Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07


put ne money n bis pocket, cnrsine Chi.
mlstaking him for. :"
ms baggage proving all right and bis
pasnport not Questionable, Scipion was
r,'er some uefay permitted 10 start far
a'ls put spp pnder the suspicion Of the
r m tnat Dc Was not Desruelles, but
x"e"'"'e""; ~ koucD, In the railroad
restaurant, he changed Napoleon to buy
: pot.ic o. wine and half chicken. Az
soon as ne reached Paris he took fiacre
ana hrove TO nnmero 10 Rue de Seine. His
nouest sign was no longer there, but in
stead Of it one Of:
.lamballe, hairdresser and perfumer..
aseounaed, he rushed into the little sbop.
she?''
The attendant answered. an Amer,c.
1t is four months since she went. =, -.
summons Of her hiisbandp,
AT the summons of met, cried sc;n;o,,
sitting down abruptly. This IL ali =
dreamr' ="
Before he could say another word a aer-
Reant de vile entered the shon and laid
| tineauv
= am not Quentineau-I am Desruellesy'
shouted the unhappy man, but the officer
q. 'he Jaw was incredulous, and bore Scip-
ion off to prison.
ne was examined on charge Of coming
anu oi passing counterfeit Napoleons upon
we cashier OF the railroad restaurant ut
nouen, ana iuliy committed for trial as
Vuentinean, Alias Desruelles, faussaire.
Desrneiies employed an able advocate
ana iaid All the facts before him. sit is a
mere question OF mistaken IDENTIFY said
tne lawyer, and of course there will be no
aifnculty IN proving who you really area
boutiquiersof the Rug de Seine, Of twenty
years standing"
But the advocate reckoned rather too
hastily. One Of the most interesting trials
that ever came off in Paris now ensued.
The advocate employed by Desruelles was
thoroughly persuaded OF his clients ipno-
cence and good character. But the Pro
cureur Imperial was OF different opinion.
The case was sent before the court d 'assises.
and was tried by the president. A great
number OF witnesses were called, and the
whole question turned upon the identity
OF the prisoner by the mutual agreement
OF parties, for the reason that il the &C.
cused were Desruelles his account Of how
be received the gold Napoleons (admitted
TO be connterfeit) was probable; but If he
were Quentineau no defense was possible
Quentlneau was established to be a des-
perate character, who had been several
times convicted Of minor offenses, such az
smuggling, and was more than suspected
OF being criminal of much deeper dye-a
counterfeiter and forger.
The testimony of the customs officer, a,
Havre and of the dame du compton a,
Rouen was first taken, aud then mass o.
police testimony to prove that Desruelle,
was unquestionably Quentineau Thi,
was chiefly from the provinces, Quentineat
having apparently operated very little il
the capital. At the outset the defense ex
perienced an unexpected difficulty. Their,
were some hundreds of witnesses wilIin,
, to swear that they knew Desruelles per
fectly we'll, but not nearly so many VIII,
were satisfied that the prisoner was tina
person. His hardships, his voyages, hi
poverty had told upon Desruelles. He wa
deeply sunburned, his hair was grizzled
: his hand was hard, his manner neryou
and excted-as little like as possible-to tn
placid shopkeeper of the Rue de Seine
: PROFESSIONALLY the accused resemblet
Desruelles remarkably, and knew as mucl
about that persons antecedents as if b.
. were really himself, but then In short
: Desruelles neighbors wkre exceedingly
conscientious, and the police exceedingl!
: positive, and the unfortunate shopkeepe
WAS convicted of being not himself at all
1 but Pierre Quentineau, counterfeiter.
The rebutting testimony adduced by tn
; advocate general not only convinced tn
jury but overwhelmed Desruelles. 1t wa
!, letter which one of his neighbors,
j woman, testified she had received from
Desruelles' wife, from New York, that sh,
and her Scipion were happily accommo
J dated with a shop and thriving custom
{ in Broadway in that great city! Des
ruelles admitted that the handwriting wa
: his wife's, but the statement impossible
for the reason that he was in the Palais d
9 Justice, and consequently could not be i
New York. 81
| Pierre Quentineau, calling himself Sc
r pion Desruelles, was sentenced to tie
years close Imprisonment
e The unhappy convict was moved by hi
$ sense of injustice to carry himself with III
expected dignity. He shed no tears, bu
d said he felt certain that time would n
Ell move the evils that now bore upon him S
It heavily He was sent to Brest, and set
learn the trade of shoemaking. He wa
J one of the most tractable prisoners eve
=, confined at the bagnes.
$ When Scipion had served out three yeaI
re Of his sentence an unexpected episode o.
Cured in his history. Visitors were al
nounced to Quentineau. He went to I'll
5, office of the prison and found his Ma
# tiniaue cousin. Pache, and-his wife! Il
!. attempted to throw himself into the arm
/, of the latter. but was repulsed with sever
r, dignity; . l.,
)t Desruelles," she said; but there are crime
5. charged against Desruelles."
r Scipion demanded an explanation an
re his release, but madame was memorable
re NJ. Pache then told him to wait. Throug
influence and the facts presented by u
II Martinique cousin, the court OF cassatlc
ar had consented to re-examine the questio
" as to his identity "Of course you are DE
ruelles." said NJ Pache, confidently, FAR
n. mean to prove it, if it costs me million
is After you are shown to be not Quentlnea
7. but Desruelles. it will be time enough
ne go into madames grievances.
II Desruelles was now brought back
IN Paris. and VI. Pache set to work to esta
lish his cousins identity
d. The notary he employed suggested tn
in NJ. Jules Eayre he retained as advocii
er and that eminent lawyer consented to TAI
III the case, but two days later sent note d
I'd Ginning to serve on account of the pressu
Il. of uncomfortable circumstances. NJ. Plo
m goulm was consequently retained.
OF After various delays the case OF De
At ruelles or Quentineau was again called u
ne this time not before a jury, but before u