The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-28
HIRES BURGLARS TO
ROB HIS OWN SAFE
Paris Jcweler Resorts to Novel
Scheme to Swindle Insur-
ance Company
CLEVER DETECTIVE. WORK
French Police Chief Reasons Like
Sherlock Holmes and With
Holmes Success

PARIS July =
\ brilliant piece Of dcto ave work has
unmasked an ingenious plan 10 swindle
Insurance companies Of q large sum Of
money hy means Of burglar, In which
tho hurglars as well wcre syyindlod
on Monday mornins iewelry commits.
SION AGENT named Bowler Summoned the
police - MS nat IN the Boulevard Pois
sonn'ero ana showed them huge safe
which he said had been robbed during
nus atscn over the weekend moro than
S2l"N worth OF ieTe.ry Saving hAen
taken : iasre hole had been bored In tho
safe hv means OF drills and blowpipe
On 'he s-'Fnd wee several cigarette
ENDS tho RETAINS OF meal ana an
emp'i wine hottie
II was surrosed that tho burglary vas
tho work ~ gang Or international cafe
burglars Tor whom The police have bocu
looking for some Tine pas, NJ Bertllon
vas sem FOR 70 tate any inEerprlnts. but
tho safe had been oiled and wiped ali
over by tho thieves So as IN shoq no
marks
Police Chief Puzzled
Losies tho Toi.ce superintendent OF
lie Mon;marfre dls;rici vas puzsies bv
seNera poinis ia tie affair In mo nrs,
place. h. sscerta!ned TIA, " Bosvlo- was
IN low "ate7 and that the Jewels aid moi,
belong 70 h'.n bpt To a German nrm.
"nici was demanding them back Then
he "ss surprised 70 hnd that although
he work 81 drilling the ho., In the mass
I'VE steel plat Of tho safe mus, have
been the work ~ Two or three men during
many hours no one in the building had
iotced ANYTHING wrong nor were there
any marks Of violen on the outer door
rHTther the cigarette ends found on the
moor by the safe were all different and
n tordes began 20 wonder VIVA, kind 81
burglars smoked seven o. c.rh, dneren,
kinds OF cigarettes
An examination N tho safe brourh,
oiher curious points 70 light The iew.i
caskcis were too nis 10 pass through re
n'ie oored TO- mo safe tlrs proving that
tho thieves must have opened no door %,
TIE safe Bgi NJ BoGver alone possessed
the secret ~ ire Jock and the lock had
not been forced
Jeweller confessez
" Bordes confronted " Bouvie- z-,h
The totm.Gs hle nrray or facts. and tbe
latter broke down ne made an atfeinp,
"a shoot Himself ru' MS revolver hav7r
been taken away lie confessed that hari
pressef for money re had Insured the
levels for tenn ara then arranged the
Burglary which ne declared ho rad exc
clted alone
Here again NJ norlcs con,radic,cd n
y lNier pointing cut test he could not
possibly move ne 'amcpse safe. which
weighed TWO tons by himself
Tho police have nov asccrtalncd dcspite
NJ Rouviery denlais that tho burglary
MS committed hv = band ~ international
thirves tnrec ~ whom an Germans were
arrested yesterday in return for jewels
vorih $500 which 80 IS stated VI Bouvicr
told his accpmpiires they would ind In
the cafe TIE thieves entered his Fat on
Saturday afternoon ana found the blow
pipe and the burglars tools waiting fcr
them They worked most ~ tho nl-hr
and part % sunday morning hut after
making the hole II Is stated found M
trace u the jewels promised as their re
ward