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Show CHARLES WELLS COMES TO GRIEF I ilau Who Broko the Bant a! Monte Carlo" Arrested for Fraud. Spc lal Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Jan. SL-ftiavle Wells, known all over Buioj as "Monte Carlo' Wells fiom the tact ni.it once broke Uir- iiank tit .Monte Carlo, has been arrested, ar-rested, together with ;i woman companion compan-ion aboard the yacht Bbtcolslor :ii mouth, on a elmrgs of obtalnly a mliliotn rrancs ($200,0001 by fraud. The ooupie are being b'rougllt to London fbr extra -dill. .ii :,. Paris, Wells, at the time ..f his wrest, was (raveling under the assumed name o( "Reberot" one of the many niiascs lie has frequently adopted, lie first came under tlie i ( h- law In London on January 17. 189U, When be waj arrested following h srks of Hensational win- j nings at -Monte Carl... At thai tme bo had won International notoriety as a gambler. -t his Irial the ehare was made that he brbke the hank tv a "sys tm." but he denied this, declaring hla winnings to br- ilne sob-iy to "mar link. -.!.) f. ii.,w. It's bally luck." H also as-sertr-i that he was backed by an American Ameri-can milllonafrt . i |