New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26
ILL-TREATED IN FRANCE.
A DREssMAKER IN NICE ACCUSED OF swINDLING
THE TOURISTS. AIDED ny THE POLICE OF
MENToNE-Two HOURS IN A FILTHY CELL


MENToNE-Two HOURS IN FILTHY CELL.
lBr TELEGRAPH 10 THE IBIBUsRI
Philadelphia May 25.-Thcre Will be laid before the
.State Department al Washington tho details OF the
arrest OF thrre Now York travelling In France
ars. A L Dorr, Miss Fanny Van Nostrand and Miss
Mamie Marvin ordered garments from a dress.
maker at Nice, to be delivered by certain
time. The drcSsmsher failed to keep her agreement
and the ladies went to Mcntone without
receiving paying for the garments. That night
they tod their hotel, taken tho police
station forced into a cell and kept there for several
| hours. The French police brutal IN making
the arrest and the outrage perpetratod without
either regard for sex, the advanced age OF Mrs.
DOrr tho unques ttonablc indications that tho
| ladies were we'll supplied with money and that they
belonged TO tho moro respectable class OF American
tourists.
The families Of these ladies are we'll known
| In Ncw-York, Philadelphia and Boston. Mrs.
| Dorr Is the widow of Horato Dorr. VINO for
twenty five years secretary OF the Atlantic Firr In
| surance Company OF New York. and afterward head
i of the insurance firm Of II. and V. n. Dorr Co..
! Cedar-st. and Broadway, NewYork. who were agents
for the Fire Assurance Of Philadelphia. the Boylson
and Boston Insurance Company, Of Boston. and other
| loading companies. Miss Van NoStrani who Is
niece OF Mrs. Dorr IS a daughter Of John J. Van
Eosrand, OF Brooklyn whose death was recorded about
/ two moths ago Mr.. Van Nostrand was well known
Il IN New-York business circles having long been tn"
head OF tho Wholesale grocery house OF J. and II
Van Nostrand & Co. Miss Marvin Is daughter Of
tho late Dr. C. G. Marvin and niece OF the late Tasker
Marvin.
L The ladies sailed for Europe April 1. intending 10
make a hurried trip through Franco to Genoa where
| they werc to rest until the latter mart
of July before going to Paris and London. II Is prob
able these plans viii be Intcrfcrcd with by proceed
tngs which tho United States Government Is expected
/ IN lns I'M IN
French police. In lcr statement under date OF Men
! tone. May 2, Mrs. Dorr says:
"On Tuesday Miss Van NoStrand and Miss
Marvin, OF No. Al Iicnrys ErOoklynl arrived In
| Nice, and, dcs!Hng dress for Miss Marvin
applied at tho establishment of Madame Gourr"n un.
der the Cosmopolitan Hotel, whcrr wrre stopping
our purpose to procure a rrady made garment. as
| We intended to remain only until Thursday morning
| ct Nice. Madame Gour"n hal nothing suitable
ready made, and proposed to MAKE one" answering To
objec,Ion to limited tim" that II Ne would
| rrmsn at Nice until Friday dress would b" com
| pleted by 10 a. m. To this We agreed MSlame
Goucrrln then stated II would DO equally
easy for her complete two dresses. 50
Miss Van NOstrand Orfcrcd on" for herself.
| and q Jacket Tho stipulation distinctly nplc
that the garments TO ~ tho younc lAd" 10 their
| entire satisfaction and tO be deliycrNl frday mt
| 10 a. ON Thursday afternoon the young ai"S
| went Madame GourIen Ia have the dresses tried
|
| Miss Van No,trand sad:
"'How you going N finish thos" by 10 a. m,
| tonorrow''
The reply was: Tho young ladies vho scw for
| Us must si up all night
aHss Van Yo,trand replied 'R,tlcr than allow
| thai We will rrmain until the afternoon train on
Friday, bat 40 must certainly have tho dresses by
sp M
! srhs drr.smakrr promised that thr dresses would
,sbs ~ tho hotel at r. m. At 2 p. on Friday rhc
aream kkrr's scr WAS announced With the gar
| msnt$ Mis. van Nnssr.nd went down AMI the
| VINO brought the box sah the bill must bc paid before
/ t>s box tnIld be carried upst,S. being In ct at
harry, Ms Van NOstranh paid N" hlll amounting
! tn $40 francs. ard directed the To- the box
| 10 our apartments. To this III" man
| d~murrcd. saying that the hotel porter
would carry the box upstaIrs but Nils
Van No.'rand insisted and drlaye M~la7r Gourrirn's
! m',,"ns"r In our apartments until sh" opened tho
| box. ylr- Van NoS:rard found that the box con
| falnd only skirt waist. and none II the second
dress for which She hal paid. sh" At ono" replaced
the skirt I'm the box and demanded her money, which,
after some hesitation tho man, part. returned
She gave him the receipt aud told him 10 talk" tho
box ha,k to Maiam". II was then { ~ =. m. and
No hal been nu,inrl that must lravr at I:iO. In
five rl'nurS tho box hr,ughi back frUm
! tho drr,-makrr, With "a" dr">Sc, alleged To b"
| rlcr~i. our trunks hal been cl,>'rl and on" was
i".inc carried down S'ar,. "" had - hurry after Ia
the station AMI refused 10 accept IN" dresses NLiahH
| I,uurrien', representative followed IL To th"
railway station bu, We told him 1t was too lat" to
rrgaist" thcrr telling him II they chose +" send
N" goods to banker At Genoa, frye ~ duty, tie
| blll would be llM'
81 have been particular I'm stating the above. on
account Of IN" outrageous sequel "" cam" 10
Mcntonr. and occupied apartments at the Hotel
| d" Mrnonr. After dinner, Will" We w"r" In tho
reading n orn VIC wcrc Informed that son,n d"srd
| 10 ON going 0ut W. found \
| roush-look.ng Frrnchrnan with piece ~
| paper In his hand. lie informed that h"
Irc'i all. lie read dr>cript IN ot our
persons frum tho pspcr. but hal only Of our
nancs, that OF Miss Van NoSirand. ENpOSulatinn
was useless, but tho hotckeeper saving II would
only be a matter ~ form, accompanied us to the
Iurrnu Tho same person who arrested It's, with two
or three au>liarl"S. accompanied MS 10 a miserable
building in a rom Of which, seated hy table, ho
assumed the magserial Office. "sh~ our
names and Hcmaided everything nom
ou. pockets. even our handk"rchi"fS
and gloves We snnt for the American Consul, who
arrived with his secretary. The Consul was tE"nch-
man, and tho secretary, his brohcr-in-law, al Italian
They said all thoy could, but IA" man who arrested
u, decided that nothing would do but we must all
| 90 tD a cell, where were locked mp. The cell
| was a regular dungeon, grated window high IN III"
wall smaller one in the door, along III" N"ir Sian t.
Ing wooden shelf leaving only standing room on The
floor. 1t was damp filthy, evil-Nm"lling plare Our
feelings may well be imagined ,
and morr In that pest hole, "" were released under
police surveillance, taken Ia our Tom at the h""l:
Wh,rr were Oc krd In. the policeman keeping guard
Al the door with the freedom Of looking In At us At
his pleasure. The next morning We w"rp called
and nercd pTrparr to at once To tho holSc ni
tho CommiSsary oi Policn. MISS Van Nos'rana ~
fused to go unless had tho protection OF Tho Consul
! Al T:4S A m Miss Van NnStrand was told that she
| must 20 at once 10 the tOmmisSsry. Thcrc
| she met IN" co>tumrr, Madame Gourrirn,
| and her husband also IN" English speaking
,arswoman who had translated nr'icr Ia
Madame Gourrirn In her establishment. An II these
l,aNc NplS J.
fhc tumrnfssary's decision may b. imagined. The
French authorities at Nice had t"lcgraphd NJ S. Van
Nostrand and party can be rel, a,e upon paym'nt Of
the bill otherwise they must remain In durunrr. not
In tho hooi, but In tho prison. The C'mmIs' 'ary
decided against Ms, giving Miss Van Nustrnmi five
minutes 10 decide between paying III" "ntir~ hil with
costs or going back To the dungeon ~ cOurS We
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