The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
TWO BROTHERSCHARGED
WITH 100000 SWINDLE
Robert and Pierre Loonen Ar
rested in Paris on Jewel.
lers' Accusations.
Special Cable D.spsfcA 10 Tn. suu.

PARIS, Feb. 3s.-Two brothers named
Robert and Pierre Loonen were arrested
here to-day on q charge Of fraud AM
obtaining money and Jewels on false pre-
fences and Of extorting money by threats
The amount Involved 10 100000 francs
t2oo.000).
The story Of these two brothers IL .
typical one Of the French proAigal son
They inherited family fortunes Of 1000.
900 francs O>oo.o0o) each. It did not
take them very long TO squander this
money and then they began to make
visits to jeweiierA who gave them val.
uables on credit which Il wss supposed
they would sell Tor Inc firms to their
friends. Instead Of doing this the brothers
sold the jewels tor cash and spsat the
proceeds In gambling.
NJ. Fulsosi was one OF the jewellers thus
swindled. He gave a pearl necklace to
the brothers for which they were sup
posed to pay 10000 francs (Se.0o0). NJ
Fulgosi complains that ne met Robert
Loonen at Nice q short time aeo and
casually mentioned the fact thst he was
about to send $4,000 francs to3.siO %
psr,s. Robert told him that he was going
to Paris and would be glad 70 take the
money for the jeweiier. N. Ftiieosi save
him the money. md the ne1t day he re-
ce'ved letter from Robert saying:
81 went 70 Monte Carlo and lost all
NY own money ~ |ell - yours. I will
repay you before February T."
The jeweiler 10 still waiting for the
money and also for the price Of ,.,s pearl
necklace.
A young woman also laid a complaint
against Robert Loonen. charging him
with writing letters threatening to BE-
tray her uniess she sent him money
The brothers protested 70 the Judge
that they we're the victims Of usurers
but both were sent to prison. where they
will remain until AFTER the trial. Robert
Loonen married . daughter Of Samuel
e. Morse Of indianapolis. IND. but the
couple have been separated for some years
Robert Loonen Il In decidedly hot water.
The Magistrate was flooded with com.
plants against him from various quar-.
ters this Afternoon. The anthropometri.
cal department made a tardy discovery
that Robert Loonen Is the same man who
8ot = teSBe euHI VI ffloUcy ITOm HERMAN
Frasch. president OF the Union Sulphur
Company Of SO Beaver street New York,
In 1911. Loonen received a prison SEN
tence. which the appeal court upheld. and
also ordered Loonen I, repay tho money
he had secured from Mr.. Frasch.
poor taxicab driver lodged . COM
plant that the Loonens had swindled him
out Of 200 francs $500 which they Dor
rowed on the pretext Of lending their
Limousine to the chauffeur. They never
returned the money.
The French case dragged through the
French courts from 1911 to 1918. Loonen
met Mr.. Frasch on q transatlantic steam
er on the way to New York when Loonen
was about to rejoin his wife at the Plaza
Hotel The Loonens and the Fraschs
stayed at this hotel and II was acct
dentally discovered that Mrs. Loonen had
been a schooimate Of Mr.. Frasch's daugh-
ter. Loonen succeeded In getting 335. 900
from Mr.. Frasch on the strength OF a
fake cablegram from a confederate in
Paris saying that the estate Of his
Uoonen's) Jther was about to be dis
tributed. The estate had already been
settled.
Loonen was arrested on his return to
Paris and the following day q man named
Desnouee. an employee Of q cable com.
pany In New York. was arrested in New
York. Loonen's father was prominent in
the Frerch diplomatic service and the
family IL OF the highest reputation.