New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-30
NJ ANpRIEUx TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
HIS OFFER TO CAUSE THE ARREST OF ARToN
WITHIN WEEK ACCEPTED BY NJ. RIBoT.

HIS OFFER TO CAUSE THE ARREST OF AhloN
WITHIN WEEK ACCEPTED BY NJ. R1BoT.
paris March oo-At the session yesterday OF the
Parliamentary Commission OF Inquiry appo'heu W
examine into the Panama scandal VI Anufie"N' oN
Project OF the Paris Police offered II the Government
woud place specal officer at his disposal to arrest
Arton the alleged go-between In nuInoer oil ''e
bribery transactions. within week.
II has been more than limited that the Government
was not at ell anxious to have Arton arrested iedS
the effect of the revelations he might make. inc
Government to-day showed that they really desired
to have Arton' In custody NJ Ribo. the Prime Mill
iser informed Andrleux that his offer to arrest Ar'on
had been accepted and that NJ Clement an experienced
officer had been detailed TO assist him in capturing
Arton.
Since the scandal was made public Aron has been
reported to have been In many European capitals
and smaller towns where he Is SAID TO havs sprho h
money avshly and with no apparent fear or ms mac
cf life attracting attention 10 him and thus leading 10
his II Is not known where he Is al presch''
NJ Andrteux has been put in hole by Premier
Ribot and If he has Dragged about his power 10 ais
cover Arton he Will give excuse for his failure
10 do so that he does not want TO make the chase IN
company with NJ. Clement. The latter Is Il Com
missary of Police famous for his campaigns
against the adversaIies OF the Government. among
whom NJ. Andreux was and Is still prominent Inc
exPrefect OF Police may argue that he Is afraid That
hi, companion Clement would spoil tc hunt for Arcn
In displaying 100 nttle zeal, or even III 6cIeNN HI
forming human game of the advance OF the hunt
ers IN his direction. At any rate, the previous life
Of Arton shows that he Is one OF those INSCRIPTIONS
adventurers who are not easily caught thanks 10 their
smartness and chameleon-ke endowmcnts
The latest authentic Information about Arton In
dicated that he living somewhere In Rumana.
He ned from town In that county. leaving behind
him satcbel which was sent 10 The judicial auh0ri-
ties Of France BY the Secretary Of the French LGa-
ti0n at Bucharest but which vas found 10 contain
No pager Of Importance relative TO the Panama scan
dals An Italian reporter interviewed on her arrival
ut Genoa Miss Llli Meers. friend Ct Arton, who
declared that she had become acquainted with him In
Rumania thnt they had travelled together in Eastern
and Central Europe, and that she expected to meet
him at place in Italy.
Artop Is represented us being an adept In the art
OF Disgusting his personal appearance 10 make him.
self nearly nrecognIzabe. HIS real is Aaron,
and no born al Frankfort, Cornelius Herr
and the late Reinach. often mentioned In connection
with the Panama scandals. lie came to France and
passed as on Alsaaian. Before the Franco German
war he went to Brazil became clerk In the commerce al
firm Of Lehercy, al Rio de- Janeiro, and afteTward
manager OF a coffee commission house. He married
then Miss Debcry. whose mother kept large florists
establishment; and, AS religious marriages were the
only lawful ones In Brazil. ArtOn renounccd the
Jewish for the Catholic faith soon afterward his mis-
management caused the ruin Of the coffee firm and
also that OF his mother in-law's establishment. She
committed suicide from despair; and Arton sent his
wife and children FIankICrt. whore he forwarded
them bags OF coffee whenever they called him for
pecunary support. Meanwhile he remained az sytos.
where he failed In his mercantile enterprises, and he
finally arrived in Paris In 1eS2. There he tried
several ventures. a cafe on the Boulevard and the
manufacture OF soap and gycerine but without sue
cess. Arloa became al last the friend Of VI. Earbe,
the president OF dynamite company, and was sent
BY him 10 the Is,hmus OF Panama In connection with
the business OF the company. This Is how Ar0n
happened 10 be acquainted with the directors Of The
Canal and 10 be employed In the brihing operations,
the secrets OF which known by him more thoroughly
than by anybody else.