Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-14
ALLMAYER CONVICTED.
The Dashing French Swindler Goes
to Prison For Twelve Years.

hLJMA bh SoNN bSlED.
The Dnshing French swindler Goes
to Prison For Twelve Years.
ICOnWfght 1893 by James Gordon Bennett.1
PARIS, Oct. l3.- New York Herald Cable
Special to THE BEE. The trial Of Eugene
Allmayer the prince of Partisan swindlers,
that began Thursday at the Seine assizes,
collected a very charming audience of Pa
risian women and dem-mondaines. All
mayer is a handsome, dashng, miitary-look-
ing man of twenty nine. He is of medium
height, gracefully built, with deep blue eyes,
blonde curling moustache, and little wafer
like balk spot on the top of his head that re-
veals the ravages of rapid life and the long
vigils of Partisan viveur. Allmayer is
dressed in the best taste and by the best
taiors of Paris. All eyes are bent upon him
as he sits on the prisoners bench, escorted
by four guardes municipaux instead of the
two who usually guard ordinary criminals.
Allmayer blushes becomingly and signifies
his impatience at the judges questions by
stamping petulantly his well fitting patent
leather shoe against the floor. Allmayer's
exploits are well known to the Herald. He
it was who utilized the telephone to cash
drafts at other peoples bankers by initiating
other peoples voices, etc. The judge re-
counted all these to the prisoner, who lis
tened in almost contemptuous silence. He
replies in a quiet, refined voice to the ques-
tons of the Judge:
Judge-You belong to good family. At
the age of seventeen YOU made your debut
by forging your fathers name for 5000
francs.
Allmayer-Oh no, M. le Judge, that was
merely practical Joke. 1 signed below my
name, LIE Dable Boiteux.''
Judge-When you served in the army you
continued your swindling operations and
were sentenced to five years Imprisonment.
Allmayer-Ah yes, but my captain was
sentenced to twenty years for being impli
Gated in the same affair and by a long
series of answers Allmayer tried to throw
the guilt on his accomplices.
Nj. Edmund Castor began by relating the
details of the strange scene which took place
before the judge d. instruction just after the
fraud was committed He explained how
Allmayer on this location had the effrontery
to charge him with participation in the crime
and how the cunning rascal had so wrought
upon the magistrates feelings by his marvel
Gus acting that he Castor had been obliged
to pass the night in prison-a convict witness.
The first witness called was Plinard. who
Hdu UecI AllHltye y dCCOupllCc f1e ulu nOL
take the oath inasmuch as he had
been condemned to five years
penal servitude. He appeared in
his prison clothes, with shaven head. The
scene at this point was most striking. The
convict and the prisoner stood face to face
no longer friends. The testimony of the one
| must be damning for the other. Allmayer
realized this plainly, and with his habitua
hold lal to1l So
ments with unqualified denial. Plinard de-
clared that Almayer had stolen the draft.
Allmayer returned the accusation with en-
phasis and contempt 1t was believed that
the thief had worn full beard. Both ALL
mayer and Plinard claimed to have Worn at
that time only moustache In short, these
| two interesting gents spent good half hour
in heaping calumny upon each other and in
| testifying to their mutual capacity for break
| ing any or all of the ten commandments.
| Then there came upon the stand rather
gaudily dressed young lady, supposed to
have been Plinard's mistress. Her name is
| Mluck, and there is no evidence to show that
| she is not we'll named. She said 81 was
silly enough to let Plinard come to see me a
| few days before the crime. ! noticed that
his clothes were very shabby. He came tc
/
new suit and hat and apparently with plenty
of money. AT this time, TO my astonishment
| he made me present of some handsome
jewels. His friend Allmaycr was with
him.
| After this there followed succession ot
expert witnesses; an electrician to tell about
the telephone wire which was cut bankers
engravers, accountants, etc, etc. Their testi
mony all went to show that when it comes tc
| a contest between watchmen and bank locks
and other moncy-keeping devices, as agains
brains and daring minus conscience, tn,
money is very apt to change ownership.
| The trial was concluded tonight. All
mayer was found guilty on all the charges
without extenuating circumstances. Th
| sentence is twelve years at hard labor, will
a clause appended forbidding MIN to set foo
within certain prescribed territory for ter
years after the expiration of his sentence
Allmayer preserved perfect sang froi,
while the sentence was beng read, and after
ward rose and in few words declared hi
innocence