The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-11
.ADASHING VASSAR GIRL.
a FRENCH STUDENT FALLS DIES
PERATELY IN LOVE.

-z--oolx His Studies for Her-She Pre-
-ails on Him to Come to America
REV Hire a Flat and During His Alb
sance she Gets HIS Money.
Nrw YORK, Oct 5-Louis Bessant. a
,.ourg medical student from Paris, whose
-,,rents are said to reside on the Fauborg
g German. arrived in this country a few
rocks ago with about $4,000. and has
since been left almost beggar.
While in London, with all the money he
5osirad he made the acquaintance of a
t,ondsome American girl, who was attend
inc the Covent Garden theater, with a
,,nnsstronly woman. She said she was her
annt and csaperone. Bessant continued the
acquaintance, meeting and corresponding
liz the Young woman, who described her
soif as Miss Blanche Richai dson, a gradu-
ota If Vasser College and resident of
Boston.
Their intimacy became so close that the
ronng medical student gave up his pro-
iessional studies and started with the
American girl to see the sights at Monte
Carlo. Later the medical student left
Monte Carlo at his companions solicitations
and came to America on a flying visit He
and his fair Vassar prize took up q
Het elegantly furnished on Thirty
ffth street, near Seventh avenue
they had been there only a few days
when a Young man, who was introduced
nv Blanche as her cousin Harry" came to
dinner. After dinner game of cards was
Introduced. A limit of IS was fixed and at
it's conclusion cousin Harry" had just lost
5000 Bessant TOOK a fancy to cousin
Harry and invited him to call again the
following evening to try and win back some
of his money cousin Harry" did call and
NOT only succeeded in winning back the
s2OO he had lost, but almost 500 In addi-
tion. The young student became suspi-
cious.
The next day Bessant Informed his fair
companion that he was going TO Washing
ton to visit college chum whom he had
met at one of the hotels. He did not go to
Washington, but to Boston to look up the
antecedents and connections Of his pretty
Vassar companion. Bessant learned that
Blanche had graduated at Vassar and was a
member of prominent family, but had
fallen from grace and left the hub to accom-
many a well-known adventures to Europe
last winter. Bessant returned to this city
with determination to rid himself of
Blanche and return at once to his native
land
This was on last Wednesday, but when
the medical student arrived in this city aud
made his way to the fiat be found to his
cry article of value was removed, the JAM
tor of the building handing him a message
which read: "Meet me in London,
Blanche" When the Partisan heard of this
he almost tainted. With the clearing out
of the flat, beside all the furniture, his two
trunks containing almost $1,000, and his
clothes and valuable paper also went. He
had only 81 and his gold watch with the
clothes be had on his back. He visited de-
tective agency and told his story, and the de-
tectives learned Blanche had disposed of all
the furniture and had her baggage checked
for San Francisco at the Erie railroad de-
pot. To-day dispatch was received from
Chief of Police Crowley of San Francisco,
announcing that the woman had arrived
there and was under surveillance awaiting
further orders. Bsssant evinced dislike to
order her arrest. explaining if she would
give up his clothes and papers he would not
prosecute her He started for San Francisco
at once.