Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-23
SlLCOTT IN MONTREAL.
He and Herminie Seen With Her Rela-
tivcs.

The Philadelphia Times has received word
from Montreal that Silcott, the ascending
cashier OF the House Of Representatives, is
there. The Times correspondent says John
A. Grusve, Montreal detective, has been on
Silcotts track from the start A few judicious
inquiries and long and patient search through
out the French quarter of Montreal unearthed
the fact that late one night last week sleigh
drove hurriedly up to a humble house on San
guinet street, and that lady sprang hastily
out and struck the bell.
When the astonished inmates opened the door
the wife at once recognized her old schoolmate
in Quebec, Herminie Thibault. Seated in
the sleigh was I'm gentelhomme Americain,"
as they naively put it, with his coat collar
turned up and a soft felt hat pulled down over
his eyes. After hurried greeting Herminie
asked whether her married sister, Mrs. Anna Le-
moline. lived on the street. She was informed
she did; that her number was 7l2, and, hastily
bidding ad1eu, the sleigh drove with its two oc-
cupants and their baggage to the sisters house.
During the week it was given out that Her.
mimic had arrived on a visit to her sister, It
was noticed by the simple French neighbors
that another man beside the Joiner. Eugene
Lemoine, visited the house and, although at
times he would wear SLOUGH hat and at others
a SILK one, he was readily recognized as the
lover of Herminie.
No sooner did this come to the ears of De-
tective Grusve than he at once swore out war
rants, armed with which he made a descent
upon the house. But too late, the birds had
flown. No one was in the house but the
eldest sister, Mrs. Lemoine, and a vigorous
search of the premises showed that both the
suspected parties had taken the alarm and fed.
THE REWARD ExCITEs INTEREST.
Yesterday the house was again visited by the
Times correspondent and long interview fol-
lowed with Mr.. and Mrs. Lemoine and the
youngest and prettiest OF the three pretty sis
tiers, Amarlne Thibault. 1t took but little
trouble to elicit from these unsophisticated
Canadians all that Herminie had permitted
them to know.
Yes, she had been there She had arrived
the Saturday previous, and OH Saturday last
she left by the 7:3O train for New York and was
seen of at the depot by her two sisters. ANA
rlne, pretty girl of two and twenty, was only
too ready to talk, and carefully as her elder
sister watched her she could not help giving
herself away.
lie Monsieur" as they all called Silcott had
not been there, but he had waited for Herminie
and had taken her out to drive !
Both sisters grew garrulous in speaking of
his wealth and generosity, but when the re-
porter rose to take his leave the. husband of |
Anna Thibault beckoned him solemnly into |
the passage and asked him in French: |
.'How much has he taken?''
The reporter responded promptly: give |
hundred thousand dollars"
Mon Dieu," said the French Canadian.
aghast. lis there a reward offered for him?"
The reporter replied that SIS 900 in cold cash |
was waiting for the man who could hand him
over to the United States authorities.
''God. If / had only known that" and the |
sense OF neglected opportunities seemed to
overcom him.
Drawing the reporter into corner he re-
1uested his card. In two or three days. he
aid. his wife would receive a letter from Her
MIME. and he would at once send word to the
reporter.
The girls said they were so sorry that
herminle was gone. If the reporter had come
Jut one day sooner he would have seen her and
hen Herminie would have told him herself all
lbout this American monsieur.