The New York herald., 1922-01-08
PEN-POISON LETTERS
DISTURB FAMILIES
IN FRENCH TOWN
$4,000 Francs Offered for
Discovery of Author OF
Anonymous Missives.
VICTIMS BECOME INSANE
List of Delinquent Husbands
and Wives Posted on Pub
lie Building.
VICTIMS BECOME INSANE

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1893, on THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Jan. ..
A reward of $4,000 francs Is be-
ing offered for the discovery of the
author of hundreds Of anonymous let
ters which have thrown the highest
families Of Tulle, in the Department
of Correze, into state OF widest ex-
citement and have already sent two
victims to the insane asylum by the
revelation of sensational scandals in
volving their family life.
The letters are signed "The Tigers
Eye" Apparently they are the work
Of some one who has gone to great
lengths to learn the details of the
marital troubles OF his victims, while
he also knows every peccadillo of the
male and female population OF the
southern city.
SO far only ten persons lave been
violently attacked in these letters, put
scores of others have received hints that
they are on the list for future attention,
and the whole population is now sus-
picious of its closest friends and neigh
hors. The series of revelations started
last August, when early one morning a
long list was found posted outside the
door of the town hall This at first was
believed to bear merely announcements
of forthcoming marriages. Closer in
spection, however, disclosed that the list
actually gave the names of men and
women, mostly married, who had been
living double lives. So accurate were
the details that many of those nen-
toned Immediately left the town. while
other families tried to hush UP the scan
dal. The list remained before the pub
nc the entire morning and attracted inn
rlense interest.
Thereafter the letter writer confined
himself to single revelations. but the
thing was so arranged that the letters
were read by three or four families be-
FORE they reached the victims for whom
they were intended. For instance, one
Envelope bearing the address of Mon
neur Durand contained the request that
the contents after reading be passed on
TO Monsieur Dupont, but the details az
fected only n third party and naturally
the letter was transmitted to him after
the anonymous prosecutor had achieved
his purpose or spreading the information.
One letter signed with the name of a
respectable married woman purported to
give admissions of her conduct as well
as the confession that she was the
author of the mysterious letters. and al
though It IS now known that this was
merely another trick Of "The Tigers
Eye" to mystify the inhabitants of Tulle
il so preyed on the mind of the woman's
husband that he committed suicide a
few days after he had been admitted to
an insane asylum.
Another victim is a town official who.
when the revelations seemed TO indicate
that he alone was able to give certain
information. began confessing to the au-
thorship of the letters and is now on the
varRe of insanity, although his superiors
insist that he had nothing to do with 1t.
Az the police are not allowed to give re-
wards for the capture of such Offenders
the citizens have taken up a collection
and are threatening 60 lynch the culprit
as soon as sufficient evidence is obtained
to convict him.