The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26


BILE. Adele got three years in the peniten-
tiary and when she came out returned TO
Munich in triumph and opened up business
And as anticipated. she again found lots
of dupes, collected 100000 marks and ran
away to Switzerland, where she died
Countess Relay. now doing time in VII
enna married decrepit pauper count on
his deathbed merely to obtain his name.
Armed with the title, she at once estab-
lished herself a money lender, or rather
procurer. She borrowed from everybody,
everywhere, anywhere. by mail, telephone
and personal application; she swindled the
church and the state, mulcted chamber
maids, artisans. the prime minister of Hun
gary, her butler, the prince bishop Of Oh
mutt. When $4,000 were to be had she
took them, and if no more than five or
twenty were to be obtained she accepted
them with the same bold air for speculat-
ing purposes"
Some ten years ago the political-religious
salon" of Princess Henrietta Latour D'Au-
vergne was the talk of Paris, all the no.
tables of high life, art, literature, politics
and the church making their rendezvous
there. To have something to occupy her
mind her Highness engaged in the money
and marriage brokerage business. but no
one suspected her of wrong, because she
paid interest most promptly" Finally the
police caught on and denounced this grande
dame as plebeian renegade nun. OF the
100000 francs intrusted to her only a
few paltry thousands were recovered.
Z A PERSISTENT SwINDLER.
Some little time ago Count Khuen. Gov
ern0r OF Croatia, received a visit from a
pretty young woman, who offered him a
precious stone, which, she said, was pres
ent from the late Dom Pedro, Emperor of
Brazil The Governor refused to buy, but
at Christmas time the. same girl sent him
a pair Of slippers. begging him to accept
them as a token Of her devotion. The COM
promising present was at once returned
with the Governors visiting card, on which
he had written: "In refusing your gift,
believe me, that I am not unappreciative
Of your kindness"
Now the swindler had what she wanted
the Governors card and a specimen Of
his handwriting. Three months she worked
necessarily until she could initiate the
counts writing to perfection. Then she
wrote letters over his signature to various
banks asking them to cash notes for
amounts varying between 1000 to $4,000
forms, in favor Of bearer. who. 1t was in
timated, was his Excellency's mistress.
BY another forged letter from the Gov
ernor," the girl afterwards procured a
husband. the well-known university pro-
fessor, Schach, who has a large private
fortune. When sentencing her to seven
years in the penitentiary the judge said ii
was shame that she had not employed
her remarkable talents in a more honor
able way
To get even with the John Wanamaker Of
Hamburg. a woman named Cohen estab-
| lished a rival store opposite his, selling
every single article Is per cent. cheaper
than the other. Only when the honest mer-
chant was on the point Of failure 1t leaked
out where Frau Cohen obtained the means
to carry on this unusual campaign. Her
sinews Of war came from the Golfers Of a
certain banking house. whose treasurer she
| had bewitched. He stole $4,000 for her.
| every penny of which was dropped in the
| underselling game.
AT the beginning of 1900 Prince Alphonse
| of Bavaria received a petition from an un-
known Paris dame, calling herself Princess
OF Alencon her letter Was returned IN an
envelope bearing his Royal Highness's seal.
and on the strength of this bit of paper
and fraction of pfennig's worth of seal
| ing wax the recipient obtained 10000 francs
| within a week afterwards. This, too, in
| Paris, where the Alencons reside. Ere this
swindler was frightened off she had gath
cred in 100000 francs more from fnanciers,
| bankers and merchants. Her identity has
| never been established.
| Paris salesgirl. Mademoiselle Couesdon,
posed as the speaking tube of archangel
| Gabriel for several years In the City OF
| Light. and succeeded in gathering about her
many leaders of science, religion, literature
and fashion. Her salons were always full
| of prelates and aristocrats, and great men
Of science sang her praises because cher
| prophecies always came true" But while
| regaling her dupes with stories of heavenly
bliss. Mademoiselle did not forget No. !. and
| sailed away nearly half a million of francs
| before the police stepped In. She Is still In
| jail
| The society columns of the continental
press omit mention OF some Austrian arch
| duchess who deigns TO cast her lot with
lowly mortals, relieving them Of all the cash
they can earn. borrow or steal. Usually her
the Protestant Church, and was therefore
discarded by her family" The yarn never
i fails to catch "suckers" though IL has
been worked time and again In Paris. Mu-
Mich. Berlin. Stockholm and ST. Peters
sussrsll OF Witch wn .srds 70 back up up sshsP
IL womans nature: she likes nothing better
than to fool people" HENRI ORION.