Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27

d.
MARIE JAQunLART As COUNTIES DE cha
LEON. W.
husband, with " HON she had qua1teled,
kept refusing to give his signatures. che
eaid, and this delayed the final settlement,
- that she was compelled 10 uee up her
other small resources to meet the demands
Of attorneys! shcrifYs and other people con-
nected with the case.
The secretary, like II. de Chale0n, al.
lowed his sympatbics to he enlisted. After
his fifth interview with Marie he took
from NM OpTenheim's safe the sum Of
50, 900 francs, which he handed ever to the
"countess, only deducting o small
amount to purchase strung box in which
he proposed placing Mime. do Chaleon's
title deesis when the estate was finally set
tied. p .eaf
For BRAND believed implicitly in the
fable Of the inheritance. The countess
had shown him elaborate papers, prepared
by herself with such clcverness and detail
that even lawyer might have been de-
ceivetl. N. BRAND also stipulated that the
Counties" should repay him 900, 900
francs when she got her money, and while
waiting for that happy day It was agreed
that no should share the countess
roof. In order to do this BRAND deserted
his wife and children. -,suo~
The countess" took an apartment, at
k5 Avenue dies Champs Elysees, the most
fashionable thoroughfare In Paris, and at
once made great flourish among the To-
cal tradesmcn, who gave her unlimited
credit. She had many servants In gorgeous
livcry-a valet, coachman, foOtlnan,
groom, etc.-and impressed all who came
in contact with her as lady Of the high.
est degree
For a short but brillians period the
Countess" and NJ Brianc lived on a
truly royal scale. Marie's carriages and
dresses ere the talk of the Bots. But the
90, 900 francs could not last long at that
rate and the settlement Of the Countess I"
estate seemed farther off than ever. About
that time BRAND sent q telegram to q
lawyer whom the countess said had charge
Of the estate, asking him to hurry up the
settlement. The lawyer testified in court
that he did not answer the dispatch. think.
Ing he had to do with mailman.
At last the 81, 900 francs were all spent,
and MN. Oprcnheim would have to be in.
formed Of BRANDS embczzlement Marie
went herself to MN. Oppenheim and said
81 learn that n. BRAND has robbed you
and that the money he advanced to me to
pay my expenses while waiting for my in.
begitanco was not his money.
THE unhappy man has deceived me.
and in his zeal to help me did not hesitate
70 assure me that he had private fortune
| cf 100. 600 francs. therefore accepted his
Office. determined of course. to repay him
later But now know the truth come
| 70 tell you that ] consider 1t . point Of
honor to return +" you the 1000 francs
that BRAND en- ,.:c- You have the Com
tesse de Chaleon word
Thereupon she showed NM. Oppcnhcim
the famous papers. and the bankers in
turn fell into the trap They had complete
faith in the inheritance story and, rim the
| countess They pardoned Brand and one
Of them had so much confidence in her
that he handed the countess package Of
bonds worth 500, 900 francs to keep fol
him In her wardrobe. These bonds the
i countess restituted later
The bankers, however, soon saw that
their confidence was misplaced. Tor BRAND
after his pardon, took further sum Of
$4,000 francs This time NM Orpenheim
lost patience and took legal proceedings
The countess was arrested With BRAND and
sent 10 prison.
Their trial, which took place at the
Seine assizcs, was a sensation such as even
Paris. with It's myriad Of sensations, rare
y has At the end Of the proceedings Their
seemed no doubt Of the result Of the trial
snd the verdict returned by the foreman
took the judges breath away. "Not
guilty" was his statement. though ths
prisoners counsel had not dared to ask 70,
more than light sentence
After such q narrow escape it mich,
have reasonably been supposed that theil
experience would have been lesson. snt
that in future less would be heard Of On,
countess But evidently r. was not Only
few weeks after the acquittal both sh,
and BRAND were again arrested for swim
ding
This time the pair were operating will
bagatellc of 30. O00 francs. but instead O
an acquittal Marie received the sentence o
four years imprisonment. BRAND beins
condemned to - months because. lik,
Adam, nc claimed and managed to prov,
that the woman tempted him