Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22
COPYRIGHT. 1908.
BY BRENTANO's

tack. You VIII see Ne more OF Fre6-
eric Larsah"
Unless you are playing with the
court, monsieur. why did you Hot ae-
cuse him when he was present: he
would then have answered yca-"
He could give no other answer than
the one be has new given BY his
flight"
We cannot believe that Lars&n has
fed There was no reassa fur hin do
Ing So Did he know you'd make this
chargeY'
He did / told him / would"
DO you mean 10 say that knowing
Larszn was the musdsrer you gave
him the opportunity TO escnpe%
Yes, n. President. did" rePfied
RoulelabiIle proudly. Il am not q Ps-
lcemzn: am q journalist. and Rly
business Is not TO arrsss peapls. Ny
business n IN the service of truth and
Il not that Of an execurtDaer. II you
are just monsieur, yea viii nee that
am right You aa now understand
why l retrained unta this Assr TO
dIyuIse the name l pye LarsaH time
TO catch the 4:lT train fnr Paris. where
he would know where 10 hizie himself
and leave no traces. You WI not
end Frederic LArsaa." Declared Rusis-
t.bIlle. fixing his eyes On n Rossrt
Darzac. He u toe canRtns. BE h n
man who has always escaped yos and
whom you have long searched for In
vain. II be dia not Bxcessd N cut
whiting me be caa yek sAzly ostwf
any police. This maE wis fssr ysarS
ago introduced himself - the police
and became celebrated n FrsassIc
Larsan, n notorious under another
name-a name well known to crime.
Frederic Larsan. n. President. d Bsh-
meyer"
"Ballmeyer- crisd the prssidant.
-Ballmeyer- exclaimed Robert Oar.
nc. springfng to bis feet. ''Ballme5er.
IL was true. them
".Ah. 81. Darzac, yop don't think |
am mad now" cried Rsutetabliie.
Ballmeyer! Balimeyer! No other wori
could be heard In the courtroom. Thu
president adjourned the hearing.
/ Those Of my readers who may not
have heard Of Ballmeyer will wonder
al the excitement the name caused
And yet the doinss Of this remarkable
criminal form tbs subject matter OF
the most dramatic narratives Of the
newspapers and criminal records OF tbs
past twenty years- 1t hsd been report.
ed that he was dead and thus had
eluded the police as he had eluded
them throughout the whole Of hin ca.
reer
Ballmeyer was the best specimen of
the high class gentleman swindleR
He was an adept at sIefxht OF hand
tricks. and no bolder or more ruthless
crook ever lived He was received ia
the best society and Was a member Of
come Of the most exclusive clubs On
many Of his depredatery expeditions
he had not hesitated to use the knife
and the mutton bone. No diniculty
stopped him. and no operation" was
| too dangerous He had bsen caught,
but escaped on the very morning of
his tria' by throwing pepper into the
eyes OF the guards who were conduct.
| ing him to court
BE left France later to WORK Amer.
lea. The police there succeeded In once
capturing him. but the extraordinary
man escaped the next day II would
| need volume to recount the advea-
lures Of this master criminal And yet
this was the man Rouleta bfile had nj.
lowed to get away! Knowing all about
him and who he WAS. he Afforded the
criminal an opportunity for another
laugh at the society hs had deaed. I
could not help admtrtng the bold stroke
Of the young journalist. because felt
certain his motive had been to protect
both Nile. Stangerson and rid Darsac
OF an enemy at the zame time.
The crowd had barely recovered
! from the effect of the astoukshifr rev
elation when the hearing was resumed.
The question In ereryssdy's mind
was. Admitting that LArsan was the
Durdsrer. how did he get oxt Of tAs
yellow ruom?
Ronletabille was ihnsdiateiy called
to the bar and hin exaniErasion ces.
tinued.
You have teid ss," afa the pr.si
dent. that It vas impossible to e.
cape from the END Of the esurt. Since
Larsen was leaning cut Of hts window.
he had left the court. How did Ire do
thatT'
He escaped by q meet anssxal way.
He ciimed the wall, spzxAg On to ths
terrace and while we were ensas>,i
with the keepers body reached the
gallery By the window. He thea had
little else to do than to open tiae win
dow, get In and call ost to %. a. n he
had just come frsn hts own room.
To man Of Ballmeysris streaath all
that was mere chiid's play. And here.
monsieur. Is the proof Of what / say.r
Rouletzbille drew FROM his pocket a
small packet. from which he produced
q strong iron peg
This, monsieur hs said. -h a
spike which perfectly As q hole stfil
to be seen In the eoraies Supporting
the terrace LaFsan. whe thought and
mona rad fnr ora<wfhtn~ A. -