File No. 113

FILE NO. 113

By Emile Gaboriau

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In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of _Local Items_, the following announcement appeared:

“A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers, M. Andre Fauvel, caused great excitement this morning throughout the neighborhood of Rue de Provence.

“The thieves, who were as skil...