The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-18
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robbed Of $50. coo francs and Pros
per Bartomy NJ FauveIs trusted chsh-
Ter who had been IN the bank since ne
was a boy, and was reported 10 ne en-
gagged Ia his employers niece Maaehhe'
had been arrested for the theft
For four days the robbery was the 'alS
u Parts Then public attention was en-
crossed ty later and equally interesting
events An acrobat broke his leg AT tue
circus: an actress made her debut at n
minor theater and the matter of the
bank robbery WAS forgotten but tnouEh
tho public forgot, u trHgic story In Whloh
the hank robbery was only an lnclueh,.
was being brought 20 "A Cumnlatlon by
destiny and the detective force
The banking house Of Andre Fanvel
has rs Offices on the ground toot Inc
windows. opening on the street, are pro
'ectcd by iron bars sufficiently strong
TO discourage all attempts at etectinH
an entrance NJ Fauyel and his famlly
live on the floor above, and on that floor
is tho bankers private office, rms OF
flee communicates with TIVE cashier OF
flee below by "A winding stairway. rms
latter office has its doors and the paru-
ton. In which ig the wicket where pay
moniF ARE made. heavily plated win
lirOn
The great snfe. which is IN this office.
In masterpiece ~ the safcmaker's art
II is opened by curious little key when
is, however, the least part OF the mech
anism on the safe door are i've nova
BE steel huttons upon which are en-
Trnvci all the letters of the alphabet. 10
open the safe II is necessary before IN
. scrtlng the kew. TO arrange the letters
on the buttons In the sumo order thnt
/ they were when the safe door wac closed
. The coordination" consisted OF word
/ which was changed from time TO time
and WAS known only to the banker ana
/ 90 the rnshier each OF whom had one OF
I.. tIt tom la all
combination was never written down
ihy the banker or the cashier they de
pended upon their memory for IT.
About half-past nine on the morning
on which the robbery was discovered
/ middo.Aged man ~ dark complexion and
military bearing. dressed IN mourning
appeared AZ the bank and nsked 10 zee
4 the cashier \ clerk told him that
/ Rertomy had not yet arrived lie seeSsoi
IdisconCcrt'd
cold lmpcrtiucucc; Il supposed someone
would lie here 10 attend ~ my business
I | explained the matter to VI Fauvcl yes.
/ t'rduy | nm Count dc ClHmcran. owner
Of iron works NJ Oloron, and have com"
I to receive three hundred and fifty thou
sand francs deposited In this bank by my
/ brother whose heir am. Conduct me tn
NJ lauycl."
The chief ie always away at this
| hour gnii clerk named Cavaillon
Then | win call again said the count
/ Nud b, walked ont haughtlly scarcely
| had he gone when Prosper Bertomy en-
/ tered IA, laua "A man has Just been
/ hero 10 SEQ ,ou." cricd Cnvnillou "Ah.
4 know uu iluumlstCr. was II not
I 'Nrs "Wc''. N" wil call again knew
II should Hu bate las morning and made
all my Arrangements Yesterday
Prosper l',r'uWE WIS a tail, handsome
man ~ nhort 800 with fair hair and deep
If'I T. .a.| all 4 n
l.usn and dtes..id ,u the height of fashion
lI. would hUvr been very prepossessing
|ri for certain cold. reserved mRnnej
'.h o slight ar NJ self suificlency whict
pooled his naturally bright and oper
.uUu'"upuoc.
As Prosper wen, into his, office an,
.lns"I the door behind him one of IN,
clerks snld The chief has qusrrelct
Win MIN nry times for coming late. hu'
'it never makes any Impression on him
"a man Who sts m MI niEht and lead.
I the Nsi NE hn does cannot he expected
TO D., early at business said another
/ ,lrrk bll OJ notice how pale he
/ Looked llv must have hcen playing
! heavily 'outuricr says he lost fifteen
| hundred francs NJ u sitting last week
/ The door ~ the cashiers office flew
open and Prosper staggered out with q
/ wild. hnvg1rd look. gesping. Robbed
/ have hctu ruhh.i'' They ran toward
I him and hc'pcd him to a chair. into which
! ne sank Gradually he recovered himself
enough to sny An the money that wa,
lu the safe has been stolen" Has thl
safe been broken upcu'' asked Cavalllon
NO. n Ia lust ns | left IT," replied the
cashier IAN | know In that Yesterday
placed three hundred and nfty thousa nd
francs In the safe and this morning the,
ntr gone"
a clerk ran TO inform " Fauvcl who
In spite ~ cavnillnu's statement to IN,
Count a" ClCRmcrun, had been. ~ usua
NJ that hour, In his private office up
stairs The banker entered the offic,
where the clerks were gathered about N,
cashier
NJ. Andre Fauyel wos man Of abou
so, inclined to be stout. and, like al
hard workers he had slight Noop
Never 10y single action did he bell
the Kindly expression of his face "A,
had frank mir. n lively intelligent eve
Born near Al, he betrayed. when ant
mated slsht ftovcncnl accent whicl
gave plgunncy TO- his genial humor Th
news Of the robbery had agitated hin,
for he was quite white
What is this hear" he asked Pros
Per arose and stood before his chief
Sir" snid he, having NJ YOU know.
payment 10 make this morning, | ye.tet
day drew from the bank " France thre
hundred nnd nifty thousand francs % ',
think | have told YOU n hundred time
not tn draw money until the day IN
payment Ia 10 he made II know
was wrong 10 dlsohey YOU nut IN. mis-
money up In the safe this morning n /
gone Vet tho safe has not been broke
upcn"
"spcnk" crled he who can h.v
opened tho safe" Il cannot say" N
one hut you and | possess the seer,
word no one but YOU and | posscs
KEYS Prosper quietly tcifea,ed hlm,el
from NJ fauyal'a sta.p and repii.d