Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19

An exclamation of blank establishment
fell from his lips when he recognized
In her fair features those of Miss Fen
ton, a cousin OF the Duchess Flouret.
whom he had seen during n OF his
visits to the latter's residence. Here
was truly evidence of some kind OF a
conspiracy. What connection could
there be between the willy Vatican,
his friend Roget, and the cousin Of tho
lady from whom the pearl Of the
| gods had been stolen?
Danevitch made up his mind how to
act in an instant. The new arrivals
had a quantity Of baggage in the
house, therefore there was no fear of
their failing to return. That night
Danevitch watched until a light shone
from the window below. proclaiming
the fact that NJ. Roget was at home.
Then he dOnned a pair of rubber
shoes, got out the rope ladder he
had provided for the occasion. and
quietly made his way down to the
balcony below. Peering into the room
he saw four persons. They were
Roget, the red-haired man. Miss Fen
ton, and a dark man whom he had not
seen before. The ~latter's hair was let
black, and on the upper part of his
left cheek n small liyld scar stood
forth in bold relief. He was the man
described so yividly by the duchess,
whom she suspected as the actual thief
OF the pearl. But this was not all.
Tho lost pearl also stood revealed to
the detectives eager gaze. A little
empty box and some cotton wool lay
on the table, but the gem with the
%eventful history was lying in the out
stretched hand OF the swarthy man,
who was critically examining It.
Daneyitch swarmed UP his rope with
the agility Of a monkey, gained his
W room, and then hurried off to the
Observation-Disclosures He returned With
several officers to Roget's apartment,
and the entire party was placed under
arrest. Approaching NJ. Roget. the
cars agent seized him by the
hair and pulled off an exceedingly
well made gray wig, and tho
missing husband of Duchess Flouret
stood revealed in his own proper
person. Danevitch had seen several
photographs of Flouret, and the latter
made no attempt to deny his identity,
In the person Of tbs swarthy man the
police recognized a notorious Spanish
crook named Vojas, who had graduated
from the ranks of the p~ickpocket bril-
gade to the position of leader Of 81 IA
nous gang Of continental swindIers.
Danevitch wired at once to Amster-
dam requesting that Vatican be arrest
ed, and on receiving a telegram stating
that this was done, left for London
to interview the duchess, the famous
pearl having been seized by the Brus-
sels authorities.
The duchess was much shocked to
hear Of her cousins treachery, and
supplied the missing links to the
story Of the plot. The ~red-haired man
turned out to be & fellow named Henri
Breton. who was distsntly related to
Flouret. Miss Fenton had fallen In
love with Breton, and easily fell a VIC
tim 20 his Inducements, he being in
league with Flouret to deprive the
duchess Of the pearl, in the hope that
they could raise some money on it.
Through Miss Fenton her lover was
apprised that the duchess was going
TO wear the gem at the opera, and the
aid of Vojas was enlisted to abb
straot it during the crush on the stair.
Further investigation made 1t clear
that Vatican had originally stolen tbs
pearl from the strong room Of the In
dian dealers exactly as Danevitch had
surmised from a study of the model.
Unable to dispose Of 1t without fear
OF detection he had taken Flouret into
his con 7ence. By giving the pearl to
his wife the latter had hoped to get
large sums Of money from her, which
he had promised to divide with his
confederate. Failing in this scheme,
he had called Breton and Vojas to his
aid to regain possession Of the treas
ure, and the plot was worked out sue
cessfully in the manner described.
The case, as might be supposed,
gave rise to curious legal complica-