The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-10-17

banker had a rude shock, rs he WIS
compelled 10 spend several months u
prison on suspicion of having been q
party to the orgerics. Lmma was sen
up for eighteen months, anu the name
of the baroness Melaine Won Hilgen.
helm was erased from the list of the no.
bility.
Another swindler who recently be
came famous through exposure had also
pros cred at the exp nse of title-wor-
shippers. 1t seems that he was a private.
not many years since. in an Austrian
regiment. An officer in high rank was
pleased with the young fellows address.
who was both fine-looking and intelli-
gent, so he made the soldier his valet.
In short time the fellow was caught
thieving and dismissed. Not long a ter
ward he bobbed up in Hungary as a
former Austrian officer, and gained adj
miss on to high circles. Before long,
however, his indiscret ons exposed him.
greatly to the CONSERVATION of those
who had made him loans. Saxony then
received him, where he pas ed for a
Count. The wea thy burghers were
flatte ed with his attentions to their
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gagged to several in various cities, while
he borrowed large sums Of his prospec-
tive fathers-in-law. After it was no
longer safe he as regularly disap-
peared, and to save a scandal none of
the families would give the matter pub
Lefty.
A few months ago the ''count" ar
rived in Berlin and as his papers, coat
of-arms, ct. :, bore Investigate Il. he wa
taken at face val re. Here he attempted
his old tricks, by the aid of his accom-
pl ce. who, however, eventually had the
.'count" brought to justice.
One evening as dusk tell the daugh-
ter of wealthy citizen was pas ing
through an unfreguented street to a
thoroughfare, when man attacked her.
She sc canned loudly. and up rushed a
fashionably- young man to her
rescue. lie drove the ruifian of, and
then offered to see the frightened girl
to her res dence. here he asked the
privilege of calling next day to inquire
q. ter health, and handed her his card,
".ount -" Grateful for his servi-
ces and flattered at receiving noble
mans attentions, she acquiesced. And
when he did appear next day, the girl S
parents received him with ELUSIVE
thanks. The plan worked well. He
called frequently. and finally paid the
Young woman such marked attentions
that her father looked into the
counts 5" record. He learned that nc
such noble family existed in Au 'tria,
but that the ell CANT s.Count -" was
a swindIer of the worst type and an ex-
valet The father was a man of spirit,
and prom tly reported his discoveries
to the police. Proof of the counts
many ihefts were forthcoming; he was
arrested, and at the trial his whole his
tory came out. He was sentenced to
long term of Imprisonment.
The latest nsation of this nature is
fresh. The other evening two ele,ant.
ly-attired ladies' drove up in pr vate
carr iage to a large jewelry establish.
ment and entered. The room was full
of customers and all the force engaged
While one of the women kept CLERK
brsy, the other slipped case Vi dia
mond rings of The counter into hel
| cloak pocket without being notice l.
They then left the shop. entered the
carriage, and drove away. A few min
utes later the case of rings, valued al
something near $4,000, was missed
From he description the police re, or
nized two notorious female thieves, anG
are now searching Tor them. The jew
elry firm offers 500 reward for the wo.
mems capture. Cor. st. Lou
Globe Democrat.