Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-11

should be detained until he could leave
| the town.
| Mr.. Stockton saw and heard no more o Z
! him until meeting him the other day in
Paris. Zicharof was as hsmboyant and
debonnair as ever, but Mr.. Stockton con
fssses that he felt himself obliged during
the rest OF his stay there to Ego provid
| ed FOR an attack from the adventurer, or
his associates. mmediateiy after the
encounter ar Rotterdam he Immediately
put Miss Billings under the charge of her
maid aud they sailed by the next English
steamer for home, Mr., jerks accompany
ing her. IL the stories told Consul Stosk-
ton concerning Hteharof's past we're true
he had good reason for preparing himself
against an attack. The alleged villainy
seems most Incredible, but it was repre-
scented that the statement was backed by
authoritative proof.
yILLAINY IN AN EGYPTIAN PRISON.
According to the story Zacharotr bad
been convicted in Egypt of the larceny of
q large quantity of bonds. He had sold a
safe to the owner, but he had reserved
key, made an entrance into the place and
easily secured the Valuables. His cunning
oyerreached itself, however, probably be
cause of the fact that suspicion directed
itself to him as the former owner of the
safe. He was arrested, tried, convicted
and sentenced TO long term OF years in
prison. He made the acquaintance of
fellow convict, sentenced TO q much short
er term, on the way 20 prison, and ooutid-
I'd TO him sure plan that he said he had
already arranged for escape by bribing
the guards. The better to carry out his
| plan, he said, il was necessary that the
! two should exchange names. AS prison
er with a brief term he would not be
closely watched and could mature his
! plan for escape with much more ease.
| The simple fellow consented. Z1charoH
was always famous in New York and
elsewhere for his extraordinary plausi-
bihty.
II Is well known that the administra-
! tion of Justice under the former Khediye
was lax IN every way. In any event IA
ohsroH's plot succeeded. He was regis 20
tered at the prison under the others
name. Within a week he condded TO the
governor of the prison plan which he
said he had discovered on the part of the
des perate convict Zacharoff TO escape.
! The Egyptian authorities were perhaps
at that time only too ready to free them
selves of the res possibility for 80 notable
prisoner, ana when the real Haoharoti
had uufoldtd his idea of hoy best TO dis
pose of him finally the prison officials
fell into il with avidity. 1t was that he
should pretend to Zaoharoff the pseudo.
Zioharof that everything was arranged
tor their joint escape that the guardr
we're bribed and that they would make
only pretense of firing upon them at
they ran.
The appointed night came, The two
started from their cells, left conveniently
open, aud at the arranged point tnt
guards did open Are with fatal effect mp
on u lcharoiTs dupe, but with care not &
Iiujure him. He ser7ed out the brie'
term under the others name, and wheI
released quickly made bis way to Ameri-
ca and New York. Such was the storl
told TO Mr.. Stockton. II true, fiction hal
nothing like il in the whole range o
human immsgination.-- Washington let
ter to the New York World.