New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOX JUL i''

/ pod3a+ ;ndicated Mr. Smith, lis now being held
prisoner on the charge of stealing seven anu d s. -r
million francs worth of United States bohuS non
~ ua Iac ,rrected on complaint of NJ. lie Marquis
d Aubiqnv who gave me to understand that TIC va a
acting In Your behalf NJ. lie MARQUIS SAID you a dap
these bonds in denominations OF ten thouS6nu -
hrs Zach that YOU told him they must nave peer,
stolen He said further that you and ne lad az e.
that M Smith must have stolen the bonus VIZ -. s
assistance OF trained nurse VINO was 4t f+ that
sumption being based principally upon the IdC @ i
on1v three persons in Paris knew the DondS "el a'
here NJ lie Marquis dAubigny, yoqrselI, a"t anu W.
Smith Frankly, we have been ufiaDle " IS ar,,
NJ smith directly with the disappearance OF any
bonds although there many myStiIylnS NIiitnso
connected with his presence here Certal IL - 4
NJ Smith did not have the bondS on MN d e IS +be
of his arrest Immediately following the report ol @
theft and certain it is they were not mddeII III In
room Where they are, we do not know. lou are
ILL Monsieur | am stating 1T briefly. .vo,,
renorted a theft. ne said BY whose authority
Did ask YOU to report theft ~ ii eo
The bonds were gone Monsieur. You sald 50
Yourself We agreed that NJ oIihCh 'o0> ~
| reported it my own authorlty-, -, l., o-
= The bonds were gone you say! clarke queS2
toned sharply " How do you know they were 9oiio @
How did you know there were any DoiluS' DN '
ever see them?'
- | didn't see them; but -, - 1
In view of all the circumstances IN the case anu @
the nwarranted arrest of Smith here, L suppose IL
have to 90 into the details" Clarke was talking 10
NJ Baudet The Marquis was IN the n1ted otales @
six months ago and came to see me III aSS1l1C :I
a business matter We had had previous a4N1
relations and this he suggested seemed attrac-
tive told him | would consider 1t, and dld con
slider it. This is what brought me 10 FariS III &C
months ago Immediately after L arrived was wa,
stricken with fever and lay here TOR weeks ,
unconscious and because of the name had assumed
nv friends and relatives IN the Cnlted States lo'
track of me and grew uneasy. 1t had oeen my P Pun;
pose to investigate quietly this matter the 4dIquo
e,1ooested and even he wasn't to know that was IN
Paris This illness threw all my plans out OF gear.
When [ became ConvalesCent L had fr1end iOoh
into the situation for me- and on the strength oi S
report | willing to go AMI.
Now comes the thing th1t so complicated lIdiS
and indirectly resulted in Mr. Smiths arrest 1T was
nv original purpose to raise 4unds IN the nlted
States go into this enterprise lost so liluc :'
however that when the Marquis came 10 me VIII
statement that the deal must be conSum1naVed
within day or so it impossible to get Iu1dS
from the United States in time l was c0nndehC'
however that [ could get the funds from London
was so confident that told the Marquis had the
bonds and even told him their denomination, and
showed him the bag that supposed to hod thenl'
There are tricks in your profession, VI baude.
lust there are in mine dIdnt get the Iuhu5 I5
from London as | expected; but permitted the deal
to 90 ahead up to the point where L was to pay a
million and half dollars as my part. Then opened
the bag to produce the bonds, and 1t was empty II
was a trick by which calculated to hold up the deal
for a couple of weeks-in other words to gam tlIne
enabling me to in later. SO, You see, had
no bonds: no bonds were stolen; l didn't even re-
port the bonds were stolen. m sorry have to put
myself in this position; but 1T only tar to my good
friend Smith. He is official in my bank at home,
and the last on earth that one could associate
with theft
MR. SMITHS ewes were bu1ging with admiration.
lVA He had never known the old man to fail IN a
crisis, and he hadn't failed Edna was smiling
softly as she stroked the emaciated hand she held
NJ. Baudets face corrugated with wrinkles OF
perp1eXitv
I 1T was trick, them" demanded the Marquis
curt1v.