The Herald of Wales. — 1888-11-03 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

HOW HE OAREIED ON HIS BWINDLEB.  Although the trial of Prado, the reputed maresrer of Marie the marohande de so:trims, of the Rue lama.M, barn been fixed I for May, 6, it;,is quite possible, writes the Paris . correspondent of the Dirgrapd, that it may be postponed, owing to the premature publioadon of the aote d'aeormation, or indicameet, by the Miles newspaper. Prado's tenure, in feet, intends to ink for the adjournment of the trial, and also to bring an action for chimeras emotmttoll4,ooo against the newspaper. Preoeecllags well also be taken by the Government against the Matin,as thepoUleation of an indictment before Blum been read in court is punishable under the law of July, 1881. Fred's lie end career are most minutely eel for.h in be document, whiob reads like a long extract rom the pages of G iborian. Au has already been related the seamed was by turn sailor, soldier, gambler, swindler, and general adventurer. Aftae having served with the Oarliata,Prado, alias Oottot Linska de Certillon, wet to Peru and in Lima he married a lady who brought him a dowry of £48,C00. The lady died suddenly, and Prado, who had gambled away £16,000 of the dowry, was sent away from Lima by the lady's family. the Count next appeared at Oporto, in Portugal, where he robbed • jeweller's shop, and entered the place again • few weeks ',Stew in order to leave • letter for the Jeweller on his counter, and in which oommuWeston the burglar coolly told his victim to took carefully after the pleas. From Oporto Prado went to Madrid, where be opened • gambling saloon, oheated a lot of Greeks supposed to se sharp as lammed out of • large sum of money, and got £2,000 from a venerable senora of idxty to whom he nude love. In 1879 he married Dolores Game y aid to be demanded from the king' of Arragon. She brought him £7,000, and is now starving in • garret in Madrid. In 1883 Prado came be Paris, where he made the acquaintance of Eugenie Forester, who has given most incriminating information •xsiniit him. Marie Agnetan wee marderedin circumstances which have already been detailed, In January, 1886, and immediately after the mime Prado left Paris suddenly. Forester was in the meantime struck by the description of the presumed murderer which was given in the papers, but being fond of the fellow she heal tated be ore °azimut:toe deg her snapkdona to the police. Prado went to Bordeaux where he met a young woman named Couronneau, whom he seduced under promise of marriage. In Bordeaux he stole £4OO from a jeweller, and, returning to raris, be boldly annexed diamonds and precious clones worth .610,000 from M. Limner), 'ilia a jeweller. That operation, however, oust Prezio his liberty, and perhaps his life, for he was arrested after • struggle with the police, one of whom he wounded. Shortly afterwards a whole band his accomplices, male and female, and of varof one nationalities, was likewise captured. Mugenie Forester gave the pollee indications. respecting Marie Aguetan's jewellery, some of whirl was given to her by ?redo and acme sold in Madrid. In Dime:lobar, 1837, Prado wrote from Masse Prison to Forestier,saking her to save him, and promising that he would then devote his life le her. This is regarded by the judges ea tantamount to an acknowledgment o the crime; bat, in any ear., the webs have been drawn tightly around the aeoused, and be Is not likely to be able to oleaehimaell. In the meantime, the detective. have arneted twelve swindlers in the South of trance who belonged to the Catase, and probably to the Allmayer band. Among them is • woman named Flora, who was well known to the gamblers of Monte Garb. Parisians will therefore have a number of attractions in the shape of emmational trials daring the ensuing month.