The Herald of Wales. — 1890-05-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SENSATION OF PARIS.  A Deep Design to Murder one of the Richest Men of France.  Reads like a Romance of Gaboriau. France, nal its capital, Faris, is ever in the forefront of all that appertains to art; and not this only, in the way of atartling eriminalities they can work well up to the tales related by their famous detective Gaboriau. The latest sensation of Faris iP the discovery of the design to assaesmato Dr. Cornelius Herz, one of the best-known men in France. On Sept. 28th, 1888, an advertisement appeared in the Ropro, to the effect that a man who was willing and able to carry through a very dolieato and dangerous nudertakting was wanted. Marius Ansel, formerly • 'pedal polies eommireary, answered it, addressing his letter to the pools reeianie. In a few days he received a note from the advertiser, inviting him to meet him at a given hour at the comer of Rue de Lavoisier. At this and subsequent meetings, which were arranged by means of adveatisseensmts, theadvertieer promisea fifty thousand franca for the assassination of Dr. Cornelius Herz, who had, he said, trifled with the affections of a young lady. At that moment the intended victim was living at the Hotel Bedford, Rue de 1' Arcade. Amiel engaged • room next to that of the doctor, but he says that he only pretended to seek a means of committing the erime. In the end he succeeded in obtaining fifteen thousand francs as part payment in advance. Ones in of thatsum, he started withhis wife for Vcre:rx and there embarked on the 20th October, 1888, for Buenos Ayres. Amid remained several months there without seeking employment; but eventually obtained the post of railway inspector. He, however, found it impossible to stay where he was on account of several attempts made on his life, at the inetigation, he is convinced, of the mysterious individual who had sought to get him to murder Dr. Herz. Amid, therefore, returned to France, where he imagines his life is in less danger. Reaching Pane Avoid wrote to Dr. Herz, making a full einfession, enclosing the documentary evideuce, and warning him of the danger, and the affair will now be sifted to the bottom. He cannot say who his would-be assassin may be, but he has enemiss as well Sc numerous friends. After the Franco- .tissia• war he was made Knight of the Leglon of Honour. In 1880 Gambetta promoted hen to the grade of (Moir of the Legion of Hozwur for having been the promoter of the Electrical Exhibition at the Palais de l'lndustrle. After his introduction of the telephone into France, and after MM. de Rothchild Menet had, on his recommendation adopted M. Marcel Deprels invention for the trailSelliagell of force by electricity, M. Jules Ferry made him Commander of the Legion of Honour, and it was H. tie Freycinet who, later on, raised him to the dignity of Grand Officer. H. Herz is one of the richest men in France, and possesses a mita envied gallery of piethree in his mansion in the Acetate Henri 3Lartiu, and has jag purchased of General Meuabrea the se.guitieeut chateau he owned at Aix-les-Baius, close to the property belonging to Queen Victoria. Medic, extraccdruary part of the story is that Doctor Hem had nut one but several ruirrow escapee from poisoning when Andel, secorling to his own account, was in South America.