LED DOBLE LIFE
£24,000 MISAPPROPRIATED
[United Press Association—By Electric i Telegraph.—Copyright.]
paris; Nov. 7
A Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story has been revealed at the ’trial ’lasting a week, of Dumas, formerly Mayor of Bailleaul, who in the daytime was a sober, honest bourgeois, pursuing a manufacturer’s business/ and devoting himself to his mayoral duties. In the course of eight years he ; made the war-devastated Bailleaul one of the roost ' charming cities in Northern Prance: At night time, however, Dumas became another man. Elegantly dressed, he motored to Paris in the winter,. and to Le Tourquet in the summer. He patronised the night clubs and expensive restaurants. He misappropriated £24,000 in three ycais. Failing to recoup his losses at . gambling, he confessed .everything. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1929, Page 5
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