Some days ago, two young Turks, accompanied by an interpreter, arrived in Paris, and took up their abode at the Hotel du Globe, giving their names Hartinour and Barrhour. They appeared to be rich, and spent money liberally, but still there were certain inexplicable peculiarities in their mode of life. They never went out till the evening set in, nor did they present themselves at the Ottoman Embassy. The mystery, however, was soon cleared up. In a few days, officers of police came, and took both the Turkish youths into custody. This was in consequence of a despatch from the French Ambassador at Constantinople, sent up by telegraph from Marseilles, announcing that the sons of two opulent merchants at Constantinople had decamped with large sums of money taken from the strong boxes of their respective fathers. In possession of these fine youths were found 51,000 francs in gold, and about 400,000 francs in negotiable bills upon Messrs. Laffitte and Co., and other Paris bankers. All this they voluntarily gave up, and then demanded to be taken to the Ottoman Ambassador, who claimed them under the law of nations, and who will, no doubt, take care to have them sent back to their parents.
The Illustrated London News, London, England, Week Ending September 24, 1842
