Evening star., 1924-07-27
SCORNEp WOMAN NJ
MOUREYS NEMESIS
Rejected, Girl Vowed Ven-
geanCe and for 19 Years
on Trail of Thief.
BY Consolidated Press.

BY Consolidated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-To the
proverbial fury of beautiful woman
Scorned. who for 10 years thereafter
aided the San francisco police in
Keeping relentlesSly on the trail of a
man who once cast her aside, may be
directly attributed the death sentence
just imposed in Paris on Gabriel
Aiphonse Mourey, former San Fran
CISCO, New York and international
crook.
Mourey is veritable personifica-
ton of the famous criminal of fiction.
Lone Wolf" He was sentenced this
week to the guillotine for attempt
ing to burSlarize the home of Albert
X. Shattuck, New York banker. while
armed.
Mourey has been a thorn in the side
or the police of three continents for
almost a score of years. He obtained
ms ms hrst start in his career of spec
II develops that his former sweet
heart, whom he first met in this city
and whom he later deserted in New
, nnrk, following the sensational $780,
~ ~ burglary of the Shattuck home, is
me feminine Nemesis who was large
~ responsible for his capture tn
Paris. "
Obtained Much Loot.
Oisa Bollat. formerly beautiful
nelle OF the French colony here. and
me me daughter of a rich and prominent
'frencn family. is the 'Scorned wom-
an. She is now in Paris, where as
a final elimination of her love for
hlourey. which later turned to bitter
nalred. she is expected to be one of
nose who will watch him go to his
hIc
muted.
Mourey was burglar, safe blower,
pdnuit or Whatever other kind of
criminal promised big returns. He
worried the San Francisco police for
an entire year. back in 1905. with his
daring exploits in crime. His loot
Tor IL months of operations here
aggregated more than $4,000, which
was an immense sum for criminals
IN those days. Finally he was cap
aured, but the police were unable. to
convict him of anything except minor
burglary. which sent him to San
quentin prison for three years
Disowned by Family.
1t was while posing as a social lion
by day and plying his career Of
crime by night that Mourey met and
won the heart of beautiful and youth
ful olga Boi1at. When arrested and
sent to prison she stood Loyalty by
him. Because of her affair with
Mourey she was disowned by her
family and driven from home When
Mourey was released from prison
Olga Boilat accompanied him east
ward. In New York year later.
when she was about to become a
mother. Mourey deserted her. Her
child was born namelesS and died
shortly after birth. 1t was then that
the Young French girl. who had
sacrificed everything for her crook
lover swore to he avenged. She
communicated with the San Fran
cisco police detectives. furnishing
them with information regarding
several of Mourey'S crimes in this
city, which caused them Immediately
to seek his arrest.
Police records here show that two
years after she was deserted Olga
Boilat again became the mistress of
Mourey. After that she accompanied
him wherever he went-firSt to South
America, later to Europe and finally
back to America. Wherever she ac-
companied him she always communi-
Gated with the police here. Time after
time, acting on her information, San
Francisco authorities sought Mourey's
arrest in various places but he always
moved on just before the hand of the
law could reach out to grasp him. 1t
was in New York in 1922, following.
Mourey. who by this time had become
an international lone wolf" among
criminals. that he deserted the Boilat
woman d second time.
Posing as a butler, he had secured
employment in the palatlal Shattuck
home and later executed one of the
biggest burglary coups in American