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Dr. T. Gans, the noted archeologist Frank Tarbeaus, the most daring inter shortly to British Honduras," accompan

and expert on Mara, who is returning, national crook, known to the police ofed by Lady Richmond Brown and Mr. three continents, gambler, confidence Mitchell-Hedges, in order to explore fur man, and desperado, is now in custody ther the ruins of the wonderful Maya in Ottawa on a charge of obtaining city, that he and his companions' dis £20,000 by fraudulent bucket shops. covered early this year, has had some Scotland Yard has been duly informed remarkable experiences in his work. of the fact.

"One of my most terrible experi- Tarbeaux alius Taylor, is known inences, said Dr. Cann to an interviewer, the United States as the Prince of occurred at Banque Viejo. Beneath Confidence Men," and he was the central

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great artificial mound upon which the figure in the great" Cutlass Case" main temple stands there runs a stone- which thrilled London, years ago. Ho lined-passage ft. in diameter. has been all over the world in his career,

crawled in on bands nad knees, and is famous for his desperate courage. taking with me a small torch made of Frank Tarbeak has had an extra splitpitch pine. After penetrating for crdinary career, writes the Evening about 8 or 10 yards I suddenly looked REGULAR SAILINGS ARE MAINTAINED AS FOLLOWS- Standard. Be is getting an old man and saw that I was within a few feet now, but he has figured in every quarter of a huge lift. would, the Central Ameri- CALCUTTA HONGKONG JAPAN LINE...EVERY TEN DATE of the world as a man of daring methods raised, and his tongue fickered in and HONGKONG-MANILA LINE

can boa constrictor. His head was SHANGHAI HONGKONG LINE and desperate courage.

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ONCE A Coway) ".

He was born Mexico, of French Creale extraction, and in his youth was a cowboy-a good training. Gradually he took to gambling," keeping, faro bank and other devices, and worked his way up through Texas and Dakota.

It was in the United States that he met Lionel Woodward, akne Musgrave, who came of a good New England family.

Finally, early in 1884. Tarbeaux and Woodward came to London. They took

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a. house in Stanhope Gardens, Kensing Fortunately, my own negro had ton, at £400 a year rent. Woodward was arrived from the Hon. Lionel Musgrave, posing as an rejoiced to hear his cheery shout in an American senator and an oil-king. Tar-wer to my call. Without a moment's beaux had big interests in gold mines, hesitation he crawled in and pulled out a American oil-kings were not so common

number of root stones that had fallen in in London in 1901 as they are in the and barred my exit. Wembley year, and these two crooks were taken at their face value

They ran up big bills with all the Ken- sington tradesmen, and then moved out to a big old house at 13. Ulster terrace, on the south side of Regent's Park.

Here they were running a very exclu sive and disguised gambling hell.

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Tarteaux and the Hon. Lionel Mus-I grave gave capital dinners, and there was; a beauteous Indy known as the Countess who lent a charm to the hospitalicia. The wine was good, and the Chinese and Indian servants in their native costumes waited silently and swiftly on the guests.!

The hard up brigade in the aristocracy rushed to enjoy the heges oil-king's wine cellar, but they brought with them friends who were well-lined. The money was coming back like bread cast upon the waters, for the oil-king and Turbanx had wonderful lack at poker..

QUARREL AT MARGATE.

It was all spoiled by a quarrel at Mar- gate, where the "Senator" and Tarbeaux were spending a week-end at a famous

had occurred, lit a fire of dry sticks.

My Indian workers, when told what

of green pepper bush. These were push- On this they threw a number of branches ed inside the hole, and before long the head of the huge snake appeared at the entrance. He was despatched by "the machetes of the waiting Indians."

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local hostelry. Among the company On the way to Cape Town, Tarbeaux, were two well-known bookmakers, Cock-who was always daring-jumped from burn and Savile, and the late Mr. Winans, the real American millionaire.

Poker was played, and Tarbeaux's luck aroused suspicion. Things were said afterwards which he decided to bluff out He challenged Cockburn and Savile, and they denied that they had made the charges of cheating at cards

After a night at various clubs and bars there arrived early or Sunday morning Tarbeaux, Woodward, Cockbarn, and Savile at 18. Ulster Terrace. They ac tually drove in Cockburn's private broug. ham, but Tarbeaux, whose head was per- baps a little clouded by the evening's adventure, paid the driver the fare and dismissed him as if he were an ordinary cabby." The driver thought this odd, and only went round the corner.

CRIES OF MURDER.”1

About ten minutes later there was great noise at No. 18. The door was opened and Savile was flung bodily into the street, where he lay bleeding, while cries of Murder!" werg heard from

within.

The cabras had been confiding his suspicions to & policeman, who begun knocking at the door with his trancheon.

The Countess" let him in through the area door, and he found in the hall Cockburn with his jaw broken. The walls were covered with splashes of blood, and there were two "old medieval swords covered with blood, which had been taken down from a trophy on the walls, and with which the Countess said they had been fighting..

The policeman arrested Tarbeaux and Woodward, and they were charged ent Marylebone, but jumped their bail and caught a P. & O liner for the East.

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One of Tarbeaux's creditors' followed him to Gravesend in. the last hope of getting his bill, but was badly knocked about.

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The two "adventurers went on to Colombo, after a successful "clean-up” of their fellow passengers at poker on the voyage.

At Colombo, where they stayed several weeks, there was a diamond merchant named Ibrahim, who owned some big ruby mines. He used to bring his cus tomers rubies, and if they refused bis price would produce a dice-hor and offer to shake them for double or quits. According to Woodward's later account

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SHELLACKED DICE.

Woodward and Tarbeaux, refused to see the old man until the day the Australian steamer was dum

Then they sent for him, and in 10 minutes they had shellacked his dice-box. "Loaded dice are of no use with shellac," said Woodward, afterwards, and be de- threw. clared that they won every time they

They won all the rubies poor Ibrahim bad, and then shipped the same after- noon by the Australian steamér. Wood- ward went off to Melbourne and then to San Francisco.

was in Johannesburg when the warrant Tarbeaux male for South Africa. He for his extradition for the cutlass casa" arrived, and he was arrested by the Transvaal Republican police.

(Continued on next column.)

the train, which did not stop for some miles further He was in the" house of "} a Bogr farmer arranging for horses when the angry police arrived.,

Tarbeaux did not put his hands up sharply enough, and knowing his charac ter, one of the police hit him on the head with the buttend of a revolver. Tarbeauk carried the sear of the pistol butt just under his eye for years-per- haps does still

He was taken on to Cape Town, brought to England, and charged, not only with the cutlass case," but with defrauding Kensington tradesmen. Ulti- mately he got two years' imprisonment.

Woodward was never extradited. Ho was convicted and sentenced to a long term in bis native country.

Tarbetu has never been convicted in England since, though he has often visit- ed the West-end of London, where he was" well-known.

He has served, several terms of impris ment in America and Canada, and bas been a well-known confidence man."

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