Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-12

name In the list Of passengers who sailed
| from Havre by the 81 Vile de Lyons " on the
| Goth inst.
| So, too. had Jea@ Louvait, the detective,
| for that individual, failing to mako any
hendway in his efforts TO convict Oxford
and the valet, had turned his attention TO
Fairfax.
There it stood in clear black and white
| ARTHUR Fairfax, Drifton, Pennsylvania. :"
And. what is more, one of the wharf Off
| Gals said he himself had seen Mr. Fairfax
go on board at the last minute before the
steamers departure, and had observed him
on the vessels deck as it moved of
tHere again the tireless conspirator's
forethought had planned to his gain. TAX
ing the utmost advantage OF Mr.. Nebbitt's
offer of assistance, ne had made arrange
merts by which one of the officers OF the
'ANamovna " secured passage to New York
from Havre, and registered as Mr.. Fairfax
At New York the officer expected to meet
the yacht, u day or two after his own ar
rival there)
Fooled again, Louvait now turned his at
tention to the discovery of the vessel by
which the conspiratOrs had evidently
escaped After numerous mistakes and the
pursuit of false clews, he at last hit upon
what he was convinced must be the right
one.
.'In Mr.. Nebbitt's yacht, .Namovna,'
have found it, qu0th he to himself.
But, alas, for his pains, the 'Namovna {"
after Fairfax's conversation with Nebbitt
had been ordered to steam direct for the
harbor of Brest on the extreme northwest
ern coast of France. Leaving that port
with the publicly announced intention of
sailing directly westward for New York,
she once again, when out OF sight OF Brest,
turned Numerically back upon her course
and sailed for the island offsChateau Neuf.
l.Nrva Oh IaA
to America with the abducted girl.
$50 can't prove it was the sNamovna,'"
unused Louvait, sadly, - for there stands
the opposing proof that she was far at sea,
steaming to America, when the deed was
committed"
He confessed himself defeated at all
points. His penetration and instinct had
shown him plan by which he believed that
the Princess had been abducted. Yet, be-
cause this theory, when practically applied,
failed to work, he refused to reject it. He
only confessed that Fairfax had outWitted
HIM at every step.
In a law-court it would be quite impossi-
BILE to prove any thing whatever against the
latter. To convict the abductors was work
Of time Louvait saw. He must wait and
work silence. He declined to accept any
other theories preached with regard to the
famous case, being perfectly satisfied with
his own.
AS soon as he came to the conclusion that
it was useless to do any thing except watch
and wait, fearful lest any one-Leroi, for in
stance-might anticipate him, he wrote a
note to the Minister of Police. Upon the ex-
terror was the direction:
mot to be opened until the abductors of
the Princess Natalie shall have been capt
ured, being the theory Of Jean Louvait as to
the abduction and the abductors.''
Then followed the speculation. This, in
tbe main, so well agreed with the reality of
the case, that it could scarcely have been
more accurate had Louvait himself partici-
pated in the affair.
The document closed with this paragraph:
This is the theory and belief of Jean
Louvait in relation TO the famous Princess
Natalie abduction case, OF which the arch
cOnspirator was Arthur Fairfax, whose
cleverness has won my unbounded admira-
tion.'