The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-19

Count. who claimed to he hts nephew.
IN All cases the description OF the man
tailed. Dut the names differed. 50. when
ne received a telegram from x. ccbn, OK
Richmond. Va. or Monday asking abouf
Count De Lignce. who claimed 70 be his
nephew, h. nosiiicd Captain OBrs.n az
once.
WHAT THE COUNT SAYS.
I saw Count de Iigneo at the city Sat
Yesterday afternoon. lie appeared &c
ho i'm the best OF health and spirits, aae
did not hesitate TO talk 90 me, this time
In broken English. He said he came 10
,his country about ten months ago. and
after remaining short While In New
York, he went South. visiting Texas and
New Orleans he travelled purely for
pleasure. he said. and be seems 10 nave
had lt. one statement. in which he c0n'
tradlcted himself was this. on tho night
of his arrest. he said ne had come &c
Richmond from New York and was or
his way back 10 tia, city. ana yesterday
he told me he came 70 Richmond rom
the south then continued our con-
versaton Tor some time.
THE COUNT GETS EXCITED.
Finally. | turned TO tho Jail oniccrg.
who were present and asked them several
questions about De Iignec. The Count
did not appear 10 pay any attention io
my conversation with the officers. and
looked as II he did not understand H.
incidentally. J said 10 one OF the on.
GERS that believed De iignee was COLI
nected with the Burden diamond robbery.
The Count evidently understood tins, for
be- became very much asitated. ara saii
he had read of the robbery in the papers.
aad dt'deI being connected with u. ana
hooill af the idea OF hts stealing dia-
mon1n.
A SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
After leaving tho jail ! went 10 No ses
cast Broad street. vhcre lives Mr.. ;.
Cahon. who is the person who tcicgraphcd
20 Alr. Forget the AGENT of the Frcnoa
line OF steamships ln this country, asking
Tor Information about DE l.ignce. and who
was the cause Of his arrest. Mr. cahen is
n Ffenchman and is hgck-tcr IN the
Second Market.
lie said De firncc had visited HIN. but
he refused ahroiuiply 10 feii nae what
scheme me French Count tried 30 work
upon him. All he would say was that tho
Count was E0t au hoacst man.
Ile told me. however that rr had sr.N-
ed with him u thn French army in Africa.
ilfN N|Af ~iNfINII'H N'H'NNN'N iA HfHrl'tf
but in different rreim,uis. Tie Count Haf
in tine regiment Legion Etranec wniet
is composed largely oi ronscrpis accord
ing to Mr. Duhcus statements. iie said
that The majority of soldiers ln this rcs.-
mont did not bear good names for hon-
csfv II struck mc as peculiar that II ,ir.
Cahrn had scTved iu the army with mo
Count and Knew him that he should tele-
graph Mr. FORGET for information concern
lIg him.
Mr.. Cahen icf' fnls cry losf March
and went South. ,Hiy returning l3at go
,cmher
WHAT THE COUNT SAYS.
Late last night I revisited ne cify iaii
aul interviewed dec Count. who vas con-
fined in cell No I2. he coroborated Air
Cahens statements about serving in The
army together. unl being stationed in
AIeiers. only be claimed that Mr. cahen
was in the regiment Legion Efraneere
ard said that nearly an tho members o,
that regiment bore questionable Fopnia-
tinus.
/ noticed last night that De Lignee
spoke much better English Than on my
former visit. he again denied being ~
New York IN December on in fact during
/ the last ten monihs
OVERHEARD ~ THE CELL.
Trsm f1l nrates of ,sn No o. whi9f
Is neAf to the one occupied by the
I Count I gathered something which. II ~
can be- relied upon. will prove Of interest.
| These iail-birfs told me that on Tues
! day night they overheard De Lisuee talk
ng 10 his ce.l-mafe. and that he said be
was in Ncw York in company with
woman al the time the Burden robbery
was committed. De Lienee claims that
| as soon az he reaches New York ne can
prove his innocence.
OPERATIONS IL RICHMOND.
Three more " the m On whom The
Count" endeavorel without success 10
| swindle were heard from YESTERDAY They
arc William Noyi. French tailor, who
| is in the employ OF Asher simon, pro-
prictor Of the tailoring establishment Ia
| Murphy's Hotel buiiding. J.. j. Boujas-
son. who has n hat-cieaning shop on
| Broad street and \. Cohen. OF the him
| of A. Cohen AZ Co. picture dealers
De Llgnee visited ali Of these parties
| and told them OF large land purchases
that ne had made in Florida for the Cam
| paigne Generate Transatlantique whose
| purpose il was 10 establish colony.
| there He claimed that similar mis-
| sion brought him 20 Richmond.
! Tho Count became very friendly WITH
| Mr. Cohen. and LAST Sunday. while they
| were out walking. at tho Counts sug-
| gestlon. they stopped IN the posi- Office
as he said he was expecting letters con-
| tanning remiitances.
| THE TWO LETTERS.
| There were two letters for him. and
| these he opened in Mr. Cohens presence.
| one Of the letters enclosed a check Tor
| 81 900. the other a check for 5000. HIS
| object i'm cultiyating the Acquaintance
/ "a lyfDT when
| he urged the picture dealer 10 go 10 a
bank with him end Identify him 50 that
ho might get a little check cashsd. IS
| Mr Cohen " as not as indiscreet as the
| Frenchman Judged him 70 be, the Count =
! checks did not reach any Of the banks.
| on Novi. the tailor. be tried the fake
| of securing him n position with the
| Translantlauc Line. but In this he failed
PAWNED HIS ovERcoAT
Subsequently ne carried a fine suit ~
| clothes 10 a man who lives on Six,n
! street and sold the apparel TO HIM Tor
| - thfowing I'm a pawn ticket Tor ~
| overcoat upon which he had previously
| borrowed q small sum OF money froai
| Ben Jacobs pawnbroher. al i'l3 east
| Main street.
The .Count' Indicted.
| NEW YORK. March is.--Thc grand
| iufy to-day found an Indictment ssainst
tine swinGler calling himself Count LucieiI
hi Armaldc Rlviere. who was arrested
! I'm Richmond, Va. few deys ago at ths
! request OF the police OK this city. The
| Indictment was found on the complaint
| O. Leopold Rogge. Of Brussels. who came
10 this city In December last, on ina
steamship FrlesIsnd. The Count was
passenger on the same steamer ani
borrowed nearly all Of Roggo's money on
the way over. he also stole Hosge' :