The Humbert Millions
Written by
Allen Upward
Copyright 1904
First published as Part 11 of Underground History in Pearson's (US), May 1904. Story 11 of 12 contained in the collection
Therese Humbert was considered one of the century's great con men. She and members of her family scammed dozens of rich people by claiming to have a fortune in a safe, having inherited it from a rich American whose life she had saved one. When she was arrested on fraud charges in 1902 after many years of swindling, the safe was empty. Andrea V tells how he learned what became of the missing millions, if they were ever there in the first place.