The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
ARRESTED IN PARIS
FOR CURIOUS THEFT

feuss, prom!ssory note for double
that amount from tho royal Prince
RASCAL OF Bourbon. Comte de Bari, and
younger brother OF tho late King or
Naples; and at least q dozen other
promissory notes trc.a equally well
known men. such as tho Baron do
Mercy. NJ. de Lestrade. and the Prince
de Mclissane.
For time the vicomte and vicoH,,
esse Guy de Jouffroy d'Abbans lived on
her fortune. spending much OF their
time in cruising off the coast. or Mr..
way and Sweden. and even Waiting 81.
petersburg. where they were Hospitality
received. But when money commenced
10 give out and the vicomtesse began
10 resort TO her former means OF nc
during wealth Guy dc Jouffroy dab
bans became. somewhat late IN the day.
IL Is true. thoroughly ashamed OF him
seif' offered to settle down and work
Tor an honest living. no matter irt
how humble capacity. II she would
be content to share his fate and when
she laughed in his face, and scorrod nj
MS pFetensions OF right to Interfere
with the !ntrigues by means OF which
she was determined 10 ren!I her purse.
he left her. volunteering for service our
In Tongk!ng. There he distinguished
himself by hts galiantry. and or be-
wounds. received in nghting the black
flags. obtained q suborSInate or,ca
In the customs department at Hanoi
which he was holding down when he
succumoed to fever. rendered fatal
by constitution weakened by his
wounds.
or course he had been kept posted
on his wife's behavior by relatives and
friends In France. and availed himself
OF the reports sent to him, and also
OF records OF civil and criminal suits
In which she had become involved, TO
institute proceedings for divorce
against her. But suits OF this kind.
especially when they have to be con-
Quoted from the other end of the
world. arc tedious. and above all, ter
Tidy costly The regret was that GUY
DC IouTroy d'Abbans died before they
could be completed. and IL is doubtful
whether. IL he had lived a wear or two
longer. he would have been able to
spare enough money from his measre
pay TO meet the costs requisite to rend-
er the decree final. Consequently the
former "Olympe de Beauregard." to call
her by her nom d. guerre. or Adele
abeud, to style her by her Christian
name and patronym!c, still remains
in!l-tiedged Vicomtesse Guy de Jour
roy dAobans, as which she has served
several terms OF imprisonment. most
y on charges OF blackmail and OF
fraud.
Perhaps one of the strangest episodes
OF her career was her entry into con-
vent, on receiving the news of the
death or her husband in Cochin China.
she became novice of the Cisterc.an
order, and for several months wore
the white habits OF a nun, her object
being presumably to counterfeit and
give the lie TO the stories of the a..
her at the time of his demise in
Tongking. The good sisters of the
convent in which she had sought re-
fuge, had presumably never heard any,
thing about her career. All they knew
OF her was that she was the widow
Of French officer who had died in
the service of his country in the Far
Orient, and that she bore with right
the name and title of a family that
had figured with distinction in the his
tory of France and in the history of
the church. She soon tired. however.
Of convent life. and on the lady abbess
becoming acquainted with her real
antecedents through the visit Of the
diocesan, who had read of the woman
in the newspapers. she was expelled
with ignominy, and before a year had
passed landed in st. LaZare. the great
prison for women delinquents in Paris.
Copyright. 1911. by the Brentwood
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