The Washington times., 1919-02-14
Man With X-Ray Eyes
THE STRANGEsT STORY YOU EVER READ
The COmte and His COnfederates
Read News of Theft of
Maharaiah's Jewels

menEt ne na8LenoQ INTO H48 Fooiu -
get his revolver. Here another
surprise awaited him. His wife,
sunk back in a chair, was so sound
asleep that, In spite OF every sf-
fort he could not rouse her. On
the table three glasses and q bottle
OF champagne, still half fun. shoWed
that the unfortunate woman must
have been put to sleep with the AID
Of a narcotic by the criminals with
whom she had been drinking.
Then, taking counsel only with
his courage, the Janitor, holding his
weapon On his hand. entered the
ground floor apartment and. turn
ing on the electric lights set %
work to go through all the rooms.
At first nothing seemed unusual
except that the place was deserted.
There was no disorder, nothing was
disturbed. He called, nc one an
sWered.
But when he reached the last
room, that is, the one adjoining the
next house. he saw with amaSement
that q large hole had been cut In
the wall
"He went up to t. and his be
wilderment increased when he dis
covered that the opening led 70 .
open BY means OF implements lying
abandoned on the floor.
He instantly remembered that ln
No. 4, that Is, the next house, the
ground floor was occupied by Comte
a d'AbaEoli- -Yiscosa, eX-embassy at
ache and, as everybody knew, the
representative IN Paris OF the Ma
harajah Of
eco on" interrupted Nam im-
patiently, "and get at once 70 the
fact: I know all your titles
The comte ran his eve rapidly
over a few lines, then he went on
aloud:
Then the janitor understood the
whole affair. His tenant. as well
as the cook and valet were noChing
but skilled wall-cutters. knowing
that the Maharajah's jewels were
shut up IN Comte d'Abasoli- -ViscOsa's
safe, he had hired the adjoiniug
ground-hosr apartment, then pro-
fitted by the. comte's departure for
Cabourg where he owns q villa, %
make, according 20 their usual pre-
ceedinga. a hole that led directly
to the gems.
"But. as all the windows were
grated, and the disappearance Of the
bars might have, perhaps. been no.
tieed. they gave q sleeping potion
70 the janitress. who had drunk
without distrust with the servants
whom she knew and who, having
accomplished their object. could
pull the bell Of the box shem-
selves and vanish In the dark
ness II they had not forgot
ten to shut the door OF their
apartment many days would doubt
less have passed before the robbery
was discovered
''He instantly ran 20 the janitoF
OF No. 4 and informed hfn Of the
facts. The latter had the keys OF
his tenants apartment Calling q
policeman all three entered. Ths
comte's safe Is in his private office,
standing against the partition wall
OF the two houses, a fact undOubt-
edly known by the criminals and On
which they had built their plan
It seemed intact out
wardly, and nothing revealed that
the back had been removed and the
contents seized by bold hands.
I'VE will give. in another edition,
new details concerning this re-
markable robbery which, undoubt-
edly, amounts to several tens OF
millions, the exact amount cannot
be ascertained until the return OF
COmte d'Abazoli-Viscosa, who has
been informed by the chief Of the
detective bureau.
THE best detectives in the police
force have been dispatched in pur-
suit Of the criminals. who must be
the tenants OF the ground floor OF
No. g. Rue Vezelay. whose janitOr
has given an accurate description
OF them"
The comte stopped. Large drops
Of Precipitation were trickling down
his forehead. Crushing the paper
with a nervous gesture. he looked
at his companion and, shaking his
head, asked:
"Weu?"
CTO he CONTINUED TOMORROW