Show I IIII rim Til cn ci 1 I ov over oler r rAll All the tile it have hat been found ind hav r received sentence Mm Mimic hunt Hum h Inert rt and An 1 list her a 11 l Such to Rye fIo yea is anti and to one hundred fine fino Emile vas Willi f to two y years rn I t was nr 1 to three yuan oars Mine M Humbert will vilh undergo solitary con COli confinement during theIr term of Imprison Imprisonment merit ment The trial 1101 wa was a tar far nit from l lne 50 o In III an He was wall ae the Iho revelation of ot the gigantic swindle le one of the Iho great ept ell mot most audacious and dazzling In criminal U Jl hud hail nit nil the tho gh gla mour flour of Monte and antI were Dumas Duma living today he hI surel stirel would give Ivo It a U among his Celebrated Crimes Crime Tho lime neutral central figure In the oi CA case o Is la e Humbert I nee lice She Sine was born In 1805 5 nor nOAr Toulouse Her father was waR n a 1 broken down farmer lanner much given to 10 dreaming This Thin faculty was lUS Inherited mint riled by b thu th daughter who developed 11 and made matlo dreams come true As n in child chilli shu sho listened to stories nf ot inheritances Inh about to fall fail to 10 the tho filially family They fell lell In fruitful soil coll and a t mere mero girl she shi ob oh obtained tamed credit for tor a 0 trousseau from the tho Toulouse merchants and all nih on the strength of ot an nn approaching marriage to If an 1111 young man of or Dor Ibor deaux When the Ihl fraud wins was discovered her hel fathom was forced to 10 lIcit ecu hit his form farm to satisfy the tho demands of the merchants me twin from whom the purchased had been heen made Scott Boon after afier title this the fatally family moved to Toulouse c There Thero Thereto began her wonderful career In tine the early carly iOs she showing government bonds bonde to very Wf considerable amounts thereby gaining credit for household hous hol expense nut Hut ton for rome some Inexplicable reason tIne the bonds could coull not at lit that time limo be Lie real tied hll on She Sho said they were lice hor fath lath fathers father lathers ers er Whoso they were or whence they came no one olle knew Out lint people wonder wondered ed enl ant weme et more snore or less spellbound by this display of at the tine evidences of at wealth One neighbor Humbert a 1 professor In tIme the University of at Toulouse n a Of or France and anti n fL a man man n n ulm who n a Of or France and anti n fL a man man n n ulm who was vas Increasing his professional proCessional and amid po prestige canto came to believe bellove In old man nan In or re the time two families united Fred Frederic I red eric orlo Humbert only son of ot tIne the senator married There e while Ills his only ony daugh daughn daughter tel tee Alice Humbert married I The Tine destinies of ot the tine two families welco teme now one Papa Humbert believed his hie was a groat graat heiress nod began to 10 tell his friends so To fa his hl friend and colleague Senator Constans he lie Imparted the In Information information formation About this time tine the young oung couple I moved to Paris where they lived In a manner HO so modest ns fiS to be almost I mean On the strength of her for fortune fortune tune IUM that was to 10 come como by Inheritance Thereso began to borrow Senator I Humbert completely under the once care of his hll wonderful v I lent countenance to 10 her Iner tales A loan Ion 11 of ot some thousand francs was vas effected When Winon the debt became I due and ond tins the lender leader Importunate he Its Will put oil off with tales of at Inheritances I first from some rich Portuguese then from flom a L wealthy American After much trouble anti and more anxiety I ho Ito got his Oils mummy This Thus n In ISS 1112 and antI was preparatory to 10 the Introduction of at the tine Crawfords Crat rd mad and their millions It was Os OsIn In this year that the tine Humberts moved unto Into n a handsome In one of at tine the best bet In 11 Paris The Tine grand ca caleer leer jeer was opening Many loans were made madl and moro more shifts to 10 avoid paying them Mme Thence Th r o Humbert In III the Ih splendid for tor her year of ot bought tine tile Chateau de tie II and the Iho Cha Clint Chateau de ties Vps ies au aux Her borrowings and debts this year amounted to tine tho very wry princely sum aum of at nearly two antI and antIa n a halt half million dolors dolau Some Sonne of or the tine loans had hall been heen mado through tine the elder eider Humbert minister of ot Justice In the tho Re De cabinet Financial success had come comA Now How 01 followed political ambition Mm Mote P The Thereso Therese Therese rese reso through nil all history she ho will with 1 he known as ns Mine Thereof TherON founded a n sa so salon sohon lon Ion To It II with the nce of her Senator Humbert well ell known members of at tho tine best sods ty t timid and leaden of ot political The Tine Humbert house hOUM became a n political ren ten Humbert house hOUM became a n political ren ten rendezvous of at tho tine first order artier To ma mo damns s r anti luncheons connie come statesmen jurists artists literati Tine Tho debts grew Lore creditors were pressing their demands still everything I went ent m merry rry ns as a marriage bell ball line Tho story of It thu tho rich e hav bitt having hl bitting ing been exploded the Iho story that brought th the first Ont loan of at thouSAnd francs trun the Crawford tale tile i wan vas now put forth And whet what a 1 tab It I 11 in Nowhere H 14 I there thre anything like Ilk It II not 1101 cren even In the Ih wonderful Thou Thousand and and One Ule isles It 11 first appeared October 31 U US It was Tn thus hu In Inn the early We Tho saved d by lIy devoted nursing tho the life lit of ot a 1 traveling millionaire Crawford In iii 1877 1811 h he expired 0 nt at Nice leaving lavin her In token of ot his mm gratitude his hi winnie who hole fortune nf ot In USI 1181 appeared Robert Crawford ord anti and Crawford of ot the tho d J They The 1 a awill will of or the same lamp alec and unto date which divided tho equally among the two n nephew Crawford soil Maria of or Therl subject to t a it SiS 27 OI OG annuity to 10 being th the p wi ii or of or each the r Crawford were more nolle Itou lIou of ot canIng out their uncle uncles dying with wish that thai marriage unite the he e Crawford and D r than of add adl lag ing to ho th their heir lr already ample millIons I b I being fIng married they the propos th the of ot Maria MArl to one arms of oC them wu was AI but a schoolgirl They w were re to await wait Meantime tiny th tine prows propos d 41 1 minI and the Humberts n A accepted l the Crawford was Will in to be lw guardian of oC he the VIo n tines tance nt ee the tha Income nf of f which th eh she was waa wa to In tOrts draw II for the annuity Annuli which was wall hm hers l In any tin fin event fOnt The principal nf In the French rifles was wan to tf be he e locked In inn a n fireproof safe ute to l tie 10 e owned opened only In r 1 tho tine presence of at all nil three When Maria should become the tho bride of ot f n a 1 Crawford tho tim whole wInnie sum lIum should bo bl her dowry All these things had l iwen ven minute dow but hut th Ihl the l were VerI remiss In minnie lUme de do detail donil tail loll nil Therefore October r 31 the tine Humbert obtained a n legal Ugal summon on time thu t to III Ibl th ni lo to oxe axe IUle ettle their It 11 witS on Ott u It nt nit n a 1 IurU hotel and amid a It Crawford visited Par In imi Havro I and 1111 td to him hlll thin tho handling of or the rost Thus thi tinni l titmice Unco obtained In III the courts which tho Iho were mere careful to maintain Jl by br I Interminable The Tine ern II were vure IU suing lU and sued In III the tIne courts therefore they existed The Flue Crawfords only over terms they the admitted tine the Crawford wills willa mind and th the e therefore the theu u These Theu documents dealt With an nn of ot therefore that existed exl Nothing could bo lID r than this fabric of or fraud yet jet ft so VIII trots It woven thai It deceived Christian und Jew alike and anni few fow money lenders of ot Franco France vere un unwilling unwilling unwilling willing to 10 open ollon their eoff coffers rn to so ito H rich richan richan an who tumid paid 11 such percentages Tint Tho Th soiling nt or time the new now story star the mansion In inn tine ho Avenue A He fit Granule IlL iii o 0 Armee bought boughtIn In usa frem the creditor creditors of oC Count I who trim by the transaction merely mere became creditors tho the I lavishness of or the ond entertain entertainment ment the tho association of ot tho time highest In France Franceali all helped to 10 give tine the fraud nn inn apparently solid basin of oC flet timid mill the perpetuation of oC the tho by up lip tine the through perfectly lawful proceedings lIngK In la the Ule courts vas tas ns a II stroke of genius G nothing lens leM Bo So It canoe came about that Theresa Therese Humbert by bv borrowing of Peter to pay Piul and then hen paying Paul aul only enough to her credit good for tot more was aide able to I maintain her position an as the rich ruin heiress and one of or the great ladles of ot France to it tine t 10 very er end Most of ot her h r operations were conducted In itt her own name nume but html when vInen V creditors pressed sine ulic had recourse to 10 that of DC I le he e elong long in which she he secretly maintained a tint fiat In the tine Place Tho rho hub bubo bubble ble ide was never meyer mote more than Just juat before It burst On the night of et May 0 G 1502 blazing with Jewels Jewell sine phe occupied her tier 1000 box at the opera one ofle of or tim the first In inn the he French rench republic On May 7 i 1902 tome BIC wan waK a Il miserable fungi fugi fugitive l tive tte front from Justice Shrewd lo to the last las lassbo shun hid among tIle the great crowds to 10 Madrid by b King ICIng Alfonsos accession In lit Madrid she abe remained while tine the po Pu pollen lice llen of oC four tour continents sought her and amid while tine the cables were busy bus reporting arrests of ot suspected persons In manY pants of oC the time worM world And whether or not with the tine connivance of or the police In Madrid she stayed seven months until December 10 1802 1902 During her swindling operation opera 1 covering more than twenty years It Is I estimated that Therose Humbert float floated ed ci pUller paper to the tine amount of or not mat less than J S In III this enormous figure Is Included of ot course cOUrBe bonuses renewals transfers and new nW loans to pay old ones Her actual In Indebtedness today toda In IK figured roughly at al above abole Much of at this Is U retire by b autos after atte this the con cant conclusion conclusion of ot my Tn Ten creditors dead either by suicide or as ns pagination must Ira IX Ik added to 10 the total nt fit of t her responsibility p 5 b ill nt fit of t her responsibility p 5 b ill How lIow easy Is lit the descant to The Tho millions the reputation tine the glory and the tine glamour nil il 11 are aro gone and amid an 1 In their place mace have come caine poverty disgrace tine the dungeon cell What a 1 marvelous thing lining It all was how Haw many man and how liow distinguished wore were w re the dupes dupeK of ot Madame Therese Therose It Is nil au over and nn the tho past paRt Is pMt past Yet who ruin cnn but ex ox exclaim claim when wh n reading of the truly trub won wonderful wonderful wonderful and unique career of oC the tine danish daush ter ler of ot the th ro tJ dreaming farmer lIt t Toulouse Great la Therese e I of or the tine Humberts I II I |