Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-16
BACK IN THE TOMBS.
Jpry Disagree and The French Count Is
Held for Another Trial.
STILL HE ISN'T DowSoAsr.
saw. lie VIII Triumph Next Time
aud "weei ca hack 10 Pniree ana
stay Zasr for Evair'-His Lie an"
FAMILY Connections.

Tho iury In the case OF Monsieur a.
,.uene. or Jules Guillaume Antonio
,,.rie Hobklrk. who Is being tried In New
yorK. failed TO agree Tuesday, nine be-
A., FOR CONVICTION and three for acquit-
=, II VIII be remembered that the
,,..ncbman was arrested here some weeks
80, ,,,on the request OF the New York
a...ocrities charging him with stealing a
"a watch from Leopold Rogge, and IL
d ON that charge that he was tried In
Nev YORK. The Frenchman was not re-
,,ssed. but will be held for another trial.
roc Herald gives the following inter
..,eu with the Count" who was seen in
49,. Tombs by one Of the reporters of that
,,.rar. l saw Monsieur Hobkirk in the
'rcmhs yesterday afternoon. He walked
..,o,,ni into the little irop-barred recep-
,on-room. with his hand on his heart.
.rsor he stood off three feet from the
lars placed his heels close together and
ned as dancers bow in a minuet.
mon with an Interrogation In each eye,
t. ,,,ited for me 10 speak. / asked him
,.ho, he thought of the verdict OF the
july.
TO GO BACK TO PARIS.
Tn went his shoulders in an expressive
-trIr what | link of re zhuree? Ali
,.n vou Affair re bad way all re papairs
I've talked OF me-ze bad names icy hat
,.u me- re zhuree--what you call it,
S.@es high re case. Bienl Eat ees as good
,,r me as not guilty. Sapristil / triumph
~, rsx time Zen wen Count Lucien
fArmau de Rlviere ees free man once
more he weel 20 back TO Pairee and stay
talr Tor eydir ,,
mon Monsieur Hobkirk hit himself a
,,ow on the chest that threatened MS
,.ryical vertebrate.
Are YOU an 'up-and-up countY' j
asked 100
nom mean one high name. You under
stand? In bien. i tell you. My vat you
,,ll-ooukle. re broZair OF my mozaif-
80 % BARON Arnous de Riviere. He pay
20 yeesit 10 zis city ten year ago. lie ees
enc nembair of re Union League Club,
u.es brozair ees one great man. lie
-is, 20 great Russian Tschigorin vat you
rsIiq checks. He play re cable game weez
Have You anything to say about the
Burden jewelry robbery
"Neyairi / know nozZing or Eat Mon
sf.nr Hoblxlrk said this with series OF
str,,rs that almost threw his collar-bone
ort M ioint When / asked him about
the accusation of Rogge, he grew more
voluble still. -.
"V'lag he exclaimed; Il am here,
M'sieu Rogge s zair; but l am not 70
convict. re zhuree hang out. Bien! lie
eeze bad man. Eef re zhuree let me
speak. l hat ze proof be eez re Dau
man. , Mt,
..J'sieu Rogge say at re Marine Hotel
/ run IN by one door and out by aiioAalI
door. Sottlse! He uei l stop one hour
m ze Marine. ] take my lunch. He hat
see me eat. ] stay zalr and heVar run
i eat andssmoke."
"Then why did he charge you with the
theft?" IT.
par depit. He eez re bad man. He
nevair had re gold watch. l have re Two
cold watches. He haf none. Paroleu' 1
haf see 70 time ! gif re gold watch 10 "
garcon-to re beggair.'
So saving. Monsieur Hobkirk swelled
ont his chest. and again accused All
Rogre OF 'ia grande tracasserle.
WHAT HE SAYS OF HIMSELF.
In further conversation, l asked Mon
,ieur Hobklrk where he was born. lie
-orlisd that he was a Partisan by birth,
and had Inherited a vast sum or money
a. an early age. lie became excited III
i.1inp about IT, and II was hard matter
y, follow the thread Of his discourse. lie
.tated that he had run through a grand
-orrse Of wine. women, and song anu
..redualiv the fortune had disappeared
Eis creditors then forced him 70 ny from
France. re went to Belgium ana 10
e,riln In fact. he claims TO have travel
'.J Am over the world. lie would say
nothing OF the Countess Orgie DE fNleie'
n Montreal. or Of his visit to that CITY
lie said that after leaving here on the uay
following the Burden robbery, be weAt
10 Philadelphia, where he remained Tor
,one time. lie heard that the detectives
we're after him, however, and hed 10 hlch-
nand. Va. where he was captured.
He claims TO be exceedingly pIodleai
with his money. AS he says: What
haf In my rocket l gif away But MT
Royce saws that Monsieur Hobkirk mas
r.rnicious habit OF having nothing In MS
pocket .,,,r,., o
IL L expected that Monsieur Hobkira
trial win be called about May LIST.
The Herald. in its interesting Story
says.
Of an the Struggling. unctious French
men that ever drank absinthe on the
Elysees. NJ. Hobkirk Is probably the most
plausible His appearance rs that Oh
danclng-master; his actions are those OF
q polite butler; his language is Verpa'
hair-oil II smacks OF cologne ana oei-
gamot.