ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1285, 28 February 1883, Page 3

ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION.

Ax extraordinary attempt at abduction hMjuit been made at the Convent of the Dames Blanches at Nantes. A

young gentleman living in the town T got some papers printed bearing an exact resemblance to those used by the Procureur de la Republique. These he filled up in due form, appending thereto the signature of a well-known magistrate. The result was that to all outward appearance a certain commissary of police was ordered to arrest and hand over to the legal authorities a young lady residing at the convent, the motive assigned tor such an unusual step being one that was by no means complimentary to the morals of the innocent maiden. The forgery was most cleverly contrived, but, un> luckily for the Lothario, the Superior had still to be faced. Having invested in the orthodox tricolor scarf, this • romantic citizen of Nantes persuaded * one of his friends to play the part of the Commissary of Police, and proceeded with him to the convent, where the forged papers were produced. The Superior, however, proved equal to the occasion. Experience had rendered her acquainted with the features of the load commissaries, as well as with the rudiments of legal procedure. This commissary was totally unknown to her, nor had she ever heard of an arrest nnder similar circumstances. The worthy lady, therefore, declined point blank to surrender the girl, or to restore the sham document, sending out at the same time for a bona fide Commissary of Police. The young men immediately decamped, and although an active search has since been instituted, the inventor of the ruse, whose initials are given as C. de 8., has not yet been found.