The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
THEFT IN SALE OF
 CHURCH PROPERTY
Paris Is Stirred By Trial of
 DueZ
HEROINE OF 5 YEARS
Little Girl Rescued Her Sister From Drowning-Young Housemaid Makes Remarkable Confess
 sion on Deathbed
By PAUL VILLIERS

By PAUL vILLIERS
 Paris. July S.-(Special) )-Ddward Duez' who was very active in the anarehistic and governmental crusade which resulted in the closing of many churches and con vents and the driving of Sisters of Char Iity out of the country, was recently placed on trial here He has been proved to be d monumental robber.
 Duez, who was the government liduida- tor of the property of the religious or ders, who is accused of having emoezzled .. B, ,O00. GOO of the money secured from the |, sale of clerical property. which should ' have been handed to the treasury.
 Duez, who was arrested has confessed. Quite a while has been spent With the lsifting of mountain of documents with which he filled his offices and concealed his crime
 His clerk, Martin Gautier, was arrested and was as frank as his master. He re- lated how in convent gardens, beautihed with stolen money he organized parties at which he entertained women. They walked in transparent garments. Gautler was released on bail It only became known Monday that he, has disappeared.
 Duez Is 53 years old and began life as a clerk. He lived lavlshly, and when he was appointed receiver of church proper ty was heavily in debt. He proceeded to remedy this by pocketing the proceeds Of the sales of churches, chapels inonas- lteries, convents and other church prop erty.
 A chapel valued at $2oO,O0o was entered in his books as worth 10d His accounts | were found to contain such items as "sundries s5500." personal expenses sl6- 775'
 He alleged that he had lost the stolen money, but it was afterward found that | he had been blackmaied by woman, | and that in d few nights at a seaside casino he lost s100,000 playing faro.
 Duez burst into tears at the first ques- ton put to him. The judge put it to Due7 that after he had been appointed liquida- tor he appropriated about S3O0,0O to the detriment of 1S6 persons for whom he was trustee. Duez said that he had noth- ing to say.
 "You were entrusted with the liquida- ton of Il religious orders, said the judge and you admitted in the exam- nation that you mlsappropriated to their detriment s20O.0oo.
 Duez said that when he made these ad- missions he was distracted. He did not lretract his confession; he only disputed the amount.
 "who will believe your" asked the judge And Duez retorted, Anyone that wants to know the truth" He declared lthat he had not appropriated any of the sums advanced to him by the treasury.
 The judge pointed out that the law commanded Duez to pay over all the money he received from the sale of the real estate belonging to the religious or ders. Yet of the $2,500,0O0 which he re- ceived he handed over only s30O,0OO
 "It was impossible to do otherwise" re- piled Duez. Duez is bitterly anti-Cath- ollie and an infidel and socialist.
 News of a rescue by tiny girl is re- ported from Auvergne. Margaret Main gauge. the 5-year-old daughter of farm CT, was playing with her sister Genevieve, when the latter fell into brook.
 She cried for help and Margaret suc- ceeded in pulling her out of the water after a struggle.
 The mother and neighbors were amazed on hearing of the marvellous presence of mind and energy displayed by this child of 5.
 The authorities will probably recom- mend that a medal for courage be given | the little heroine.
 | An extraordinary confession was made a few nights ago by young housemaid on her death bed. Her lover was, she said, the. chief of gang of burglars, who had made it a speciality to rob houses in the arstocratic quarters. A month ago a lady engaged a housemaid who gave her entire satisfaction. She sudden fly fell i'll and as her room on the top | floor was not suitable for sick person her mistress gave her a bed in ner own apartment, where she might be more comfortable. The girl rapidly grew worse, and the doctor told her that there was no hope and that the girl had better | be removed to a hospital.
 l The girl overheard the conversation and when her mistress re-entered the room she was sobbing and said that she real | ized that there was no hope for her. But before dying she wished to confess. She said that she had been living with the leader of band of burglars who had terrorized her so much that she had left and tried to begin life anew But 1t was not long before the burglar discov- cred where she was and he had threaten ed to kill her if she did not help him 70 enter the apartment and rob It. Her mistress, she added, would find letter under the pillow which would contain the names of all of the gang. The girl was transferred to the hospital When she was dead the letter was opened and contained the names of gang of all legged burglars whom the police now hope to procure.
 | As the result of an attack initiated by two women footpads, Serge Ivanoff, re- tired Russian officer, was found lying un- conscious outside the Qualifications. On the way to St. Cloud his vehicle broke down and he started to return to the city Near the Pare des Princes he was attacked by the women, who took his purse and also stabbed him.
 The Russian, a powerfully built man. struggled with his aggressors, whereupon one of them, putting whistle to her lips. blew it three times. Immediately three men rushed to the aid of the footpads and the visitor was felled with blow from n brass knocker. The band then made off, but Ivanoff, staggering in pursuit, called for help. Seeing this, two of the gang re- tracked their steps and savagely at tackled their victim afresh with knives. leaving him for dead. Ivanoff remem- bers nothing more until he found himself in tbe hospital. On his back and chest