A CURIOUS FIND.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 7

A CURIOUS FIND.

On the bench of the. waiting-room at the station of Forges-les-Eaux a man, dressed like a workman, was lying in a drunken, sleep (writes the Paris corrcs--pondent of the London "Tsafiy Tele-, graph" on December 15). 'When the train for Dieppe was signalled one of the otl">r occupants of the waiting-room, , a M. Colombel, in an endeavour to awaken the sleeper, shook him vigorously by the should*. The movement dislodged a packet of papers, whibh slipped from the man's breast-pocket to the floor. Struck bv the oflioial appearance of the papers, M. Colombel examined them, and to his' stupefaction found them-to bo documents relating to the national defence. • He informed the authorities, and documents and bearer were,taken to tho police station, where the papers were found in contain plans of the forts of ,Tanty and Harriconrt, and, aim-, of ( 'the system of coastal defence at Havre. Their jxiswsor, wlio gave his name ns Gillet, deolnr. cd that he hod found the 'documents in <v chateau near IWtps, in wh'eh be bad been workinr. Oillet, who is "? year* of age. and bv trade a slater, did' 'nnt seem to realise; tho importance of the papers found in his possession.