, 1888-11-08
PRADO INDICTED.
Don Juan Delicate But Red Handed
Tcmpers Matrimony with Poison
Caught at Last In Paris,
lBy the Commercial Cable to the Herald.


Prado, the mysterious assassin OF Marie
Aguetant Tor Agaetan), the extraordinary
Count Linsk de Castillion, whose exploits
have for the past six months provided
Paris with an ever varying series of sensa-
tIons. will be tried on November 9TH at
the Seine Assizes.
Never did Gaborian or Ponson de Ter.
rial evolve from their prolific brains hero
with more strangely adventurous career.
One day u grand seieneur, next chev.
alieur d'industrie. Next day an officer
Don Juan of public crossroads, a robber
and now u presumed assassin.
AN ADvENTURER.
Prado will appear in the prisoner dock
at the head of an etat-major of adven.ur-
ers and femmes galantes. Among them
will be Jose Garcia. Andres Roberto and
Forester, otherwise Nine. Varlay Maui
ricette Marguerite Couronneau and Ma
thilde Angelo Daull.
Although volumes have been written
about the assassin of Marie Aguetant,
Prado still remains ar enigma. For three
years past M. FalcimaiRne, Substitut du
Procureur General, has worked at his dos.
sler. and with unremitting toll has unrav.
eIied the strange threads of his career.
| A STARTLING DOCUMENT.
M. Falcimaigne has now drawn up the
acie d accusation, and to-day the Herald
is enabled to publish this judicial docu.
ment, which will long be remembered in
the annals of French criminal jurisprud
ence.
"At 10 o'clock on the evening of the
18th of last November, a man was ar
rested on the banks of the Sein. near the
Quai de la Conference, for having commit
ted an audaciou' robbery, after having
wounded q policeman with revolver.
This man was Linsk de Castillon. He gave
his name, however. as Pradoy Rib.
This nau was false; as were also the
names Mendoza, Haro and Grasset, by
which he had successively styled himself.
The name OF "Linsk de Castillon" is, in
marriage he contracted at Madrid, on No.
vember l. 1887, and also in the certificate
of birth of his child, whose mother was a
woman named Couronneau. living ut Bor-
deaux.
He himself explained that this marriage
was celebrated by the use of forged pa
pers and consequently his etat civil is un.
known, :althoueh it is firmly believed that
he is a son of Napoleon, and that his
mother was lady in waiting at the Court
of the Empire.
What is certain is that in 1868 he went
te school (be then being l3 years old) at
Dion. and at that an elderly lady in afflu-
ent circumstances, who always dressed in
black and who has now mysteriously dis
appeared, used to have charge of him.
IL was then he committed his first crime
by robbin0 his mother of all her jewels
and running away.
He then Travelled around the world He
stopped at Mozambique, at Calcutta, at
Homo " Of HayE and San Erunntacn
and remained for several months in New
York.
In 1872 he was lieutenant in the army
of Don Carlos. Taking advantage of a
ten days leave of absence he crossed the
frontier into France and effected robbery
of SOO0f.
He rejoined the army in time to dis
tinguish himself at the seige of San Sebas-
tian. During the siege he was taken
daughter of the governor of San Sebastian,
whom he had seduced, saved his life.
Afterward he was badly wounded at the
battle of Sommorostro, and was carried in
an ambulance to q hospital where he was
nursed by a Sister of Charity of the order
of st. Vincent de Paul.
He seduced the Sister of Charity, who
was near relative of the Duke of -,
and afterward married her and made
Jour Win " JcIu5dlcul, htColtuct
Syria and Egypt.
He brought his wife back to Naples in
dying condition, and she died at Ischia.
II is believed that he poisoned her.
Prado then went to Savona, where ne
distinguished himself by stealing in broad
daylight and in one Of the most frequented
streets of the city. 3O,000f worth of jew
elry. Two hours afterward he disposed
of the jewels and returned to Europe.
A.I,a - L.. Ia, -
campaign of the Carlist insurrection he
went to Peru. At Luna he married
woman of excellent family, who brought
him dowry of 1 200, ,000f.
BY this wife he had one child, who died
young. His wife also died very suddenly.
| Oon the day of his wife's funeral he lost
400.00Of. in game of poker.
Driven out of Lima by the indignant
relatives of his wife. he returned to Lisbon.
He then went on tour OF discovery to
Mozambique and Madagascar. sending
accounts of his travels to the Royal Geo.
grphical Society of Madrid. Next year he
refu-ned to Madrid and opened gam
bling house where in one night he won
200 ,000f. by means of cheating roulette
table.
This" Padro said, sis the only money
that ! ever earned with real pleasure.
For on that occasion robbed the robbers
| themselves"
In few days he spent all his money,
and by making love to Spanish marchi.
one,s. eighty years of age, he!succeeded1n
getting her to make him presents worth
$1,000.
In 1879 he met at San Sebastian beau
tiful Spanish lady named Dolores Gar.
20 ,ty Marcilla, who Is descended from the
kings of Aragon, and on the 1st Of Novem-
ber married her at Madrid.
She brought with her dowry Of 170,-
C0Of. This wife is still living in Madrid
! ~ 4, pa rrot IN tho o,nak cvual vuiaprv In