New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

The second unfortunate princess was Evanhe
wife of Prince Duong- Chacr, son OF King Moro
dom. The Prince eXed at the beginning OF
1885, for having conspired against the paternal
throne. The royal couple came to Paris on leaV-
ing Cambodgia, and installed themselves IN a
luxurious apartment in the FaubourS st. Ger
main, where they kept a salon frequented by
other royal eXiles The Prince. who was OF a
gay disposition. soon ran through all his Tor
tune. and fine morning he found himself
ruined. But he did not despair. Being OF an IN
genious turn OF mind. he set to work borrowing
in all directions and made so many dupes that
the authorities had to interfere M. Goron the
chief of the detective police force, arrested him,
and conveyed him to Djelfa, in Algeria, where
he was assigned a residence far from the con-
cert halls and night restaurants which he was
wont to patroniZe
The Princess Evanhe. after the departure Of
her husband taken ill., and went to the Rue
de Colonies. at CourbevOie. just outside Paris,
where there was n kind of asylum known as
the Villa des Cedres. 1t was at that moment
under the direction Of a so-called DR.. Bance,
whose wife n midwife. The Princess re-
manned at Courbevoie a week. and was then con-
Quoted by police agent to Djelfa, where she re-
Joined her husband Before leaving, she gath
cred together all the objects belonging to her.
Her fortune representing 100000 francs in jew
els, was placed in small Golfer THE police
will confscate your Golfer. they have confs-
Gated your husband" said her friends. "Conide
it to DR.. Bance the good DR.. Bance, who Will
return it to you whenever you like" The too
coniiding Princess intrusted the jewels to the
doctor and then left Some time after she be-
gan to doubt, and appealed to the Project Of Po-
lice for the recovery of the Golfer. NJ. Clement,
the well-known commissary of police, was or
dered to inquire into the matter. He summoned
the so-called doctor and ordered him to return
the jewels II can do nothing Of the kind ne re-
piled. THE Princess owes me money for the
week she stayed at my asylum. When she has
remunerated me for the enormous expenses
which | incurred on her behalf | will give up
the Golfer but not before" And he thereon
placed in the hands Of NJ. Clement a list Of ex
penses amounting to the respectable sum of 1000
francs.
Not being able to obtain the Golfer by admins
tratiVe means. the Princess resolved to go to
law and brought an action before the Tribunal
of the Seine The doctor, ii is said. has done all
he can to delay the suit, and has so far sue
ceeded seeing that although it was begun far
back as 1893 it is still before the Court Of APP
peal. In the mean while. the judges thought it
necessary to place the Golfer under scquestra-
ton NJ. Gauteron police official. was chosen
to undertake the operation. On the 10Th of May
last he informed NJ Bance that he would call
him the next day to receive the jewels. When
NJ Gauteron arrived at the Villa des Cedres, he
saw only the wife of the doctor" who handed
to him the famous Golfer, which, on being opened,
was found to contain only three or four hundred
francs 1t was said that NJ Bance had escaped
abroad. 1t appears that he took the jewels to
the pawnshOp but not thinking them sufficiently
secure here he withdrew them a few days later
The question now is. where are they? Did the
doctor take them with him? Here this curious
case remains for the present, to the chagrin Of
Princess Evanhe.