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The Story of the Alchemist - Antoine Caliostro
Caliostro and his wife lorenza were both taken into custody on august 20 second 17 85. He stayed in prison, awaiting a hearing until january of 17 86. As all the legal machinations played out, lorenza was found to have had no involvement in this and was freed. The cardinal was also revealed to have been foolish, but an innocent dupe. But caliostro was still regarded with suspicion. When he was asked who he was, he simply replied, i am an illustrious traveller. That made all present laugh, according to witness accounts. And of course, he was let go. So you might think that he would want to put this