Show I t L vv t f i I Glittering Street of Jewels That Lures I Audacious Swindlers I I Rue Ruc de dc la in Paix in Paris is One of the thc Best Guarded Streets in the thc World V and Yet it Has Ilas a Series of Folk Into Trying Their Writs Wits Against It I AlliS March Surely there thereA Ii Iia P A who presides preside over vel that gloaming gleaming scintillating II lit tit tte street treet th lb the Ito Hue de mis la lit Iatt 1 who windows window are arc re Wiled with more rare rrt und and wonderful jewels Jewl titan than van ton vanbo be bo icon aen In any ny other thoroughfare In Inthe Inthe the tb world Tat ThU sorceress eon la I the th deity delli nut not of or summon thieves Ihl and vagabonds but nf if audacious adventurer who wh could uld make mk a 8 fortune honestly but hut are arc r bewitched and nd prefer to live tive on thou their wHa S nM iw pO t way S draws draw Mo d Ut It Ia lie knowing klag w well H II IH that t It la Is one uC ur time aa as well as the mo moat t bill bril brilliant of ot streets treet The Tb Hue flue Ku de 4 la Ia I Paix In is I one on of nr th the 1141 shortest In Purls Just three little block protected at Ht one on end a aIt as ae asIt It were w by that va vast t circle cIrri the Vendome ome and nd at the other end by byth byth th tb rushing hurrying the Ih Avenue Au de df What fascinated shopper ebo or of today ever r associates this street ef sit o thin things with any ny other name than tItan Hue ile il 11 Ia la Yet et prior to U It Ma was w mauled called lIet the Hue Ru Napoleon hem H It ItI itIs IH Is I that treasures of ot untold value alue lind fint lindS n S temporary abiding plate place fur for three quarters quarter at of all 11 the th shops hop on the I street are r In the possession of ot the The Th somber imber and majestic m lIc shop of or with Its It pillars pilla of o dark green marble and ami Its II Imposing yet dis display dl play ply of lIe Jewels In is In strict accordance R with the noble Place In the llie center of or which I is the th commemorative column In honor o of Napoleon I but bul farther on shops shop appear par In more mort brilliant drew Ir with my guy fronts to more mor quickly catch the eye e and lor plate It glass gla win windows wind window dow dows d sheltering masses maca m of or colored reins gems reminding one of ot the sparkling bed beds of or flowers flower lIow strands of o pearls the Ih choicest offering of o the th see sea e are arc attractively arranged 1 to III bewilder and delight the trolling strolling pedestrian Then come ome om the th houses boU over which are such magical names as a Doucet etc Modesty In exterior appearance predominates here Tb building yen ten rally trally are aglow the year yar round with bright flowers flower and nd trailing vines vine In their rows roW of nr window boxes boXA nicking making a continuous gala al effect from rom one ca n end n d 1 of or the street to the th other It In III at t the shrine of or the jewelry J shop ho windows Indo however that the Ih parsing public pubU loiters loiter and lId contemplates contemplate The Tho woman In ermine stands side Id by hy h side Aid with the Ibe lb poorly little sewing Ing girl III or the man malt In patent leathers ha haat h ht has at t hi hIs elbow Ibo the tbs man mn with the tbs Ih flAtch shoe hn Hut lOut It II Is I the th high lUll class cia swindlers who whim h must most of nr eli all succumb to 10 the th lure litre of o th lb little street and nd elaborate precaution are a adopted by b the th Ih shopkeepers shopkeeper anil 1 the Ih municipal authorities of Part Irle to outwit them STAFF II Mingling In lInK with Ith the Its crowds crowd are ton doson tono of o quietly dressed eil alert rt looking mm mII of o the stag staff of or the Ih famous M 1 chief of or the th Parts Part police whose bos brains brain are re veritable rogues galleries They rail can all recognise on sUnlit light most moat ur of the greet great International thieves thieve Hint slid almost any ny day Ita thu th careful reul observer may m so one nn ur of them step l t p up to a 11 man or a hd comely dressed woman and nd whisper a ard word rd or two hu after which the person merson I on actuated quickly leaves Ie the street Every Iery greet great jeweler jewel too I no maintains at t one nn private detective who whim makes make It his hi bl business to 10 know kIlO the per persons peron person sons son on who are ci t likely to 10 covet ovet his hi em eni employers rood goods and every shop shui I I ii equip equipped pad ped d with a C battery of 01 burglar alarms Alarm and d electrical device to 10 outwit the th vulgar vulgar gar CRr thief who might to 10 break In at night or to 10 snatch natch a of or glittering wealth during the th il day dayI y yI I tried a IL few how lay days ago to In net get an all of or if the tim total toti wealth lIh contain 1 I Iiii In iii this little street but no one olle eu would venture ventu to 10 make nl one No N one as a mat matter ter Ir of or fact knows for a small and nd In Insignificant Insignificant significant smite anfe te may my conceal jewels jewel jt we worth million while the showiest shop hop of or all aU may sell el 11 more me paste 1 titan than real reul 1 tone stones At any an rate rat the tit value vallie of fir the merchandise III the Ih Hue nu dit ds d la Ia I Paix runs run well Into the lb billion of ot dollars dollar And Ami nd It Is I safe afe to 10 say y that at al this Ihl very r moment mont half a dnn beautiful women and smartly dressed dm distin men man among on the be throne In the Hue But de tip la I a Paix are tl brain brins worthy of ot better employment In listening out schemes scheme hm to outwit the Ib shopkeepers u and nd add to 10 the Ih lIt limit of f r human humn dramas dram that have h come eimm m to a R ahead ahead head In this thu little iitti avenue of o tempia temptation tin tion Of Ot ROGUS ARCh The TIt Intent we ot f t the to come coot to tc light helps help to t show bow that Part Pari which prides Itself on It I its cleverness l I las ls as easily lIy swindled a any an other rich capital where her society Is IN I by 1 title This was watt tIm the adventure of ot tit tie bogus Archduke of o Austria and his hi American merl wife wit who rented a fine n man mansion mansion sion alon on the Ih aristocratic Avenue en KIe and with lIh their Innumerable servants luxurious automobile and thorough thoroughbred t broil bred horse hor give gave 01 a new point to tip the theold th theold old proverb All AU 11 Is not gold KOhl the tha glitters It was not nol surprising that a n royal ro ol archduke should wish to escape pe undue undu publicity by taking the Ih nom de di If plume plum plum of or Count de 4 d a common rommon pra practise pratie tise tie of or n royalty while hll staving In itt Paris unofficially King KIne often comes Mm Incognito In while the queen qu mother mothe mol he of or Italy seldom cornea m role tin lin tinder der dr the Ih title 1111 of or u Therefore when the archduke a um m d the thu t title of ot o count suspicion wa w was not arous aroused rota d by the th change hn of ot name Mr 1 Von Beck time the Ih false rl Countess O de II 4 Is I split said to 10 have haY Ue n brought un tin In iii the Ih most refined fined erie In New X Y York rk consequently she abe he wit wee well 11 able bl to In fl till her hr role a as the wife wit of on An n archduke 0 ott of nf the Ih swell on onh the h street of powerful charm w wea III approached by the Ih count and nd hi ItIs wife after art a II proper Introduction hy hS a Span Spanish l tn ish Ih marquise living here h Their bJ r was to n purchase t lewels and after atti securing ur ing perth porth rth of ot gem gate they t left Ift Their arrest and n consequent and nd sentence to long Ion terms of or Impels m in n ment wa was the th unpleasant outcome of o this Ihl flu spectacular affair One mop of ot the th trant tranget exposures x of ot a l similar kind was that of Col nt 01 A tall unit and man mn with a blond moustache mou dressed In II th I lie strikingly elaborate borI uniform of or a colonel of or the Ih mounted guards guard ur or Bus Rus Russia HuI sia pis I alighted from an n automobile of mm t the th most luxurious de design anti and nd entered the th shop hop of or the th Ih famous jeweler Canker artier In Inthe inthe the Ih Hue Bum lit de 4 la Ia I HI Ills HIM haughty War bear WarIng lug Ing In and stately manner Immediately suggested an aristocrat rt flier I wh who deemed dm himself a Jud Jude e of or the th classes Ia waited on nn him personally with much deference The Th colonel Ilon the II attentive ansi and expectant jeweler hU his hi card on which was engraved ved Col Count explaining at th Ih Ihm the slime m time that thai he h was a descendant of or the th famous lien den 0 who fought against Napoleon Ion and anil volun volunteering leering I further the 1 that he lie h was In iii Paris charred charged with a specs I mission to 10 the Ih French council of war warThe warThe The Th Importance of this man mn of tiC ele dc 1 nc was wa now thoroughly Impressed on the susceptible earlier crt anti and when the lit th count asked to tim tc see his It Un nn Uncut ret cut t necklaces the d proprietor promptly s t 1 before him some setie of nf t his hili holt choicest strings The Th count seemed a R ur end and after a careful cumin examination lIln selected a beautiful necklace worth nearly The Tb order given Iv he hi h Instructed the jeweler to send nd It II to 10 his hi hotel the Grand Ond After he h left IU tha lb Ih jew jewelers J JI elers I absolute trust wavered r to 10 the ex cx extent co tent Int that he h directed III the clerk derk not t t to deliver the Ih pearls pearl to the Ut colonel with without without withOut out receiving In the th money mony for them The Th clerk on OIl arriving at 1 the Ibe Ito tl wa shown MOwn up u to 10 a private apartment that the III count occupied for which h he h paid pahl trIO a day slay The Tb count was wilting walling for tar him He lie t k front from his hi franca In notes nol and nd rants francs In paper r rubles ruble saying paying that he h had no more Inon on him Just Ju I at t present pUtt and ta taking a aking king his hl hi witch watch th out nut of nr if his hi pocket P kt re remarked marked maed carelessly that It was waa past tl I I I and the h money mony changers shops were r rinsed oiled The Th unsuspecting took look the money and nd handed bonded had the Ih count the pre pee precious r CloUD cious box of o pearl The next t day y when han artier CarUer took look the money moMY to the Itt bonk bank to 10 tol tx l 1 deposited he h was w informed that thai th Ih the money mony In la rubles ruble had tacit been en called In from In Russia a number of ot years year YC slim ago B That very r night the th bonus bogus count left In the tho th Grand a rand hotel boel aa a mind effectually as a though he hal hail ha evaporated In a cloud loud of or smoke oIe CAMS cAll OP OF Perhaps lh one of the most moat theatrical of o swindling cae c prompted by the tho car sor ef of the th Rue Ru de di la ii Pal latA had It be beginning b ginning In Nice N the beautiful winter resort an on the th Riviera which attractive pot spot drew the Duke of f U It II Its chore Mb with a view to locating besting r there The Th duke wit WK a grandee e of o of the first rank anti and nd was w known knowl to 1 be he the th possessor r of a large fortune After n a careful aft ul Inspection of or the rent able bl mansion he fIlially concluded to take lak the th superb urb villa 11 which belonged to 10 the widow of or the Ih architect who designed dIn the Opera Opens There Th he h Installed u m retinue Unu of or servants servant stocked tock the wine win reuses cellars 11 with delirious delicious old lii wines added a great t deal dettl of or rich furniture to that already In the villa and superintended the buying baying buln of o floe fine nn horses ho and automobile The shop bop kIM and merchants merchant when looking up UI his hi credit found he be had deposited In the Credit In their ledge of n hi his comfortable bank ac ar account account count he hp was waa given unlimited credit mind and nd no settlement when Nt for fee forThe er erTh The Th dukes duke duk friends were w rather gus ques questionable In type Flashily dressed women mn and ond men mn with decidedly sportive tendencies were wen the th constant guests guest ot at I Finally the Ih duke duk came cm cameto cameto to Parts lrI and nd to the fatal Rue Ru de 4 Ia la Halx his hi chief object t being the th pur purchase purchase ur urha chase ha of o jewels jewel He lie H went Into the th jew jewelry J elry Iry hop shop of Boucheron where he h bought magnificent diamonds diamond handing the Ih proprietor a cheek check fur fr accepted pt the th check hk after he h had hd first nt telephoned tel to the tb Credit Lyonnais Lyonn to 10 see If the tb duke had a de 4 posit there He lie was waa Informed that the luke duke had an n account of oC tI tIned fled ned with the tho answer the th jeweler turned over vr to him him the th case rase containing the I h die dia diamond mends mond A little later In the th slay day Bouch Boucheron rem ran sent nt his hi clerk to the bank to cash h the check hk and nd he be was told that the th duke had withdrawn his hi money just Jut justan an n hour previous The Thi false tle duke duJe was waa wasa w a person named n med Rose Hoses It and nd he had been beena n na a servant rant to the tb reel real 1 I uke of or Coeli 0 11 In How the servant senant could play lilay I the master muter and nd keep keel k up the Ib delu delusion sion hum fur for two t n month without detection U iii I one on of those fasts facts that tat la is I stranger lit ra I Ithon than thon fiction lie Ile If wa was a caught six Ix month afterward at Lyons and warn waa w sent t to t prison for or eight years YM and d lIaM Hoed H JO JOAN AN ARTIST IN CHum CHumA A veritable shoal lo of ot these th wily wl sharks visited Parts Paris last autumn One Cm On was w a take fake f count runt who succeeded ut d In selling Belling Hi to toan 1 an un artists daughter a false ra Troyon Tron This Th mn man n called cI himself the Count oat de do dechabert chabert Another for audacity end and n exceeded coo anything that has baa b been n described In the th criminal courts court crt for tor many miny a day In September last a aman man ln named Bruno went et to live at I rt a me suburban town giving his bla hi name nal IH his and nd saying Ina that tt he hela h was mica la head hiatt h of or the tb police pollee pol office under U M Bruno Hru rented ranted a large lar house hW kept three th servants and mend apparently led lod ledi ledl l i ansi and d quiet life lt with hi his always alway es elegantly dressed d wife They Thy were wee much muth i ted by the tow townspeople who were ero erot greatly t ul d one un morning to tf nee as asa u a 1 number of policemen dod descend on the tl house hoU of or their neighbor and bring him hint foi ril th lb a prisoner Bruno Brun wa w was a fugitive from Justice and amid It I wa not nol until after attra al a I hn mg Id careful search h that he hi b wa was w finally located In the thu little Ille village vII of or Clamart passing Itta a as a high h police poll of or official Hi H HI was warn an In crime that men PIn for It de developed eloped after hi hil arrest mt that h he had ht borrowed considerable sum UI from rom the th local police pol J 1 H ii DUVAL |