally understood that the robbery
peculiar one and had its share of mystery. At
once the intricate machinery Of the French police
bureau was put in motion; but. perfect in con-
struction and far reaching it was. It somehow
failed to compass the detection OF the offender.
and the robbery of NJ. des Brissards bonds still re-
mains in the hands Of il victim for investigation.
OF course the complete system Of inquiry to which
secret agents of the Paris police resort exercised
to its fullest extent. and all the domestic
tions of the family and the character Of
their servants and intimates were overhauled.
But all to purpose In this quest the
liability to suspicion of Elise, a young
woman who was employed as . seamstress in the
des Brissards family may have been subjected to in
quiry, but that young was living in another
quarter with her husband honest miller,
ut the time Of the occurrence. she could
in way be connected with it. Her
disappearance soon after was few days
wonder among her intmates. Bat it was notorious
that the exseamsress had been less devoted to her
husband than to an adventurous artist named M.
Richard. and as his comrades and the busts he had
been sculpturing lost sight Of him contempora-
neously with Madame's disappearance one wus ut
q loss to divine what became OF her.
THE BONDS NEW YORK.
1t was two months after this in the middle Of Oc-
tober that two persons presented themselves at the
office of Limburger & Thalman. brokers, of No. IL
Broad street, this city. One was NJ. Leroy French
restdurdteur of South Fifth avenue who previous
occasions had transacted some little financial busi-
The other was a small astute looking French
woman who was ignorant OF English, and who
had invoked M. Leroy's good Offices in her behalf.
1t two bonds for 500 each that Monsieur wished
to have converted into money. They were issued
by the Compagnie Universele du Canal Maritime de
Suez and when Leroy mentioned one NJ. Rodier as
his voucher $500 turned over for them to
the lady by Arthur s. Adler Keller chief
sff OF the was T3ss she
Limburger 4 Thalman sent the bonds to their
French correspondents to be disposed of in Paris.
and before long came cablegraln informing them
that their sale had been met with opposition. That
the French bankers had been compelled to buy them
and so so Ms '9s
loss how to explain his Discrimination to buy Suez
bonds next day when two strangers presented four
OF them for sale at his desk. His refusal of them,
however was followed by whispered conversation
between the pair in which he overheard say,
'CT.uG we can dispose Of them easily to Leroy"
This remark brought the restau,oear to his mind,
and he sent word that as the bonds did not find u
market in France he would look to him for settle
SoSo
them. He also notified him of the words he had
heard and bade him be wary in any financial transac-
Leroy to the office in twinkling. and he promised to
look up Nine. Huot. He recognized in the descrip-
ton furnished him OF the two strangers couple OF
her friends-Charles Ramel and' Marcel Colotte.
Before he was able to reach any OF them
MIR. Adler-Keller had further information for
him. Limburger Thelman had heard from
their correspondents. The bonds OF the Com
paenie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez were
acceptable in any market. those forwarded from
Ma Xnvk had haan ileufi M uot tn
They part OF the proceeds Of the robbery of M.
des Brissards. Their appearance for sale on the
gotten case ut once. They returned to
the correspondents of the American house
mendation to have the mystery sifted. When NJ.
Leroy received word of this he made hurried visit
to Nine. Elise Zulica Huot, but it was too late.
Accompanied by NJ. Charles Ramel and NJ. Marcel
Cootte she had sailed for Cuba that very afternoon
RETURN FROM HAVANA
M All hope OF ns t WAS bost tor
during their sojourn in Havana and. confident that
they would in time return to the city prepared Mr.
realized. On Saturday the trio were landed in
New York again and went to No. $40
msn Which ali .h9so lived oss%sr
Nine. Huot's relations with Charles Rainel were sd-
mtted to be Of an intimate nature, but MARCEL Co
lottes position could not be well defined. From
subsequent Developments 1t appears that he In
herited sum OF money this from mis- relatives
in France and transferred x475 Of 1t to Nine. Huot
for four of the Suez bonds On return and
Ramel from their junketing trip to Havana he got
linking of the real character OF his purchase and ut
once took means to secure himself A French at
torney whom he employed consulted with him. and
curiously enough, with Nine. Huots friend Rsmel.
of warrant for the woman's arrest in
she failed to mako restitution. Whether
this document was spurious or not cannot be
ascertained but certain 1t ~ that they
their purpose with it. Nine. Huot, terrified by the
menace OF tho laws invocation. turned over to Co.
lotte all the ready money she possessed-about
nj.
once made haste to the office of Limburger
Thalnan. where he made d known d the n, parties
their proceeding against them at once. To
this the chief clerk willingly assented. and yes
terday morning they went to the Eighth precinct
police staton where they laid the whole before
Captain Mcdonnell and asked for descent upon the
apartments at NO oio DroSme street where % Al, inc
agreed. the necessary authority was procured,
ana. armed with it.. he aud Detective Murphy
yesterday went to the house. Nine. Huot in
SO NJ. Charles Ranel. So WAS NJ. Marcel
Colotte. very frightened trio they made. too
VIXEN their room was invaded and ut once they
avowed their intention of making open breast OF
everything. Ramel had little to communicate
though. and Colotte was too full of his own griev
ance, real assumed, to furnish any information
Of value. But the womans words did to
throw some light on the mystery which for three
months has lain unravelled In q bureau of the
Paris police Office.
SCULPTOR nrcHAnp's PRESENTS.
Nine. Huot had been in the employ Of M. des
Brissards She familiar with his house and
conversant with his ways. She did not deny it, but
of the robbery she ignorant. She not living
in tho house at the time. 1t was in Miller Huot's
abode she when tho hue and cry were
raised about it. and that conhding person
not for one moment suspected that the
wife of his bosom could DO in league
with her former patrons despoilers; that
she was. though, she does not deny. nj. Richard,
the sculptor the erratic follow who without doubt
gained an utter mastery her. assumes the part
OF the criminal in hor narrative. She had lived
with him, she says. He had given her 5OOf
once. and thousand on another OCCASION. After the
robbery ho to her with six Suez bonds He told
her to hasten to America, to dispose of them there
and promised that soon rs he could dispose
OF some urgent engagements he would rejoin her
there. Depending on his word she left her hus-
bands house without hesitation. took ship for
New York. and on reaching here was referred by
some dcnizcn OF the French quarter to M. Leroy to
negotiate the bonds. Then she met M. Charles
Ramel. and her relations with him aud the trip to
Cuba details which entered into tho subsequent
developments OF the case.
whep Captain Mcdonnell and Detective Murphy
took the party into custody the woman seemed
greatly exercised 1t, and offered such ewelry Ms
she had in restitution for the money acquired the
stolen bonds. She sad too. that she could procure
1,0OOf from father in France, which would clear
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