BOGUS PRINCE.
NICE GULLED. A PENNILESS TURK. V BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTEtajH.) (AUSTRALIAN AND X.z, CABLE ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, January 17. For a month Nice has been dazzled by a handsome young man, dressed in a khaki uniform and a red fez, and wearing the decoration of the Legion of Honour. Staying in a luxurious flat as a Prince of Kurdistan, he claimed to be a direct descendant of Haroun al Raschid, of "Arabian Nights'' fame. lie usually was surrounded by women admirers, but the police =poilt his triumphs. They visited his Hat. and found that ho was a Turk who had been deported from England, Switzerland, and the United States and served imprisonment in Germany. The "Prince" had an elaborate sealed document authorising him to negotiate on behalf of Kurdistan, a list of addresses of wealthy Englishmen and Americans from whom he doubtless intended to borrow, and also large collections of insignia of many orders. When arrested, ho had only a few shillings, and was illegally wearing decorations.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18903, 19 January 1927, Page 11
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