Astonishing Swindler.
! PASSED AS KING OF SPAIN
LONDON, Feb. 27. The Barcelona police have arrested the greatest swindler of recent times. Antonia Lusia Base lias been wanted for eight years in connexion with a series of frauds upon the world’s banks, committed by means of an inimitable system of forging letters of credit which is puzzling experts. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were obtained. Buse adopted numerous aliases, generally aristocratic names, and once passed himself off as the King of Spain. He travelled like a prince and lived in the style of a grand seigneur. He married I and deserted numerous women, inelnd-' I ing the daughter of a polide prefect at | Havana. Buse speaks seven languages. >
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1922, Page 4
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117Astonishing Swindler. Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1922, Page 4
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