Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-01-04
fari ians Therefore Are No Longer Crying
for Their Punishment.
TWO LIKELY TO RECEIVE SHORT TERMS
Probability that Others Will Not Be
Prosecuted at Ali.
DAUGHTER IS NOT CONFINED IN PRlsoI
Nine. Humbert Laments, Rails and
Protests Her Honesty by Turns
While Enroute to the
French Capital.
SHARKS PLUcKED THEM OF THEIR MONEY

Copyright, 1903. by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Jan. 3.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Speoial Telegram Nov that the
Humberts are in prison and the public is
satisfied that the government is not trying
TO screen them, there is no disposition to
prosecute them Rather, II may be said,
there is certain amount OF sympathy
for the prisoners. Lawyers who may be
presumed to know the feeling Of the judges
who will pass upon this case say there is
a disposition to look lightly upon Nine
Humbert's conduct.
There can be no doubt that honest
men suffered through her operations, yet It
was not they, but the money lenders (who
made enormous sums out of herr, and
when they saw they could not make more
set the law In motion with a view to her
exposure. With those blood suckers
neither the law nor the public has any
sympathy. Served them right" is the
general verdict.
The attitude of Leonce Marchand the
millionaire oil merchant OF Dunkirk, who
Is Humbert's biggest creditor, may be
taken as an indication Of the procedure
which those who are not professional
money lenders will adopt toward Nine.
Humbert
my brother and I, between us, loaned
Nine. Humbert nearly 12,50O,000 francs
G2,500, ,0O0)," said he, land we never got
centime back. What is the good Of try
ing to get 1t back now? Besides, we know
quite well that the money never did
Therese (Mme. Humbert) any good. 1t
went to satisfy the usurers AS far as
we are concerned, Nine. Humbert may have
a mi at =
have any intention OF bringing an action
against her. We were fools and don't
want to have any more to do with an af-
fair which does not interest us any more"
The situation, therefore, may be summed
UP as follows: II Nine. Humbert and
her brother, Roman d'Aurignac, maintain
discreet silence regarding their relations
with those in high quarters they will bene-
Mt by the efforts made in their behalf by
the magistracy and those IN authority II
any one presses for harsh sentence It
will be the money lenders for whom the
public has scant regard.
Light Sentences Probable.
The probable result will be that Nine.
Humbert and Roman will get sentences
Of one or two years imprisonment and
that the other members of the family
|
will be set at liberty.
1t was feared that the Humberts' coming
back would lead to riotous scenes and re-
gretable incidents. The prefect Of police
| and the minister of the interior passed
long, anxious hours arranging the details
| OF elaborate measures intended to circum-
vent the public and press. Up to the last
minute no outsiders knew where the de-
| tectives would leave the train from Madrid
| with their prisoners. Representatives Of
the Paris newspapers waited on Prefect
Lepine the evening before the train was due
and asked for information about the hour
and place OF arrival. Come again to-
morrow morning at g." said Prefect Le-
pine. When the reporters turned up Mr..
Lepine told them to jump into carriages
in waiting and follow him. They did so
and were driven to the Orleans Belt Line
station, Just inside the walls of the city.
This place had been chosen by the au-
thorities in order to avoid such a crowd
as certainly would have invaded the new
central terminus at DUAL d'Orsay had the
Humberts landed there.
The train arrived before daybreak. A
score Of detectives lined up alongside the
last car, which promptly was uncoupled.
and the remainder OF the train resumed
its Journey to central Paris Hennion
the French chief OF detectives, who had
accompanied the prisoners from Madrid
was the first to step down from the car,
Then came Nine. Humbert, dressed in
black and wearing fur boa and dark hat
trimmed with violets. She seemed to have
grown much thinner during her residence In
Spain. Although she looked tired. her
features wore a stamp OF decision.
Outside the station Nine. Humbert and
Eva were put into a cab, Two detectives
were about to take places beside them
when Nine. Humbert, in an imploring voice
, exclaimed IN. Hennion, can we not bt
left alone? We are so tired"
"Very WELL" replied Hennion.
Then only one detective went inside the
vehicle, the other getting up beside the
driver. Marie d'Aurignac got into the
, second cab with two more detectives. Their
Z Hennion shouted:
, Bring out the others"
Men Come last.
Roman d'Aurignae was the hr.t Of tn,
men to step down. He was smiling, al
usual, and apparently not in the least dis
: concerted. Emil, his brother. did not seen
TO relish his position. Frederick Hum
bert. the husband Of Therese, walked will
much difficulty, his soft hat pulled dow
over his eyes They were also conducted
by detectives to cabs.
AS soon as everybody was ready the part!
started for the conciergerie. The process
sion was headed by policemen on bikes ant
followed by reporters and photographers
= II attracted little attention as It raee'
along toward the prison, the only peopl
. in the streets at that hour being workmen
Nine. Humbert. overwhelmed with the ia
tigue OF the long journey. fell asleep ol
the way. The other prisoners, with tn
exception OF the irrepressible Roman. CAV
E themselves up to their reflections. Romail
joked with the detectives.
II am glad 10 be back in Paris" he said
but would prefer other company thai
yours"
} Then he fell to discussing aloud tn
= merits OF the Parisisnnes. comparing thos
= passing to their places of business witt
3 Spanish girls. He was still unbosomin
a himself on his favorite theme when n
r cab ran into the prison yard. After bein