The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
An Inn of Blood.

PARIS. March 2l-The inn of a man
named Btancheri at Langoon. Bor-
deaux, has long been known locally as
the Red House. or Inn OF Blood"
on account of the evil reputation 1t &C
CURED under the management of the
man and the number of bad characters
of both sexes who frequented it. It
stands near a railway station. and wo-
men It is declared decoy travellers into
the inn. where they are either cheated
at cards or drugged and robbed Sew
eral persons who entered the inn were
never seen alive again, nor were their
bodies ever discovered
The police We're unable to bring
substantial case home to the Blancheris
until the body of an insurance agent
named Mongel, who was known to have
gone to the house. was found in the
river. bearing number OF dagger
wounds. Then Bancheri. his wife.
servant and two male accomplices
named Parrot and Gael were arrested
on a charge of murder The trial is
expected to be highly sensational
Robbers of National Jewels Protcctedf
LONDON. March GA sensation
was created this week by the puhlt-
cation in the London Opinion OF an
article written by Miss Marie Corelli.
in which she charges that the robbers
of the crown Jewels are being shielded.
Everything can be done" she writes.
and is done, for money. and we are
Just now proving that even the rob-
bers of BUR national property can be
screened from their proper discovery
and punishment when there is enough
cash and influence behind them Cash
and influence are the modern terms
for law and justice. In fact law and
justice have become low-class words.
used to impress only low class people.
For what does it matter to the wealthy
and we'll born whether the Dublin
crown jewels are stolen or not, pro-
vided the theft was committed. let us
suppose, FOR fun by some member .of
an aristocratic family? OF course. II
the authorities at Scotland Yard could
only prove that one of the starving I'M
employed had taken the Jewels. then
indeed might the miserable wretch be
quickly convicted and sent to penal
servtude--but really-really,--cons
ering that perhaps 1--WE only say per
haps) some dear aristocratic thing.
with a touch of kleptomania or con-
venient 'brainstorm' may be implicated
in the affair, 1t ought to be hushed
up! What? flushed up? A theft Of
crown property? Yes, certainly. 1t is
the new regime!
Nv u'sSiiEtf Npuiu NC Illdt1e u iiuSil
up such robbery had It been COM
mitted by one of the so-called lower
classes But every effort Is put forth
to shield a. possible criminal among
the degenerate great of family, many
of whom. like retrograde plants. revert
ing to the original weeds,4are reverting
to, the grabbing tricks of their ape an
Scestors.
"One would have thought that Lord
Aberdeen would have left no stone un-
turned In the pursuit of A thief who
had taken the couptry's property dur
ing his term of office, and that, even as
a gentleman, apart from his position of
authority he would not have rested
until he had established the position
of Sir Arthur Wears on a. more compre-t
hensive footing of honor. But he takes
the matter with such an astounding
GOODNESS that 1t would seem he con-
siders thieving no robbery, or that Ire
lands regalia is not worth much any
way That some one in governmental
power Is protecting the thief Is clear.
And whereas that some one can only
be looked upon as tacit accomplish Of
the thief. the question arises as to
whether such a one sh ould be allowed
to play with the law In such man
ner as to force the people OF this
country to understand that backstair
influence can cover and condone crime
Almost Married His Own Daughter.
BERNEl, SWITZERLAND, March 81.
The town of Appenzell furnishes,
curious story of a father who courted
his own daughter,
In 1887 a kindly butcher OF Lucerne