Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-10-12

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she came out This time she was ele-
, gantly gowned, looking not at all like
, woman of the streets. He had no
difficulty in following her to the Lyons
, station.
Standing on the platform was a
stout man who betrayed his impa-
tience by glancing frequently at his
watch. Upon seeing Josephine he
rushed to greet her with speed which
told all too plainly of his love for
her This was the victim the girl had
selected for Loupart Martialle was a
middle-aged man whose intelligence
was not above making him an easy
prey for the attractive tool of the head
OF the gang The representative of
Kessler and Barru took her to the
ticket window with him.
Josephine needed only one glance
to see that standing close by was the
man she loved. Loupart, DR.. Chalek,
Fantomas, call him what you will, was
watching proceedings with a cynical
smile. She saw that he had several
accomplices with him. What she did
not see, however, was the care with
which traveller observed the tickets
Martialle purchased. The traveller,
Fandor, bought ticket to the same
place, Pontarlier.
Without knowing that he was be-
ing led by Josephine. Mr.. Martialle
walked to the last car of the train.
j was first class compartment car.
taken seats in the compartment with
the couple. Among them We're Fan
dor. Loupart and several men who APP
pcared to be strangers to each other.
Fandor walked out into the passage
as the train started unmindful that ne
was closely watched by Loupart.
Loupart, DIR. Chaley, Fantomas, had
recognized Fandor.
Greater Paris had been left behind
and the train was going at express
speed when an extraordinary thing
happened. A man, who had opened
the last door of the car on the side,
had walked along the footboard the
full length of the car. Then he had
bent over and loosened the chains be-
tween it and the car ahead. After
waiting for a favorable moment he
had succeeded in uncoupling the car.
The train went on at full speed.
The time for this master stroke was
well chosen. Martialle was half
asleep. Josephine, who sat beside
him, had pretended to sleep AS for
Fandor, believeing that the girl could
not escape, he too had doZed off, in
the next compartment. Suddenly
Martialle was aroused by some one
shaking him roughly by the shoulder.
He looked up to see Loupart standing
over him with two revolvers pointed
at his head. Men whom he had re-
garded as travellers now showed them
selves to be under the direction of the
man who menaced him.
The representative of the wine mer-
chants was too terrified to resist He
lifted his hands and his face paled as
1.oupart commanded:
up with your hands. Now We'll
take charge of your travelling bag with
its 100000"
Martialle was an easy victim. The
men then walked to the next cOmpart
ment where Fandor, who had heard
Eothing, was now quietly sleeping. He
was stripped of everything of value
before he was hardly awake. The
number of men making the attack
made him realize that resistance was
useless. When they finally returned
from him to escape they had his
money, his jewelry, and everything
by which he could be easily identified
During all this time the car had been
going slower and slower, gradually
losing the momentum it had had as
part of the train. 1t slowed down
perceptibly and finally stopped after
ii had gone part way up steep grade
just Deyohu II DIluSe DullL over II uecp
gorge. 1t was evident that the whole
thing had been planned to happen just
as 1t did, for when the ear had come
to stop and before it had time TO
start backward, Fantomas and his
companions, taking Josephine with
them, jumped from the car.
So clever had FantOmaS been i'm
planning the affair that the bandits
did not have to walk hundred yards
before reaching the automobile which
had been driven from Paris by con-
fcderate to take them back to the city.
They did not let the unexpected pres
ence of Fandor complicate their plans,
but regarded him merely as just one
more victim, victim out of whom
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