The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-23
TITLED CRIMINALS.
Nobility Arraigned for Offending
the Law.
Vnrious Grim es Which Have Rcen Com.
mIttod by Members of blue FLOODED
PamiUes-Royalty in
disgrace.

been figuring of late in the prisoners
dock in the criminal courts of Paris. It
was but the other day that had occa-
sion to record in these columns the trial
on the charge of fraud of Prince Benia-
min de Rohan, who is we'll known in
this city, says the New York Recorder.
Prince Pascal de Bourbon, n scion of
the royal house of that name, has been
indicted, not once, but thrice, for
: otfenscs of similar character; and now
we have Prince Joseph Lubomirslli,
who formerly led the cotillons of the
imperial balls at the Tuilerics, accused
OF the abduction of beautiful young
dressmalscr, daughter of respectable
and well-to-do tradesman. The girl,
who was employed by one of the most
fashionable of ladies' tailors in the
Faubourg ST. Honore, has disappeared,
and the police arrested the prince, who
is now out on bail. The father of the
girl, being we althy, refuses to listen to
any ovcrtures with regard to compro-
mise ON a financial basis and ap-
pears determined to make the
prince suffer dearly for the be-
trayal and abduction of his daughter.
What makes the matter worse is the
fact the prince is unable to repair his
lndiscrction by marrying the young
lady, for he is already the husband of
an elderly and exceeding jealous widow,
the relict of Nj. Boyer, the well-llnown
manufacturer of patent medicines.
Feeling now secure of her title as IL full
fedged and bona fidc princess, she
treats her aristocratic spouse with the
utmost severity and economy, restrict
ing him to an allowance of six thousand
dollars year, which, under no circum-
stances, is ever exceeded. Indeed, She
has expressed on frequent occasions
her conviction that she had paid far too
dearly for the honor of becoming q
Princess Lubomirski. Her niggardli-
ness with regard to her present hus-
band was displayed on their wedding
day, for the prince was just in the act
of dressing for the ceremony which was
to raise him from dire poverty to COM
parative af1lucnce when ''huissicr,"
or deputy sheriff, suddenly made his
appearance unannounced, and pounc-
ing on the bridegrooms festive garb,
which was spread in state on the
ricllcty sofa of the attic, stubbornly re-
fused to give it up until "Monsicur lie
IhSS iiuei ocOClcI IL llCClc OIL winch
the stony-hearted official had the impu-
dence to draw from his pocket and to
present to his highness. Unfortunate
ly, there was no shot in the locker, and
the prince. in great distress, dispatched
messenger post haste to his bride
elect, cntrcating her to advance him
the sum required for the release of his
wedding garment from the hands of
the deputy sheriff. The widow re-
fused to make any further disburse-
ment on behalf of her fiance, and had it
not been for the commiseration which
SO sad prcdicament aroused in the
bosom of his concierge, or ianitor,
Prince Joseph would have been forced
to appear at the altar liz the
ragged and rusty frock coat which had
been his faithful and inseparable COM
panion for many long year. AS it was,
he marched into church two hours late,
1T is true, but resplendent in all the
hnery BETTING so great nobleman.
Since then the prince has always re-
tanned warm spot In his heart for the
concierge. and never loses an opportuni-
ty of asserting that the ''pipelcts," as
the janitors are called in France, are a
The count de Farin, who has just been
appointed minister plenipotentiary for
Portugal to the Argentine confcdera-
ton, has obtained his transfer to that
post from Paris in consequence OF the
scandal created there by his sons theft.
Young Faria, who was attached to the
Portuguese mission at Paris as secre-
tary, was convicted not long ago of
stealing q five hundred-franc note from
the well-llnown actress and demimond-
aine Leonide Leblanc. The latter,
whose name has been SO long and so
prominently connected with that of the
due d Aumale, had become acquainted
and intimate with the young diplomat,
almost quarter of century hey
junior. One day last autumn, while
her back was turned, she happened to
look In mirror, in which, to her hor-
ror and disgust, she perceived the re-
Election of the young man in the act of
stealthily abstracting bank note from
a number which were lying on her
dressing-table. The action seemed to
her so utterly contemplate, in view of
the TACT that the thief had already been
financially assisted by her on numerous
occasions, that she left the room and
caused his arrest as soon as he left the
house. The trial, which resulted in the
public washing of an immense amount
OF Franco-Portuguese dirty linen, rem
dercd the continuance OF the Farias in
diplomatic position at Paris impossi-
BILE; and this explains the transfer of
the young thief's father to Buenos
Ayres.
Slavery in New York.
The following advertisement nD-
lpeared in the New Vorl, G.zatto ,,f Co.,