El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-28
1T 80 Years Of Age, Got
$4,000 900 By High
Financiering.
GOES TO MEXICO.
= FORCED TO FLEE
When Big War Breaks Out,
He Goes To the Front
And Is Caught.

l% ARTS, France, Oct 2S.-The J.
- Rufus Willingford. Of France,
\ Henri Rochelle, who. II is
charged, swindled the people out OF
between S3O,o0O,00O and $4,000. 600
- whose operations led TO the MUIR
der Of the editor of the Figaro by
Mrs Csiliaux, wife Of the former pre-
mier, viii be brought to the bar Of
justice again soon and the case is
watched here with intense interest
The fact that the skyrocket finan-
|cier could have been safe by staying
.sfEay from France and was found
bee In the French army at the front.
may have a strong effect with the i'm
.pressionable French people in saving
.him from severe treatment
Political considerations and the alb
Fence Of witnesses who have been
nobilized may cause a postponement Of
he case but il IS thought an effort
Tiu be made for immediate action
1n account Of the long time Rochelle
Ias escaped trial
skIps TO Mexico.
The Calmette revelations came after
4tbchette had skipped to Mexico Here
be rendered important services to
president Francisco Madero who re-
feived him openly and officially
MaoerO- however, VINO was In need
.bf money, arranged loan with a Paris
bank and one Of the conditions i'm
posed by the French government was
the extraditiOn OF Rochelle. To this
|Aadero agreed
Warned, Escapes.
The French financier received q
|HTning from a friend that he was to
searrested the next day Even then
bis house was surrounded by the po-
ice, but ROchetre, after a lively chase
Ipver the roofs, succeeded IN making
lis escape and got outside the city
concealed in an old woman's donkey
for time he wandered in northern
Flerico and organized conveys OF arms
nd provisions between the coast and
he interior. from which he maze con-
derable money He attempted 70
orange with one Of the insurgent
eaders to have his papers found on
The body Of a dead soldier and have
his alleged fact published TO the world,
offending to reappear in 1914, when
is offence would have been purged by
4 One Of the insurgents decided TO be
'ay him and again Rochelle learned
Z this. He escaped in feminine attire
nd went TO South America Later he
listed Europe and the Orient, it is
exported.
At the outbreak Of the European
var Rochelle returned to France in
isguise and enlisted under the name
81 Georges Bienaimee. as q mOtOrcy-
Mist He had rendered two years Of
HyaI army service when ne was rec
Bnized a few days ago at Granville /
Id arrested.
30 Years Old When Crash Came.
Rochelle was only 80 years old when I
be great crash came in 1908 He had !
ade most Of his great fortune IN 40 {
hOnths- His story canOt be approached &
anything that ever happened IN (
merica. traditional home Of mad ,
tjnanciering-
Was Boy Financier.
The boy financier (as he once Wasl !
was born in Melun in 1875 He started 6
I,fe as a brush boy in a barber shop /!
sDs~ then became an employe Of I
banker. This banker was forced TO ]
Ia Ike flight after founding a company Z
allied Rio Tenido and which by the !
similarity Of name seemed Intended TO 4
sntrap unsuspecting investors into i
5foSTint-
Rochette took possession OF the I
wreck Of the concern as his first ven 4
ure- It is said his original capital '
consisted of $1,000 he Inherited This
bankrupt company was not great
money maker nor was another, the =,
1aisse de Mines But they gave Roch-
7tte experience and when he started
IN his own account with his first great
,cupany, the credit Miner et Indus
Tel, he leaped into sudden wealth
Has Unique System.
The secret of Rochette's methods
ieems to have been the continuous
loatiug Of the stock Of new compa-
lies With the money received he
laid handsome dividends on the old
companies stock and thus aroused
public enthusiasm TO a remarkable
bitch Comparatively poor persons in
-ested their whole fortunes in his
lchemes-
The banker was arrested on March
., 1905 He was at the time 30 years
Id but he had founded two banks.
line other financial uuderta kings and
W newspapers in the columns Of
Thach shares I'm his companies were !