Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-04
ENTERTAINED ON A LAVISH SCALE
Paid Firemen and Opened Accounts
for Children.
COLLECTED A FORTUNE EASILY
Outstanding Accounts of Employers
Source of Income.
HAREM BEAUTY ON THE STAGE
Cousin of Khedive of Egypt Hurts
Defiance Mt Family by DtvOrcinE
Husband and Becoming
Actress.


PARIS, June Especial to The Beel-
most unique case Of Lord Bantipel has
been brought to light by the arrest OF a
young clerk, NJ. Grasset- garde. employed
in local department store. For years he
mas maintained a substantial country home
outside OF this city, given costly enter
tainments and played first citizen OF the
place maintaining fire department and
opened bank accounts for children to en-
courage thrift.
This unique person is alleged to have
robbed his employers in order to live the
life OF a country squire. Csyasset-Lasards
was employed in one Of the great stores
ana Is accused Of having stolen $4,000 by
collecting outstanding accounts
Although earning only SIS week
Grasset-Lagarde lived a lie OF LUXURY.
Every weekend he iourneyed to his estats
where he gave hunting parties He did
everything in style and was noted for hiA
charity. He presented saving bank books
annually To the best school children and
subsidized the village fire campaign. Now
he protests that his salary was Inadequate
for the important work entrusted To him
and says that as he had the chance OF
procuring money he avaied himself OF it
ViIIRge Blacksmith a Cenius.
ACAA 4 ANsAuHuL auleTeH ana the
oers Of the presidential party we're about
to sat down to luncheon in the saloon car
OF the Paris Brussels express it was dis
covered that there were thirteen al tho
table blacksmith was invited to join
the party and so make fourteen Then
the dinner commenced and il developed
that the blacksmith was the best informed
man and best story teller in the party.
Harexn Hauufv ~, ss.
Princess zahta Hanum. cousin OF the
khedive Of Egypt, recently tore away
from harem LIE and went ON the CON-
tinental stage. She is the first OrietnaI
royal lady to forsake regal life and to
break the letters OF immemoriaI custom
Tor the footlights in this city. Princess
zahia did it Just to spite her family
Since the day she DOTTED the virtual
shroud Of the harem princess. dismissed
her second husband, Turkish general. by
way OF the divorce court, and deffed the
tradition OF the Egyptian royalty, she
has been an outcast from her native land.
The action which enraged Mohammedans
most was thar-Princess Zahfa should dara
to take to herself the right to divorce ber
husband this privilege under the Moharu-
medan code being one for men only.
GuichRrd Angry at Reporter.
One OF the most annoyed men here ia
N Guichard, head Of the department whose
special duty it is to watch anarchists.
Guichard got wind OF a plot to blow up
several buildings. The names OF the
anarchists chosen to do the dastardly work
were known, and their photos were posted
in all the police stations. A newspaper
got hold OF the information and published
II, and NJ. Guichard is wroth because the
anarchists have thus been warned. Mean
while the threatened personages and build
ings are being closely guarded.
Crook Had Many Names.
II has been discovered that the fugitive
banker who is wanted" by the polics
for defrauding thousands of people by
promising them per cent per day on their
money had had thirty-six different aliases.
He is said to have netted large sums OF
money under the name OF RIVER by his
latest scheme, but before this the polics
assert that he was successful in quilting
people with other swindles. The astuts
old man not only changed his name ire
quently, but very often modified his an
pearance. Some times he dyed his white
hair and beard a chestnut color Oc-
casionally he wore a wig He dressed with
extreme elegance and in spite of his age.
had made feminine conquests. His COM
panion in his flight is a Belgian woman.
He was one OF the most polite men that
ever lived. woman who he robbed OF
81 600 said she did not care to prosecute him
II caught, he was such a courteous
gentleman. Why, one day after 1 had
deposited large sum OF money with him
he raised his umbrella over me AID
escorted me from his office to my cab az
the curb"