The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-02
Balensi the MephisiopheIes Who
Ruined Lebaudy.
NOW IN THE NEW YORK T0MBS
Dramatic Events of Romance and
Scandal i'm the Gay Capital-Dea'-
iups with a Mercenary-A For
saken Prince OF Fortune Driving
Mules in the French Army.

ever known has been the envy, as con
uoisseur of art, of Philadelphia society
fer several months. In Philadelphia he
was called william A. Bellwocd, dealer in
bric-a-hrac and diamonds at No. 1882
walnut street with home and a wife
and three children at No. $50 Diamond
street. In Paris tie newspapers aud The
people Gail him Guinaume Balens, banker
who helped wIeck Max Lebaady. the
"sagar bowl" The police officials at ahe
Tambs know MIN as the man recently ar
iestcd on complaint OF Marcus x Co., jew
eiers. OF Union Square. for having pro
cared gems To the value OF SO, ,O90 and
playing the races with the money he Sc
cured by placing them in pawn. The fore
man of the last grand jury will tell you he
was indlcted and the police magistrate he
fore when he was arraigned III tell YOU
that lie held him in $4,000 bail
The story OF las doIugs is the uncover
ne one of the greatest plots Europe
ever witnessed Max Leila Gdy's life last
ROIiNe years. II AtEoh fsAh'h AZ
teen wears old. Then he inherited 80 .C0O,-
600 hy the deathof his father. four Ctle' :
ohilareu yvere left like amount. He was
the youngest child, and, feed from an IN
happy childhood in loveless home, he
dashed into the whirl Of Pans with
laugL tlst hurried to his side ali the gay
spirits If that metropolis Of misery
He fre,Juented the turf, and plunged in
the betting ring with the daring OF Glan-
nau and the purse of an Aston. Dues and
-omtcs OF French royalty stepped aside
20 Let hii, pass first they went on his er
ranCl> aaC hey drank bis wine. His chums
were tie Duc de Dino and the Comte de
TaIleg nd-religod. lie gave IN pay
nent Tur his enormous debts notes payable
on his ma juIity. When he became twenty
enc be snapped his fingers at his creditors
and told them he was minor.
when lac go; the bulk OF lie money he
bought an enormous estate and a stable
of eighty horses One OF has acts was 20
build an arena for bull fights and torea-
.iors On the boulevard he was the cyno-
sure OF all His money went right and left.
Count Li01el weitber de Cesti became his
rinancial adviser. and undertook the man
agement of has fortune. Then came In
GuiIlaune Balensi. or William 4 Bell
wood OF philadelphia He il an enter
pris.ng fellow. sUaye and positive, gifted
in English. French and Italian When
Paris frs. knew him he was on the Bourse
xs broker. He had been in the offices
OF several money operators on the BOgrse,
and was shrewd
Lehaudy was prince OF good fellows,
snd the two Eiet, the young millionaire
taking quite liking 10 bis new friend.
Brilliantly Balensi or "BellwOod~ Ge-
scribe1 10 Lebaudy the wonders Jf The
stock marlet He told hil. how 10 ae-
come q Rnthschild. He pictured him as a
financial emperor. He convinced Lebaudy
that the proper thing 10 do was 10 JOIN
his SoCic'e Francaise de Banque ct Change.
Then Lebaudy began to speculate through
the socicte in gold mines 1t is said that
So, 400 900 was his Investment He would
be another Barney Barnato. In poured his
money pouring into a bottomIess pit. Put
the other brokers, who were jealous of
Balensi, got Lebaudy's ear and told him
to demand an accounting. Balensi pro-
daced statement that showed, accord
tng TO French authorities, a very heavy
loss.
Balend meanwhile had become one of
the noted men in Paris. He lived extrava-
gantly. He was looked on as a million
aire. He succeeded by purchase To a splendid
stable of thOroughbreds, and becauseo of his
knowledge of English and England was
not only regarded as adecided swell among
certain set, but had all the life of Paris
at his feet. He meanw lille had held on to
Lebaudy.
The loss OF the great sum which had gone
through the Institution Of which Balensi
was the head had startled the young man,
but BalenSi told him that bis lack of faith
had become noised abroad, and the Sc
curitiesin whie Lebaudy's money al been
placed suffered d tremendous depraciatlon
In consequence
But IL was net that that held the Young
millionaire. The plotters secured the serv-
ices or pretty and dasEing Mile. Marsey,
Of the Coincide Francaise, to keep him in
HE. She did it wen; but. too. il is well
she did IL, for ultimately she became
LebauGy's friend and turned on his runners.
Lebaudy loved her. He provided for her
apartments that Were grand. Hc- roach
man wore his livery and his crest. Sd the
societe continued.
There is law in France that forces
young men into the army. Jealous mon
forced the law onto Lebaudy. He was
drafted and detailed to drive muIes-Door.
wrecked Lebaudy driving mules. Re-
belling against the hardships and failing
In health, he was said TO have paid large
sums 10 DE Cesti and RaIensi to brine
OFFICIALS to influence the minister OF WAY
70 grant his discharge. He was exchanged
10 c3lNary regiment, and his sipnostd
friends told him that il had been broupnr
about by fraud. ana that il sveuld faea
large sums TO silence the officials. ".
gave The money to the leeches
The Young man contracted bronchitisand
ohtained sick leave. He went to Paris ana
70 Mile Marsey. There he INDUCED I'm 1is-
sipations that again startled Paris The
papers lad been full OF his case His bign
eaTyingS-on forced the minister of war
TO send him to military hospital on the
frontier. De Cesti endeavored 10 Induce
bin 10 desert in order to get what there
was ieft-S2 900 900, may be.
Then Nile. Marsey said no. The two
We're to be married. She baked he casti
and she baked Balensi. Put il did little
good, for Lebaudy died, and the contest
over his Will showed the awful plot.
Baiena had about $500, 600 on tjeposit
at the societe when the young man died.
He closed its doors failed he said-and
came TO this country. The hue and cry
failed 20 locate him. lie went TO Phila-
de'phia and adopted the name of Bell
wood.
lie admitted in the Tombs yesterday
that he was Guillaume Balensi, the hank