The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-25
pOBBERYANDA ROMANCE
I. ,,7T.TAY TRAGEDY REVEALS A
, UNIQUE SOCIAL SECRET.

,.-,gbt Paying Attention t. Bankers
80 90, q young Man Feigns a Burglar,
c.roht and Sentenced M ney for
- release Provokes the Killing.
From the Ne,o York Star.
...-.-. Nov. 22.-The mysterious muir
.Eo bank cashiers while in first
a7l .,--iage on the Vienna mail train is
as s,.orbino topic of conversation to-day.
IS details, and in the general atmosphere
nance that surrounds it. 1t reminds
NV English readers of the startling Incl
rsrrated in the well-known novel,
.T,, Man from Scotland Yard"
Tsa victims upon this occasion were two
"a annloyes of a Warsaw baak, and
.a~ had been dispatched with 5000 rubles
.bont sSS. 900 on special and secret er'
ed TO g distant city,
.oorst of this mission with such a
Ino ~ money is a most romantic one.
Sll - -,,onfhs since sensation was caused
2 3uli soc,stv by the Imprisonment OF a
~ Lnown Young man, whose parents were
ei III ~ and through whose veins there
- a minimum of patrlclan blood
One night a grea5 uproar was heard In
.sbionable street, calls for the ponce and
D.naral turmoil. The .poilce hastened to
80 Wbence the cries came, and there
% ~ oil known member of the higher
uIu ~ the business community shouting
ici pSi,1 from a window, while he held at
or n y Eth n nv no means desperate look
Tll .94r,der whom be claimed had broken
w L. -; norne was in the act of robbing it
~ w. D ba entered. and had been caught with
s Ilon.aiot of diamonds, belonging to the
l'of the house. in his pocket, and vari
~! 81 Ter precious plumber ready to be
Va The Young man was hurried off
N-ison and. when arraigned, gave
~. ia1T name that conveyed no intlma-
W. ~ the public of his identity. This dis
Use he maintained until he was sentenced
five years Imprisonment.
He then admitted who ne was, ana II 1t
ra-e known it would be founds5o duplicate
"n+ If one of the highest officials in the
mperor's household
hort time ago a lady, supposedly of
;rb origin. and certainly of most honored
a1ne waited upon the emperor, and in
o. ard evidences of the most sincere
oon+rition. made an appeal for the release
~ The confined housebreaker, and giving as
Ssr rsasons for the appeal a most startling
and sensational story.
Sbe admitted to being the wife of the
.knovn financier whose house had been
EDvaded. and who had shouted from the
WIDOW for the officers when he discovered
kha intruder and stranger making away
trith his Jewels and valuables.
She said that she, the wife, had been
rresept at the time, and from an adjoining
room had listened to the outcrleS, and had
fean a witness in part of the sensational in
eollo h.
hal the Young man who had been seized in
bs house was there with her knowledge and
nnsent-indeed, at her invitation-and he
tsicome there not in the guise of burglar
rs robber, but in the more peaceful and
worthy, though equally serious, guise Of q
vsry intimate friend. In short, the lady
had permitted him to call upon her, and
eectlng an hour when the husband was
snslly absent, he had gone TO the palatial
ssdenca They passed hour after hour in
ne another's company. The time fed with
unconscious rapidity of thought, and
More they we're aware of it the sound of a
py il the front door warned them that the
Eband had returned, and it was now too
he for retreat.
With quick thought the young man led
klady into the adjoining room, and realiz-
from the approaching footsteps on the
reaching and escape was useless. he
pened drawer of the dressing case and
lled the first jewel that came to his
band.
He cast out the precious bits of gold and
ems that we're concealed there ana stood
WITH the spells in his hand, awaiting the
ntrance Of the husband. The result was
be expected. The husband came, dis
Overed the man in the act of stealing, sup
posed him to be an ordinary thief and
urned him over to the police. No defense
PAS made at his trial and he was duly sem
enced
When the emperor heard this remarkable
Eale be was overwhelmed with surprise, and
once gave an order for the young mans
(sleaSe.
There was an attempt made to suppress
ne particulars of the case, and everything
possible was done to spare the names of the
>artleS concerned, and thus far this has been
az great measure successful.
lie names are unknown, but the circum-
Ances have become public property, and
n5 nOuor OF man who would uncomplain-
lgy accept an Imprisonment of five years
Olaer 70 spare the name of a lady was
W precious not to be exploited in the pa
benton.
:, Du. when the emperor released the young
d. mere were other claims to be satisfied
. well The husband, by the local laws,
a1 indemnity in such instances that
10 Inc emperor cannot well override, and
PRISON authorities also had certain
nS resulting from the Unborn and
ufai extravaganza Of the prisoner that
FubleS '''N
was this sum that the messengers were
-1eylhg from the bank, of which the
.as mans father is director, to the
~ ~neTe the final adjustment was to be
ous. ~hen they were murdered and the
99oey was taken.
>; sH Anown now that two fashionably
~ nv Young men entered the same COM
d s- aaI as that occupied by the messen-
Of ~ a WI further that they requested the
q IN ~ " - lesVe them undisturbed until the
W ,rg tlelr journey. They were, accord
y So ~ M, ue description of tie station officials
NJ ~'cea them, dressed in the latest
I nv . @o travellers left at Alexandros,
III H. race OF them has since been found.
h r,-t'a Oh the cashiers were found beside
ham ss, cut' gashed and mutilated. They
A ''l stabbed to death.
'aIhily medicine-Simmons Liver
w James vi. Rollins, Fair.