The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-05


and stabbed. bot fortunately. not
Killed Lecoq. thinking he recognized
he count and Raoul. decided that
they realized that the police suspected
them Of robbing the bank, and also /
that there must be an even greater |
mystery to unravel that had caused |
them to become would-be assassins.
Records were looked up and IN amas-
ing story came to light.
Lecoq discovered that years ago
Nine. Fauvel. then Valentine de Yer
berie. had been engaged to the counts
brother. CASTOR In defending her
name at q country inn, CASTOR had
killed q man and fed to America. al
though he was thought to have bees
drowned while escaping. A son was
born to Valentine and given away BY
her mother. Later she had married
Fauvel. who was told nothing.
The story was never unearthed I'M
til Count Louis had squandered the
family money and by mere chance had
heard Of the child's existence from an
old nurse. He made inquiries. Not
long after this, the CONT introduced a
young man to Nine. Fauvel as her son,
| to serve his own ends and to extract
hush-money. This young man was
called her nephew and proved to be
Raoul Layers.
The situation became even more
complicated. CASTOR returned from
America immensely rich, not knowing
Of the existence Of his son, but deter
mined to see his old love Valentine
once more. Louis. however. realized
that for his own ends, CASTOR and
Mme Fauvel must never meet. He
joined CASTOR in the south Of France
and got into his good graces. CASTOR
made a will, leaving everything to
Louis; then poor CASTOR became
mysteriously Ill and died. Louis re-
turned to Paris rich.
Madeleine seemed to wish to delay
her marriage. The count feared she
still loved Prosper, so he promised
Raoul large sum II he would in some
way ruin the cashiers reputation,
thinking thus to hasten his own mar
rage, as he really was in love with
Madeleine. The moment came when
Raoul overheard Prosper telling Gypsy
he constantly thought Of her at the
bank. He then went to his mother
and said he would shoot himself II he
did not have a large sum Of money
that very night to pay a gambling
, debt. She got for him the key to the
, safe. The poor lady had already given
him all her money and Jewels and had
nothing left to bestow. At the last
moment she tried to stop him, hence
the scratch that was discovered later
When she inquired how he knew the
. word that made up the combination
Raoul said that Prosper had given II
, to him and they were to divide the
I money between themselves.
e Owing to the anonymous letter, N
Fauvel intercepted his wife's mail, ant
o one day found letter from Raoul ask
. ing her to 60 to his villa. M. Fauve
= followed. and on entering and seeing
!, his wife in the arms of the young man
! pulled out his pistol to shoot, but for
y tunately it did not 60 of, as Gypsy
! who had become Madeleine's maid, I'm
, der Lecoq's instructions in order t,
q watch the house, had taken out tn
bullets. At this point the great detec
: Il tive appeared and told the banker tn
, whole story. He then demanded tn
$4,000 francs which had been stoleI
: II and Raoul returned the money; AM
: what was more remarkable still, LEGO
= showed them papers that prove
y Raoul was not Nine. Fauvel's so
al after all-her son had died-and tn
II impostor was the son Of jockey hire
n by the count to play the part SO as t
- secure money from Nine Fauvel a
= the time when the count was poo
a. before CASTOR had died.
q During the conversation Raoul ha
RI made his escape, but no one cared, fC
70 the Fauvels naturally wished to kee
"a the story secret, and it ended happil
n. for NJ. Fauvel forgave his wife he
X early indiscretions. Lecoq was ju.
40 about to arrest the count for his man
sv crimes when the wicked old man wer
nt insane and kept repeating constant
no that his brother CASTOR was poisonin
him. Strange to relate, the great l.
:. cog married pretty Nine. Gypsy, who
he had known and loved for year
~ Prosper. Of course, married Madelein
a and M. Fauvel retired from the ban
~, ~, The firm is now called Prosper Be
"a tony 4 Co. This amazing record
~ crime still remains in the police cou
=. in Paris and can be found in file N
'n 113.
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