The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22
TIE MAN wHo BROKE THE BANK.
It Was as Monte Carlo He Did 1.-THE
London Police have Him Now.

IL was az monte carlo de DID 1.-THE
London Police have Him Now.
From the Baltfnlors Sun
LONDON. Jan. 17.-Charles Wells, com.
monty known as Monte Carlo Wells"
arrived from France to-day in the custody
Of detectives and was arraigned at the Bow
street police court on twelve charges of
fraud, amounting to e45,0O0. Wells is
famed In music hall lore as the man who
broke the bank at Monte Carlo.
Wells is 50 years of age. His London adj
dress is No. 1874 Great Portland street. His
profession was supposed TO be that Of civil
engineer and patent agent. London has heard
great deal recently about Mr.. Wells. His
Monte Carlo exploits brought him into
public prominence. He claimed that he
had broken the bank through working an
infallible system. He published pamphlet
setting forth the details of it. He asked
for partner with heaps OF money,
promising q golden reward at the expense
OF the administrators of the great gambling
Casino; he believed, or asserted to believe,
in the run Of sequence at roulette. But so
far as Is known Wells did not get his part
ner. He overlooked one point, which,
doubtless, prevented a partner from coming
forward. II by following the sequences of
the table it became possible to acquire
great wealth, what need was there for
great capital to start the operations2 Some
time after Monte Carlo had made Wells an
object OF common talk, he began to figure
rather unpleasantly in law court reports.
He was repeatedly sued for money, which,
il was alleged, he had obtained by shady
practices.
For instance, under an agreement dated
March of last year he was proceeded
against by a lady named Miss Catherine
| Mary Phillimore fer the sum of Ell 900.
| She had paid to him 99, 900 on condition
hat he
moneys obtained from an invention dimin-
| ishing the consumption Of fuel in furna ces.
| There was a clause in the agreement that IN
the event Of her not receiving at least ell, =
| 600 out of the profits before the beginning
OF April, 1892, that sum should become pay
able by the defendant. The defense set up
that sertain shares, of the nominal value Of
plaintiff in part payment Of the 9l00 900
| and shat, therefore, there could be no
action. But the plaintiffs counsel urged
that these shares were worth nothing. He
said: These shares are in Q. Wells & Co.
| The offices OF the company are in Paris IL
| is with difficulty they have been found out. "
The counsel added that although they had
been taken two years before no furniture
had been put in, nobody occupied them and
no rent had been paid. The action was SET
for trial by the judges, the lord chief justice
remarking that IL was singular and Curl
| Jus dkIocluout duu INTO.
| On Nov. 10 Wells was again heard of In
| the law courts. There were two claims
urged by gentleman named Harris to re-
cover e240 received by the defendant for
the plaintiffs use, and charge Of fraud
| was made in the pleaoings. Wells, through
his counsel, consented TO Judgment, but
| Mr. Reid, queens counsel, who appeared
for the plaintiff. made a statement in court
which is of special interest now, in view of
the arrest MIR. Reid said the 224O were
obtained from the plaintiff for a supposed
| patent The defendant took out pro-
visional specification, but did not complete
and make the patent success. After he
! got the money he did nothing further,
| They found that this was a regular practice.
| The defendant would get e5 from some
one; he would then spend 81
in getting provisional specii-
| cation, and without completing the patent
| he would get various sums-in one instance
as much as 5000, from persons-some
| OF them women, for which they got nothing
at ell. In 1888 he took out AZ provisional
| specifications, in 1889 81, in 1890 IS, and in
| 1891 5, nearly all of which were abandoned
! without his taking out a patent at all
| There was multitude Of persons in court
who were the victims OF this system. JUS
! tice Wright pointed out that if such alleQa-
tions we're true the public prosecutor ought
TO be communicated with, and it is the re-
| suit of this being done that Wells has been
arrested. 1t Is stated that on the day fol-
lowing the hearing of the case Wells sailed
| from Plymouth in his sumptuously fur
nished yaent, the Palais Royal, vessel Of
| 400 or 500 tons.
1t is stated that Wells sailed with the in
tention Of reaching Portugal. He touched
at Cherbourg and then went on 20 Havre,
only to find that his movements had been
followed and that the police were on his
| track. On instructions from London Wells
was arrested at Havre and his yacht was
seized by the authorities. On board the
| yacht the French police found a beautiful
| young woman named Jane Pernaud, who
had accompanied Wells on his career Of adj
venture. She wrote to Wells from on
board the yacht that as she was now COM
| pletely without resources she intended to
kill herself. Tho letter was intercepted by
| the public prosecutor, who summoned Jane
Pernnud 20 his office. He was soon con-
WINGED, however, that tho young woman
knew nothing obout the misdeeds Of which
| her lover is accused, so he handed her suiii-
Client money 70 return 20 London.
AMERICA Coon EEouoH.- ather docking up
| from his paperl-in the public echoos OF Aus
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