The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-19
JUDGE STONE'S"LIFE IN PARIS
STOREI COTTON NAN WAS AMONG
THE GiYEST OF CAY.
Rev elled In the Glitter 0f the Cafes and Vas
n liberal spcnder Made No Effort to
Hide Himself Deputy Commissioned
waldo Passed BY without Seeing Him
From THE SUN Correspondent a, Paris.

From THE sun Correspondent at Paris.
PARIS, Nov. ts.-The news Of the arrest
Of Judge Stone" otherwise Frank Marin,
In Buffalo for his connection with the
Storey cotton failure after two years disap-
pearance, and his saying that he had been
In Paris in the meantime, caused smiles
here.
He was in Paris all the time. In fact
he was one OF the most conspicuous figures
In that fantastic life which, existing super
ficially and wholly in the glitter OF the
cafes OF or near the boulevards. believes
itself to be the veritable Paris. Wherever
in the cafes Americans and Englishmen
congregsted there was Judge Stone"
ample of body, subtle Of intellect, ready
Of tongue and nervous OF eye. He neither
hid himself. unless that be called hiding
which leads some in America TO seek Ne W
York for lonely. secure independence
rather than the doubtful isolation of a
somnolent village.
Vol by any means did everybody know
who or what Judge Stone was except
as he presented himself a. N American
Judge, much as Senator Grady, whom he
resembles only in girth and geniality, pre-
sents himself on the stump as the peoples
tribune. receiving the plaudits of the gal
leries for his heartiness. So "Stone" won
the impulsive support of the cafes by his
robust camaraderie, coupled with a willing
ness TO pay the bills, but many OF those ordi-
narily in the know knew and talked OF his
departure from America and the name
he casually dropped on the wa over.
But the local sans tiche governed through
out. Nobody seemed to think America
wanted Stone" until he was ready TO return
like a moneyed tourist. He was smiling
in front OF the Cafe de la Paix, for instance,
when Deputy Police Commissioner Waldo
wac here last summer.
Tonight they expressed regret for his
absence from the cafes American bar.
where he has been a good customer and had
beer known to prove himself light Of toe
by dancing in his exuberance of spirits.
Some Of his racing friends say that he never
carried more than 100 francs at A time,
but he always paid the bets he freely made.
He used to mingle witt tho French and
foreign reporters, eating beeksteak dinners
with them a year ago, but he was specially
identified in common speech with a cafe
near the Boulevard des Italiens named
for an American city famed in the packing
industry. His departure from Paris was
naturally known to his acquaintance
promptly and had been talked about for
more than a fortnight. with the word passed
along that he had gone TO America. but
there was nothing further IN the direct
news of him.
The cafe came into great prosperity
under Judge stones" recommendation,
as his genia lily carried conviction among
the many visitors here nxiou 10 spend
money enjoying life as found in the cafes
where men and women mingle ar in Paris,
even the most respectable. IL will sur
prise some Of the American bounders who
have been frequenters Of one of the cafes
favored by stone" 10 hear hat not only
the cafe but those often seen there are
known by the police. 1t is not far from
certain Russian quarters and Russian as
we'll as French agents kept themselves
posted, it is said, on the persons frequently
seen in the ~neighborhood.