Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13

"rhey made this discovery the fol
lowing day, but they were then
powerless. The forward hatch had
been closed, not to be opened again
until the vessel reached New York.
Instead, therefore, OF being able to
At once make off with their plunder,
Vernon and Reinhardt were obliged
TO 60 TO the Hotel Rochambeau, know
ing that within short time Mr.. Nor
ris would deliver to Mile. Mercier the
coin they were after.
THAT very afternoon Vernon and
Reinhardt got into a bitter quarrel
concerning the latter's responsibility
for retaining the wrong coin. Rein
hardt had made the mistake, Vernon
taunted him with 1t. Renhard at.
tackled him, and Vernon killed him
with his knife. The coin, the cause
OF the quarrel, Vernon had, in the
violence of his anger, hurled at the
other mans head. 1t was found on
the floor. Reinhardt, dying, wrote
on the wall with his blood, Hartman
ist.' The missing word was Vernon
When Vernon, who was on The
watch for Mr.. Morris, saw from his
window that the latter was acCompa-
MED by myself and M. Duvall, he at
once suspected trouble, and fled from
the hotel while we were interview.
ing Mile. Mercier.
He made al once for his own
apartment, OF which he, of course,
had the key, and as he could appear
rs himself, he posed as Charles Yer
non, his brother. AT this stage of the
proceedings, he tells me, he trimmed
down the long black beard he had
been wearing, 30 as to change his
disguise and render himself more
youthful In appearance. Al his apart
mont he again changed his clothes,
putting on one Of his own suits which
be found there.
He could undoubtedly have es-
rapeG N perfect safety at this time,
but he had made up his mind 10 get
The frame piece from Mile. MerCier,
AMI ne wrote her letter, decoying
her % his apartment, on the pretcXt
Of buying me coin from her Tor
Thousand dollars. lie also called 10
bIs assistance woman OF his &C.
4uainiance. e clever crook, whom ne
had known both in Paris and in New
York.
i went 20 see Nile. Mercier, dis.
guised as teacher of music substi-
tuted the worthless franc for the real
one, an6 accompanied her to Nernon's
apartment,
Il very fooliehly went on the as-
sumption that he was alone, and for
that mistake both Mile Mercier and
myself came near paying with our
lives. ] also made the mistake OF
taking the real franc along with HE.
prevented them from securing il,
only 10 let II, unknown 10 them, again
fail into their hands.
Il ha6, however, led Vernon to be
leve that mad placed the coin in the
safe at The Hotel Rochambeau. Think
ing that he had safely disposed OF me,
he attempted TO recover the coin by
breaking open the safe at the hotel.
Again he was disappointed.
He and his companion now besan
10 realize that they were in danger.
ous pfeGicament. All his plans had
gone wrong. He was wanted in New
York for tie murder OF Reinhardt,
fnd So far g. he knew, for that of
Nile. Mercier and myself as we'll. He
thereupon hit upon bold plan. He
decided to go aboard the Richelieu In
HE early morning, as though he were
passenger. and by locking himself
In the stoTeroom in which he was
ntterwari found, pretend that he had
been there ever since the robbery OF
tie safe week before.
In order 10 carry out this plan he
Nas Obliged 10 purchase. early The
next morning, the demijohn or water
hottie and The tins OF food which were
subsequently found in his room. He
states ne did this about eight O'Clock
that day al a small store near the
waterfront. ana AT the same time Sc
cured n eanepenor.
He had the articles wrapped up in
paper, went 10 a vacant lot near by,
opened The tins of food, threw away
the pape'. Then he walked boldly
hbOdIN }hs steamer NnnOtlced IN the
hustle oi her approaching departure,
descended 10 the storeroom, of '"hich
ne had 4 key, entered, locked the
doOi, and waited until the vessel
hhoui1 rail. The false beard which
is wore until lie entered the room he
subsequently destroyed by burning ii.
"His whole story about being inn
Wisoned IN he sloreToom, as Well as
about his Twin brother, was a lie. /
have asceiraiA"d that he has no
brolher Ec certainly conducted the
ahair cler'aly, however, since his ac-
count was believed by every one. !,
ID, sell, zshould, no doubt, have be-
loved il, had il not been for the scar
gpon his forearm. The matter OF his |
sAavins Immediately after his re-
lease. ana Of the way in which the |
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