The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
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 Then she went privately to the cashier of one of the largest banking establish ments at Buccart with a forged check. for sum amounting to 800 pounds and a letter which had apparently been written by the Banus. The inference to be drawn from the contents of the letter was that some intimacy existed between the Ba- nus and the young lady, and the cashier. suspecting nothing, very obligingly gave the young lady the amount required.
 Stealing a Honeymoon.
 Encouraged by this first success. the young lady became bolder and had no difficulty in cashing at the same bank forged checks for 1.2OO and 5000 pounds. respectively, the cashier a sharp busi- ness man of long experience, being easily gulled.
 But this was not all She went to other banks at Buccari. where her fraud was quite successful. and in the course of two or three years not only got possession Of very large sum of money. but was clever enough not to arouse the least suspicion, incredible as this may seem.
 Having become rich in this way. she turned her thoughts to marriage, and fell in love with young professor of lan- guages who was the son of a director of college of repute at Agram. To gain this young man for her husband as quick ly as possible, she wrote a letter in the handwriting which she had become mis- tress of. and took 1t, sealed in all se- crecy, to the father. In 1t the father read that 1t was the wish of the Banus that the young lady who was the bearer of the letter should be quietly married to the recipients son. and as father and son were not only willing but anxious to comply with His Highness request. the h. AAf -l
 The young couple departed for Italy to spend their honeymoon. but the bride s career of fraud was nearing an end One of the bank cashiers died and forgeries were discovered, and the adventures was brought back from Italy and sent to prison for seven years. All things con- sidered, these frauds are among the clev- crest in tho history of crime.
 Paris has known many remarkable ad- venturesses. and among them must be numbered the one-time poor peasant girl and afterwards governeSs, who, having commenced career of intrigue and fraud at the age of 15 eventually as- stunned the name of Countess Thaleon. and by trickery and effrontery succeeded in becoming persona grata in the social circles of the French capital.
 Many millions of francs, fraudulently obtained from the wealthy people whose acquaintance she made, passed through her hands. and among others whom she ruined was Colonel Thaleon, who was sup
 posed to be her husband. When, in 1Si3. the whole story of her career came to light, and she was prosecuted for her
 many swindles, Colonel Thaleon went into the witness box. and gave his opinion of her character in the following words:
 She is the most accomplished actress living. She cannot open her mouth with out lying
 That the features of the Humbert case are by no means unprecedented is shown by the details of the life of the so-called Princess" Henriette Ltour d'Auvergne. This woman. nun. who spent tine greater part of her life in cloister. from
 which she escaped in 1S79 went to Paris quite unknown and in great poverty. yet. though her education was but small and
 her manners were by no means polished,
 she made people believe that she was Princess and the possessor of great wealth. She entertained all that was most brilliant in Paris. she promoted | charitable bazaars. she lived in splendid | style. she arranged wealthy marriages, | and she gathered round her number ut noble ecclesiastics.
 Yet she was nothing else than a clever | swinder, as was conclusively shown af- 1 ter a fraud concerning an arranged mar l riage had been brought to light. Finally there was the case of the sham l Countess Tabriany, the daughter of a | woodman. who duped the whole of the society of Vienna and lived upon them 1 for many years, until she was unmasxed | in 1898.