"Fantômas V The False Judge" "Based on the novel Le Magistrat cambrioleur (Judge thief)" "Prologue" "In the Castle of Loges, near a small city in the sub-prefecture of Saint-Calais." "Despite appearances, the Marquis and Marquise de Tergall have temporary but very serious financial difficulties." "Mr. Chambérieux" " Jeweller from Le Mans." "I agree with the price of 250,000 francs you offered for the jewelry we are selling." "On Wednesday, I will be in Saint-Calais at Hotel European, room 30." "I am expecting you at 9 AM in the morning." "I will exchange the box with juwels against 250,000 francs in cash." "Honestly." "Marques de Tergall" "Rosa, the servant of the Marquise, did not miss any word from the letter." "The following Wednesday, in Saint-Calais, at the Hotel European..." "The next-door room is occupied by a priest ..." "We had agreed a cash deposit." "Don't worry." "I will put the jewelry in the dresser." "You can close the room while you go to cash the check." "A few minutes later ..." "The jewels are gone!" "..." "At the same time ..." "At the Hotel European, the examining judge Morel starts his work." "The Judge Morel knew all the tricks of the underworld." "The real occupant of the room 29 ..." "A sinner wishing to receive absolution wants to meet you tomorrow at 9 AM in a small chapel on the route to Le Mans." "These are my spare habits." "By the force of evidence the jeweler recognized the innocence of the Marquis." "As night fell, he took the 250,000 francs from the sale and headed home." "At Castle of Loges..." "Returning home with bad news, the Marquis tells the Marquise about the theft of both jewels and 250,000 franks." "The thefts are Ribonard and Paulet, two rogues of the Fantômas band." "Paulet is lover of Rosa, the maid, and entrusted the bundle of the stolen money to her." "Part One" " The Prisoner from Louvain" "Jerome Fandor shows to his friend inspector Juve an article which he had written for La Capitale" "The bandits of the Sarthe - At the same day, a jeweler was robbed of 250,000 franks worth jewelry he purchased, and the seller was robbed of the 250,000 franks, he had received." "HOLE IN THE WALL" " FALSE PRIEST - THE NIGHT ATTACK" " INVESTIGATION" "The journalist thinks he sees in these crimes the hand of Fantômas." "But Juve shows him a police report, that just arrived." "Police Prefectur." "Security Service." "File 147." "Fantômas was sentenced by Belgian court to death for the murders committed in Belgium [see file 163]." "Depending on the practice in that country, the death penalty was commuted to perpetual detention." "Fantômas is detained in the Prison of Louvain, under No." "D. 33." "Juve knows that Fantômas sooner or later escapes and resumes his crime series." "So he decides to provoke the escape by himself." "The bandit will not hesitate to return to France to join his band." "As soon as he cross the border, he will be arrested." "Sentenced to death, this time there will be no commutation of sentence for him." "The society will be finally free of this monster that kept them terrorized for so long." "Juve makes his fawell to Fandor and leaves to Belgium." "On one night, in his prison in Louvain, Fantômas receive a light message with secret code used by the band notifying him of organized plan for his escape." "But he doesn't know who is the author of this message." "The folowwing day, a delegate from the Austrian Prison Administration accompanies the Safety Commission in their monthly inspection." "Woud it be possible to talk with a detainee?" "..." "For example from this cell?" "Excuse me, I think I forgot my glasses in the cell." "I see nothing." "Could you turn the light on?" "The fat man?" "..." "He found his glasses and left." "Juve had taken the place of Fantômas in the prison of Louvain!" "Hidden beneath an aisle, Fantômas changed into clothes left by Juve." "Second Part:" "Mr. Charles Pradier, Examining Judge" "Fantômas soon realized he was being followed." "He arrived to France through Nantes after making a carefull detour over England, believing to have detached all officers who followed his footsteps." "At the next stop, a distracted traveler ..." "Charles Pradier, Examining Judge" "Fantômas' passage through London gave him the chance to obtain a new mask." "A few hours later ..." "This is Saint-Calais, sir." "You have arrived." "Mr. Pradier?" "Your room at Hotel European is ready" "Next morning ..." "French Republic Ministry of Justice." "Cabinet of the Minister." "Paris, January 5, 1914" "Mr. Charles Pradier." "Examining judge." "Palace of Justice." "We are confirming your nomination for the office of Examining Judge at Saint-Calais (Sarthe) in place of Mr.Judge Morel, now in retirement." "Your function will start from 20th." "Good morning, Your Honor." "Your predecessor, Mr. Morel, is expecting you." "The Palace of Justice at Saint-Calais ..." "Attorney Mr. Bernardy ..." "This is your office, my dear colleague" "The Tergall case..." "The Marquis de Tergall is very rich and very influential in this region." "Third Part." "The Judge Thief" "As a skilled man, Fantômas soon discovers all local underworld shelters." "The Tergall case, it was you two, right?" "Jewelry?" "Jewels of Tergall:" "Hidden by Rilomans at the Church Bouloire." "The silver?" "The 250,000 francs:" "Rosa the maid always carry them." "Invited to a lunch in the castle of Loges, Judge Pradier spots that Marquise slipped out a letter to a young man." "He steals that letter." "After lunch, a hunt is scheduled." "Due to a sudden and violent headache the Marquis resignates to accompany his guests." "The judge Pradier is not a hunter." "You know well that I could not stop loving you in spite of my marriage." "But meeting you today is impossible." "Be patient, please." "I think I will be free soon." "I love you" "My husband has a fever." "I did turn on the gas heater." "He should rest today." "Late afternoon..." "Late in the evening ..." "You have murdered your husband to inherit his fortune and spend it with your lover." "Give me 500,000 francs or I let you arrest." "The next morning, in the church of Bouloire ..." "The jewels are in the tower, in the bell." "Few days later, the best society of St.-Calais attends the funeral of Marquis." "Pearls, diamonds, blood ..." "As his duty imposed, the judge Pradier had to return the jewels" "Part Four:" "The Extradition from Louvain" "Informed about the tragic events Jérome Fandor went to Saint-Calais to investigate as a journalist for La Capitale." "He was staying at the Hotel European." "This is the client from Room 12." "Mr. Pradier, the new examining judge." "In the Palace of Justice" "Mr. Attorney, In a mysterious incident regarding Ribonard, the bandit was found nearly dead in the clock of the Bouloire church, and before dying he uttered these words: "Fantômas!" "Fantômas! " Ministry of Justice has obtained permission from Belgian government regarding Fantômas' extradition, currently detained at Louvain." "Escorted by Gendarmerie he will be made available to the Court in Saint-Calais." "Paulet and Eleve, the other gang members were arrested for vagrancy." "The man mentioned in this letter must never get here." "Get rid of him!" "At Hotel European ..." "Fandor secretly intruded into the room of judge Pradier and examines his hats." "All are trimmed with paper strips to make them shrink." "One hat bears a mark of a hatter in Louvain, the very city in which Juve is in jail in place of Fantomas." "The journalist notifies the Parisian Police" "Police" " PARIS." "Please send immediately to Saint-Calais inspectors Michel and Leon." "Extreme urgency" " FANDOR " "Meanwhile ..." "Ms. Marquise, I could not collect all the money which you asked, but tomorrow the 500,000 francs will be avaible for your disposition and I take them to you as soon as possible." "Please Ms. Marquese accept my respectful greetings." "L. DESLANGE." "All right." "I expect you tomorrow exactly at 10 AM." "Bring the maid" "In front of the prison ..." "Intrigued by the strange indulgence of the judge Pradier regarding the two vagabonds," "Fandor went to investigate the matter." "He recognises Paulet and Eleve, two members of the Fantômas band." "Informed of the extradition of the prisoner from Louvain and guessing Fantômas' plan, the journalist decides to put the two rogues out of play." "Journal La Capitale." "Paris." "I can report that Fantômas, the famous bandit, brought to Louvain, will arrive tonight at Conneran Station and will be taken by the route to the prison in Saint-Calais FANDOR" "In Conneran Station ..." "It was Fandor who had taken the place of the prisoner, and inspectors Michel and Leon the place of policemen." "And in early hours of the afternoon ..." "This time Fantômas, can not avoid putting his accomplices to prison." "Inspectors Michel and Leon knew the urgency of their mission." "Mr. Attorney." "For the convenience of the investigation of the Ribonard case and to avoid confrontation and also to protect the life of the prisoner extradited from Louvain, it is desirable he is not seen by anyone." "For this, after his arrival, all interior doors and exterior doors of Saint-Calais will be closed and guarded by gendarmes." "Fandor said his suspicions to the Attorney ..." "The extradition from Louvain has finally arrived." "It's Juve!" "By the order of Mr. Attorney it is forbidden you to leave your office until further notice." "Juve finally returns to his true personality." "But the Attorney Bernady refuses to believe the unbelievable." "That courteous Judge Pradier can not be Fantômas" "Using one last time the suit of Judge Pradier," "Fantomas called the Chief of Gendarmes of the prison adjacent to the Palace." "This order is strictly confidential." "It matters your place." "This time, it's realy you, Fantômas!" "Fantômas is immediately put into prison." "But the next morning, Master of Crime, has vanished." "Penaud, Chief of Gendarmes, executes a written order, secret and confidential, that he has received the night before from Judge Pradier." "I Charles Pradier, examining judge, give the command to the Chief of Gendarmes to release in greatest secret the prisoner confined there under the name of Fantômas." "The prisoner is non other than the police man Juve, and his arrest is just a ruse necessary for investigation to which I am in charge."