The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-02
WAS LEBAUDY'S N K
A TOMB PRISONER SAID TO BB
9UILLzUME BALENSL.

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GUILLAUME BALENSL.
ne w.s Arrested uaaer the Ns.ss or William
A, senwoea TOR swinaiinG Marcus 4 Co.
out or eco, 900 worth OF Seweiry-Balens
One or the Coterie That Rained Lesauay.
william A. Bellwood. who was arrested three
weeks ago charged with stealing $4,000 worth
Of diamond from Marcus s. Co.. the Union
aouare Jewellers, IL said to be Guillaume Bas
ieusi. ono Of the conspirators who robbed and
Tu,ned Max Lobaudy. the young French mil
Iionaire, who died a year ago. Bellwood IL 4
tall. MISUNDERSTANDING fellow, with long,
0ovinR mustaches and q full beard parted In
the middle. He talks with 4 decided English
accent Bellwood was chatting with his wife
and daughter In the Tombs prison yesterday
afternoon Nhens econ By Q q reporter.
els It true that your real name In Balsnsi r
he was asked
.Ugh." replied the prisoner with . dingustsd
air.
at IL said that you have admitted II, II that
sof'
-Ush." repeated Bellwood with . dsprcoatory
ahruE OF his shoulders.
40 you deny that you arc Balensif'
-Ugh," again replied tho prisoner. turning
his back and glancing over his shoulder.
do you care to mako . statement regarding
the ChhrHo Lnhb loV II ohloun1
ugh. I have not yet seen my counsel. I
viii not mako . statement until I have seen
him"
Belwood continued his chat with his wife ana
daughter. The woman declined to talk about
the matter at all
Bellwood 10 said 70 have admitted that he was
Balensi, and TO have attributed his unmasking
to George 4 Marcus, the senior member Of the
nrm which he 10 accused Of robbing. According
70 this story, Bellwood loft France two years
ago, leaving behind debts amounting to q
million francs, and settled In Philadelphia,
vhere, under the name Of Bellwood, no
tried 10 do business in antiques, brica-brao,
and paintingH in which he II said to DO
4 connoisseur. He could not rest content
with moderate business, and got into the
confidence Of several big jewelry houses. They
trusted him with thousands Of dollars worth Of
diamonds and It Il alleged that he pawned the
Jewels and began playing the races on the pro-
eeods. He lost heavily and Marcus & Co. put Q
detective on his track after letting him take .
diamond necklace valued ct $1,000. He was
followed to Q p~awnshop where. It IL alleged.
10 put up tho necklace a. security for
siG sSs s 81 S,; x 4. s ne 81: sS SssSP WaS HIM " sn Il r lie
Style. His wife, WHO speaks only French. was
almost FRUSTRATED whom he was arrested. Four
time Of hs arrest and. After Marcus < %. had
Identified several Of the articles called for by
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death. was known on the Paris Bourse 90 q sharp
broker on orders for the agents do change BE
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The Count also introduced Lebaudy to Mile.
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sonspiIato.s. fe6aqdy was known a. THE
s Eve. SS K, 1 pPsa :sSi L sR e. SIiiIssa aslp'd them
Balensi told Lebaudy soon after he invested
II s biz ban 6onk that a 'Ilump in shares had los,
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took the remaining $500, 0 with him whom he
fed from Franco. Before he left, however. young
Lebaudy had been drafted into the army and was
made TO drive mules In the commissariat train.
This soon broke down his health and then, 1t Is
alleged: co1n. c e as and gslsnsi Rrsyea on him
were using IL to buy Ills discharge from the
army. he was transferred to q cavalry regi
mont and his supposed friends told him they
bad made this possible with the money which
no gave them
10 contracted bronchitis and got q furlough.
he went 70 Paris and plunged into the widest
excesses. encouraged, II was said. by tho con
~splratorS. Finally his condition became 90 bad
that the Minister of War sent him 70 . military
hospital on the frontier.
Nile. MArsy followed him there, and 10 wal
said he contemplated marrying her. The con
~gpirators were endeayoring ct this time TO get
complete control Of his fortune by inducing him
70 desert from the army. but their plans were
baked by Milo. MArsy.
Lebaudy died of malarial fever, and after his
death Mile. Marcy made disclosures that caused
the arrest Of some Of the oonspirators. Balensi
escaped arrest BY flight