VITRIOL MANIACS.
PARIS, Feb. 9. The continued destruction by means of vitriol of women’s fur cloaks and wraps in the vicinity of the Place de l’Opera and tlie big shops has become a public danger and lias alarmed all tho women of Paris. More than 500 complaints of damage and in some cases of skin burns have been received by the police, and it is thought likely that in almost as many eases the victims have not cared to complain. The police state that, despite the closest surveillance in the districts where the offences have been most numerous, their plain-clothes men and the ordinary uniform police have been unable to get a sight of tlie offenders. Most of the attacks have taken place between 5 and 7 in the evening, when .the crowds round the big fancy warehouses are naturally thickest. Professor Babinski, the brain specialist, thinks that probably three or four anarchist maniacs must be at work since the victims have been _ women wearing furs or costly cloaks.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1922, Page 1
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169VITRIOL MANIACS. Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1922, Page 1
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