THE PRIM A DONNA AND THE MADMAN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2483, 5 March 1881, Page 4

THE PRIM A DONNA AND THE MADMAN.

The attempted abduction of a prima donna has been (ho subject of much gossip during the last day or two in Paris. The oilier evening, about the hour when Mademoiselle Bianchi was was performing the role in Brull s Bianca at the Opera House, her would bc-abduetor was laying his plot before the artiste’s coachman, and endeavoring by a bribe to induce him to enter into the scheme. The coachman assured the gentleman that he would do everything in his power to promote the success of the project. On the departure of the stranger, the driver at once disclosed the circumstances to the managerial authorities at the theatre. The following night, after depositing Mdlle Bianchi and her mother as usual at their residence, the coachman drove hastily to the rendezvous agreed upon, where the languishing lover had for some time been impatiently awaiting his arrival. Upon seeing the carriage the man rushed up to the door, where he was instantly pounced upon by two detectives and carried off to a police station. -Upon investigation it turns out to be a hair-brained lunatic, who for a long time past has been sending billets donx to the lady. Ho is now lodged in a lunatic asylum.