MONTE CARLO WELLS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 101, 27 April 1912, Page 17

MONTE CARLO WELLS.

EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS. At Bow-street. London, the second week of March, before Sir Albert de Rutzi the extradition case In which Charles de Ville Wells, alias Lnclen Rivler, of Monte Carlo fame, and Jeanne Burn, otherwis,, Palrls, wanted by the French police ou a charge of obtaining money by false preiencfs. was resumed in the Extradition court. The prisoners were arrested on the yacht Harbinger at Falmouth, and the charge against them is one of having obtained ty false pretences about £10,000. Wells appeared in the dock in a smart yachting dress, and the femalf. prisoner was also fashionably attired. At the ontset Mr Fra-mpt.cn said he should submit there was ample evidence to commit both accused, but as lie should have to ask the magistrate to order c-rtala documents to be sent hack to France with them, he proposed calling evidence as 10 certain transactions carried on by the. prisoners. A YACHTING AND TRADING CLUB. Frank Richard Sella rs. a witness from Somerset House, spoke to the Excelsior Yachting and Trading Club i Limited) being registered in March 1011, the signatories to the articles of association being Charles-dc Ville and Jeanette do Ville. The nominal capital was £20.000. with registered offices in High Holborn. Only two signatories' shares were taken up. Other evidence was given that the club opened an account at Barclay's Bank. Fleetstreet, and operations on that acconnt followed. The account was opened by Charles de Ville with a payment of C4C.00. There was at present a balance of £1100 odd remaining. Tbe manager a.t Barclay's Bank said be knew nothing of the female prisoner in connection with the transactions. He knew the male prisoner as Dc Ville. " A LITTLE FORTUNE." Inspector Nlckals, who arrested the prisoners at Falmouth, produced a minutebook which he found on board the yacht Harbinger relating to the Excelsior Yachting and Trading Club. One minute authorised the purchase of a yacht at a sum not exceeding £1000. Witness also found two letters addressed to the female prisoner by the male prisoner from Paris. In one the. male prisoner wrote stating in terms of endearment, "To-morrow I shall hand to Mr Turnem, clerk, £1800 for you, my loved one." In the second letter the male prisoner wrote: "I have just banded to your solicitor £1800 to add to your 111 tie fortune. To-morrow I think of adding some more money. I love you so much, so much. I ! shall look after you, for you are before everything— body, my heart, and my soul. lam waiting to squeeze you tightly in my devoted arms to-morrow. I shall have copies of your mortgages. All you mortgages amount to 150.000 francs. 1 hope you will love mc not for 150.000 francs, but for millions.'' MUTUAL WILLS. Witness said he also found on iho yacht copies of two wills, ore of Charles .-> Ville azd the other cf Jearjette de YTI-. Flmh devised and bequeathed their real and personal property to the other. The male prisoner -made his bequest to "Jeanette Burns, now living with mc, known as Jeanette de Ville." At this stage the hearing war •j'.louxned.