The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
CRIME OF THE
 FALSE MAID Led the Robbers to Her
 Mistress. OTHER .rARlslAr CRIMES Actors Are Ruying Old Con
 vents. The Fraud Which Marks the Selling of Lottery Tfckets--Honoring the
 Man Who Wrote the "siarseiiiaise.n l .
BY A. W. L,AMoUREUx.


 strangers who start housekeeping in Paris. have come out at the trial of the person implicated in the assault and robbery of an American lady dwelling in the Avenue d'Eyiau. To begin with, this lady had had a maid servant who was sentenced for robbing her to six months Imprisonment just before she engaged the girl who has now figured with a~couple of men in the dock. Then this girl had such a pleasant way with her that her mistress was led to trust her implicitly, great mistake, as will presently be seen. The lady had in- serted notice in several newspapers Rof her intentions to sell~her furniture, as she was returning to America. One morning the maid entered her bed room with the information that she had in- troduced into the salon two gentlemen who had called to view the furniture
 The lady went there and spoke to them, requesting them to return at 5 o'clock to discuss, the price, as her daughters, who had gone out, would be back at that hour. Her horror may these men dashed into her dressing room. snatched a bag containing money from her belt, caught her by the throat threw her down, struck her several times in the face, and then, pressing a cushion on 1t, tore from her hands four rings worth $2,000. Where was the maid while this was going on? She did not appear in the dressing room until long afterwards, and then she re- lated that she had had an awful ad- venture with the other man, who had tried to throttle her with her apron. Such was the deposition of her mistress In court and the two men having pre- viously made e full confession, one of them related to the magistrates that the girl. whose acquaintance he had made at a cinematograph show some months before. had spoken to him of the American lady's jeweiry, and had explained that 1t could easily be taken. Signal Was Given. She had arranged signal with the curtains of the salon that he might knowswnen her mistEass wasneIene and hsE dadShte 9nt Thls Hls5E was. iic* exs ss cha nesds and ft1Fas from the learned that day that the young ladies would be absent all the afternoon. Such was his story, and he added that ne had objected that her mistress would probably have all her jewelry on her by that time, wheFeup6n she had answered, "Perhaps. but 1t will be easy for. you to take it, as she cannot make a noise and is very weak" "An the same" he concluded, T thought 1t better to take with me the other pris- oner, as his trade allows him a good deal of leisure. The two men have each been sentenced to four years im- prisonment, and the girl, who had been regarded as a model servant. has been condemned to three years of the same penalty.
 Extraordinary Is the adventure which l.R lr old curiosity shop Tn the Rue de Babv- lone. highly respectable thorough fare. She had just removed the shut ters, about o'clock in the morning when two smartly dressed men walked in and asked to look at a vase. After having inspected 1t, they expressed a wish to examine an article which was in the back of the shop. and she had just taken hold of it when she was seized from behind by the throat and gag thrust into her mouth, az a se- quel to which she was securely bound Tho. thieves then proceeded to ransack the place, but they must have been seized suddenly with panic, as they presently bolted with some old jewelry Of great value, which they picked up hurriedly from a table. The men got off without attracting the notice of the neighbors. and as soon as the coast was clear the poor woman dragged herself to the door, and was liberated by some passers-by.
 She had not sustained any injury, beyond being completely upset by the shock The police are inclined to think that the thieves may be members of the band of which Delaunay. who shot the Deputy-Chief of the Criminal De- tective Department. and a police in- speetor, about a week ago. was the leader The antiquarian, Madame Le- gue Is able to give an exact descrip- tion of the two men, the elder of whom was an-shaven, while the younger had a budding mustache. The fact that they left their sticks behind them one of which is very handsome, and also the ket-handkerchief with which they gagged herc will facilitate the efforts of the police to track them. Buying COnventN.
 Judging from some recent purchases. theatrical people seem to have a fancy for abbeys and convents. Since the expulsion ot reliigous orders and the separation of Church and State, the former homes of monks and nuns may be purchased as very low prices.
 Not long ago, Mime. GeorRette Le Blanc, the wife or M. Maeterlinck. bought the old abbey Saint Wandrille. Now. M. Jean Coquelin has also became an abbatial proprietor. having purchas- ed the SO-CdAeu hbDSy OI hlClellGu. near Reuil, which will become his country seat. What abbey are you go- ing to buy? Is now the first question nut to each other by actors and act resses when other subjects of conver- sation are exhausted
 Some ultra-ex statistician has call culated that on the day of the National Fete. July 14. there were 2,66s open air balls In Paris. Over S.000.00O dane. CTS expended enough energy to carry A 500-ton train more than 1000 miles at a speed of twenty miles an hour. In the course of their twirIinRs these |, ,OOo, 900 couples covered a distance ct, b2R. .350 miles
 There are few pretties sights in Paris than the open air ball. Decorum IS aD- solute; there Is even an etiquette. though the casual conner may ask the lady of his choice for a dance. the lat- ter Is quite at liberty to refuse and to aIyea~her arm to another without Kiv. ing ground for offence.
 The little "Midinette" is the graceful creature. and her evolutions under the soft glimmer of the paper lanterns not .olv reOreSeut the DOatrV of motion