ENGLISH SWINDLERS ABROAD

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 53, 5 October 1878, Page 3

ENGLISH SWINDLERS ABROAD

A Genova correspondent writes, under date April 2U '" A fortnight since a well-dressed %uJ very respectable-looking poison, Who spoke French with a marked English accent, was arrested at Meyrin, n railway station close to the F ion oh frontier, on a charge of passing fraudulent ! cheques on a defunct Liverpool bonk, brought back to tho scone of his depreda- ' Mans, and lodged in the prison of St. An*

i toint. 1. ,-t eg k tlwiT arrived at (I nevn ! saotbear Englishman, 'hi' pleating tddr«*a and distinguished appearance,' who introduced himself to the city authorities as a London detective charged with a must important inquiry, concerning which he had reason to believe the prisoner in question could give hint useful information. His n quest to be permitted to see the latter in his cell was courteously granted, and he saw him accordingly. Tim iitxl morning? tho prisoner and one uf the turnkeys were missing. The escape had been very ingeniously planned, and before leaving the gaol the Englishman and his accomplice had broken open ! u euplionnl in the bureau, and helped themselves to some money. On inquiry it was discovered that they hod driven' away in a carriage which had evidently been in waiting for them in the direction of Anncoy. The pretended detective has also disappeared. Those two men are believed to belong to an original gang, who make a business of defrauding Continental bankers and tradespeople by means of dummy cheques and forged letters of credit. The turnkey was captured at Grenoblo on Friday, but the late tenant of St. Antoine and his confederate appear to have made good their escape."