The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-08-21
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A Curious Case Of Larceny The Inter-
national Exhibition Of l883-Horrible
| Murder and Suicide An improvement
in Steam ers-Abduction and Dis
appearance.
NEW York, Aug. Il, 1880.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Larceny is generally supposed to be
the crime of petty, impecunious
thieves, who have not quite risen to
the dignity of burglars and bank rob-
bers. 1t is not often that you catch a
! 100000 criminal in the prisoners
box, accused Of larceny, and yet our
sister city of Brooklyn is about to be
treated to an exhibition of this kind !;
that is, if they car catch the thief.
There are two firms in the United
States engaged in the manufacture of
wire netting, one in Brooklyn, N. Y,
and the other in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Brooklyn firm had invented
some machinery whicl, gave them a
decided advantage over their Cleve.
land rivals, and it is said that this
advantage was forcing the Cleveland
house to the wall in this dilemma it
is said that the Cleveland house sent
a man on to Brooklyn to steal the
secret of the improved manufacture !;
aud, after blibing the foreman of the
Brooklyn concern, last Sunday while
the factory was without Il watch,
these two worthless effected :,n en-
tya:.ce, aud stole the machinery
which contained the coveted secret.
Their triumph, however, was very
short lived, for on Tuesday they
were arrested, and in all proba bility,
long term in States prison will be
the reward of their uncommon enter
prise. If it be true that these men
were employ ed by millionaire man
ufacturer to steal the brains and
machinery of rival firm, it is pity
that the law can not reach the pTin-
cipa1, and, if guilty, put him in the
place Of the wretched tools whe will
have to suffer for his crime.
At last things are shaping them
selves for the great International
Fair of 1888; the dead timber which
once threatened its success has grad
ually been swept away, and the re-
suit is that the affair is now in the
hands of business men who are able
to conduct it to Il successful compile
ton. The meeting on Tuesday ens~7
braced representatives from most Of
the States aud Territories, and the
delegation from New York city in
particular had some of our most in
fluential and wealthy men; there
seems to be every probability now Of
placing the affair on a firm financial
basis, and in few months we may
expect to see the ground broke and
the buildings commenced. So far no
particular site has been selected.
There are but few spots OF Manllat-
tan Island that would answer the
purpose, and as Brooklyn is strenu-
ensly urging her claims, it is not al
together certain that it may not go
OH that side of the river. The great
bridge will be completed by that
time. The city is a network Of rail
roads, and the site offered is one of
the finest in the State, Immediately
opposite Prospect Park, within twen-
ty minutes ride of Coney Island and
Manhattan Beach, and much nearer
to the centre of New York city than
the International Exhibition of 1876
was to the city of Philadelphia. Of
course there is a great deal of wire
pulling to see which side of the river
the fair shon go, and as they say in
Kentucky, +" the longest pole will un-
doubtedly take the persimmon."
We are now Debating the effect of
capital punishment. No sooner are
Cox and Balbo disposed of than the
city is startled from its propriety by
a couple of murders more horrible
than those for which the Italian and
the Negro were executed. Love, .jeal-
ousy and revenge were at the bottom
of the murders, and the story borders
on romance. About a quarter of a
century ago two Freucbmen arrived
in New York, one from Champaign
and the other from Lyons. They
were sworn friends, and as the Ger
maus say, heart brothers" About a
year after their arrival NJ. Renant
met beautiful yonng French girl
from Lorraine, and married her; his
friend Bigot was delighted, and the
new love made no abatement in the
old, but rather tended to cement the
friendship which had been like hooks
of steel before. After a time Bigot
found mate, and the two families
became as one. Children were born
to each. and they played together
like brothers and sisters, scarcely
knowing the difference. At last Mr.
Bigot had the misfortune to lose his
wife, and all of . Sudden change
took place which Mortified his former