The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
THE "COUNT" ALAND BUYER.
Called On French Ladies and Said Fe
Wished 10 Locate Immigrants Here.
ARRAIGEED IN The POLICE COURT
And His Case Continued Until March H'th
In the Meantime the sew York Officials
VIII Come and Claim Him as Their
onn-He Refuses Go Talk.

Monsieur De Lignce alias J.. Carton me
French bogus count. whose swindiins
sch,.ns and an account OF whose arrest
was PUBLISHED exclusively in The Times
of yesterday was prisoner in Tie Police
Court Yesterday morning. Mr George l..
Wise appeared as counsel .9r the Count.
Eugene Chaon appeared as witness
AGAINST De L.gnce. gle stated uat the
.rrenchman Lad offered bin po. 'ii'l
with the Generate rmnsliian;. We llhe.
Iipnee told Chaon that IL would be- no.
C. ssary for bin 70 cable Tho nrshent oi
tse company ~ raris. wh.cl Wouid cost
foriy-nve cents a word. The cabiesIam
would cost about >Ij. 1haun ga h"- Pay
fcr the cablesram. Al this loinJ 'Ns
case Was continued uull Mafch -iil,a'
the Commonwealth was not reaos' ~
tective Tomlinsoa stated thGt he couid
produce Olhar iesldont llencnmcn' Nho.'
LisAee had tried 10 swl dc.
Sergeant T0ml.nson yesterday received
n letter iron, the New York oihcinls in-
structing him 90 hold De Lignee unti an
officer could be- sent for MIN.
It is expected that the New York city
authorities VIII send eAtradition papers
60 ft. ,sr.r,hfnan immediately. AS they
sem anxious TO get him. Wien the
papers arrive Lignee will be turned over
90 the Gotham police.
IL is believed that Sergeant Tomlinson
has made an important capture.
a SCHEME THAT FAILED.
Further inquiry by The Times reporter
concerning tho movements of the Count
develop the fact that DO called on Mrs
Tiise Ild,iet and Mrs. Reiuo Daubrenet,
10Th l,rcrcb ladios of means. who have
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grants here.
As Messrs. George T.. Crawford Il Co.,
the real estate agents. are the agents OF
both Of the ladies he called on, phone
message was sent TO that iirr. 60 cali on
the ladies'. and they informed Mr. CraW-
ford of the count and his intentions TO
purchase lands aasine. however that
the Count could CIly speak French.
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PERSISTENT INJURY.
When seen by The Times reporter Mr..
vs. B pizzini said that one thing taat
made him suspicious OF the Count" as
soon MS no learned of him was fhe fact
.of his inouiriny c,.rvvhera for Nfr.
lean Razilo. as the latter gentleman had