The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-21

How much have ne won todayT
ne inquired
one hundred era eigEty-uine thou-
sand francs size answered. glancinK
81 her boot IS eci sister and herself
rose ard left TIE tasls
Their seats we're quickly oceuoise
by two men. ord Dr7mmond. VINO atiD
Rad before sim Pile Of notes for
zbout 1ayca Traces continued 5Ia,fuz
with tie naEiU.irI upon the red or
black. losing once n. twice. hut very
often winning I5e reu alnly had ur-
IsUal lecl,. for whsa aae is desperate
as the two sisters vefe. one Is seldom
able 70 make O. couD
About an hour had elapsed. was
busy in Jay room writing report.
when aH attendant entered breatnIess-
L. with scared szce summoniue me TO
the ofdce of NJ Bornier the director
Etneral, wHere. 90 Uv surprise ] found
Brunlmond standing before him. pale
and asitated, together with tle chez
de partie and two Of the crouP.ers.
/ pom the directors table lay a pile Of
I000-frauc notes.
II appeared that ten minutes before
the croupler I'm handling one OF the
notes which Drummoud had lost. was
attracted by the strange harshness Of
the paper, and examined it. only 10
find IL spurious. but so well done as
almost 10 defy detection. Play was
instantly stopped. and by the orders
of the chef de partie. ,-e captain was
conducted 10 VI. B0rnier. I'm RELY 10
his Interrogation. be explained thai
the notes were those given him that
morning by the elder Miss Treherne
and it was possible that she he'd been
imposed upon. such. however. was
certainly not the case. for messages
sent 10 the Metropoie and 90 The
Credit LyOnnais brought back disap-
pointing Information AT the hotel
nothing had been seen of them since
10 o'clock that morning. and az the
bank il was stated that they had new
er had half a million deposited there
Within the past week they had depos-
tied 10000 francs. their winnings. but
had drawn this out early that morn
ing
succeeded in tracing the pair 70
the Italian frontier at Ventimnle. but
after that nothing appears 10 have
been seen Of them.
From the number OF forged 1900
franc notes found in the bank at the
various tables at the end OF that day.
II was apparent that nearly an the
notes which Drummond had been
placing for the past week had been
spurious, and this accounted for The
pair preferring to keep their winnings
separate. AS far as we could caIcu-
late. the Casino lost 10y the artfuI in
genulty Of these sisters something ike
30o.FlO francs. Ia addition 10 their
gains of $4,000 francs which they car
ried away in their pockets.
We, however, had the satisfaction OF
knowing that they were a year later
captured icy the London police for
passing spurious English $40 notes 10
Iradtsmeu. and were each sentenced
al the old Bailey % five years inn
prisOument. The factory in Hamburg
where the notes were printed, was
also discovered by iufOrmati'n which
they gave. and those concerned in the
colossal forgery were all sent eneed
10 terms Of punishment varying from
i've t. fifteen years. The evidence
given az the Old Bailey went 20 prove
that the money lender was correct In
Identifying the Misses TTeneTne as
their Serene Ugliness. for they had
passed q number Of false notes az the
cape. and succeeded in escaping 70
England.
AS for Jack DrummOud, he IS sIJli
among the most ha1tual OF playerAs
and is still my friend
TCou-right IN Great Britain and the United
states BY Wm. Il QueuX-l
Copyright, 1905. by W. C. Chapman.l