The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-12

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denly become IN
object OF great interest throughout Eu-
rope. and all that concerns her roman
tic life Is regarded as Of historic I'M
portance. Nine. Du Barry was very
wealthy. and yet up 10 the present
hardly any one seems to have made the
slightest effort TO lay hands on the Inn
mense fortune which she unquestion-
ably left behind her. Now that public
attention has been drawn TO this
strange fact. II IL considered certain
that a vigorous attempt will be made
TO recover the fortune. and In this con-
nection Il is pointed out that a search
OF this kind would be- far more likely /
TO be successful than some other
searches for hidden treasure the e1-
lstence OF which has not In all cases |
been clearly established. Divers 20 to /
the bottom Of the sea In guest OF bull
lion. others spend years In hunting |
after legendary wealth. but until now
no one seems 10 have given a thought |
10 Nine. Du Barry's lost cash box, with !
It's wonderful collection OF diamonds
and other gems.
History seems to give clear clew us
10 the present location Of these gems.
In the evening Of Jan. 10. 1871, Nine.
Du Barry left the castle az Lowe
ciennes In order TO pay a visit TO the
Duke de Brissac. her intention being
to return on the following day. Dur
ing her absence burglars entered her
bedroom and carried on her jewels,
MOorin. Nine. Du Barry's faithful sery-
ant, had heard no noise In the house
and the soldier who was on duty In
front Of the castle was found dead
drunk in a neighboring wine shop.
The list Of the stolen jewels Ia still
TO be found In the French archives and
reads like a chapter Of The Arabian
Nights" so bewildering Is the long cat
alogus OF diamonds. rubles. cmeralds.
pearls and other precious stones.
when the theft was made known the
French public smiled In incredulity.
Nine. Du Barry was not popular and
the revolutionary Journals were dnani.
nous In claiming that the former IA
yorite OF Louis XV.-they politely
termed him the modern Sardanapa-
lus"-had invented the whole story.
she wants to run away to England.
they said. her intention being TO enter
into close Relationship with the
friends OF liberty and equality who
have already focked there" That there
was no ground for the suspicion seems
clear from an article published In the
London Public Advertiser OF Feb. Is
1871. According 10 this Journal the
men who had stolen the jewels had
gone straight TO London with their
booty and had there been promptly ar
rested.
There were Eve OF them. and on thciI
arrival in London they went to FIRST
class hotel and ordered a irst-claEl
dinner. Then lack Of luggage ant
seedy clothing did not tend 10 lnsp'-'
confidence IN the hotel-keeper. but the!
succeeded In convincing him that the!
had plenty Of cash and only needed {,
get Il changed into English money. OF
the following day they went TO Mr.
Simon, one OF the richest jewelers. II
London. and offered to sell him SOM
precious stones at price which wa
scarcely one-slxth OF their real value
b The jeweler bought them for $3.50
francs and then asked them u they ha,
! any more OF the same quality.
They said that they had had, where
= upon he went at once and told his stor.
: 10 the lord mayor. who caused the ar
q rest OF the FIVE men. The polio
8 searched them carefully. and thoug
$ the thieves tried TO throw some Of N
8 large diamonds into the fire they di
b not succeed. and thus most OF IN
stolen treasure was recovered. One a
the thieves was well known to the %
lice. being an Englishman who had 81
4 ready been frequently arrested.
. Being informed OF the arrests. NM,
: nu Barry went to London. accom-
. panied by NJ. Rouen, her jeweler. tn
= latter Identified the precious stones an
q his testimony was 80 convincing tbs
!, nothing seemed to remain but to pur
!. lsh the maleiaetors and hand back N
n property to lis rlghtful owner. |
= those days crime Of this kind wa
. punished with hanging. Nine d
i, Barry, however. was not to recover h
n property 80 easily. The thieves pos
A lively refused to plead guilty.
!, The beautiful French woman went
Newgate prison. where they were COT
= hned. thinking that she could fascinai
their leader into a confession u n
crime; but In this instance tho,
charms which had worked wonder
!. with 30 many men proved utterly fruit
= less. The callous brlgand remain,
= stubborn as a mule and refused 10 30
:, the scaiiold a, her bohost. The resu
~ was that the lord chief justice decld,
/. In their favor, The charges again
!. them, he said. had no, been prove
- and, furthermore. no English tribun
= was competent to inhict penalty I
y a crime committed In a foreign eou
n try. The Eve thieves were then al
sharged. As to the jewels. the eou
was rather In a quandary.
The thieves had evidently stol
or them. but II they were not Nine. ]
ng Barry's property whose were the
ae The mater was ingenlously eompT
l missed. The jewels were placed In
to eaah box on which was stamped {
a seal Of the city OF London and w
Of then placed for safe keeping wi
By Messrs. Ransom. Morland 4 Co, W
II did a large banking business In p
lss Mall. near Marlborough house. 7
ed understanding was that the lew
led should remain with them until
OF court had rendered a definite decla