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Taihape Daily Times, 14 January 1918, Page 7

IN FEANOE. THE HIDDEN HAND, A REMARKABLE TRAGEDY. All the elements of a thrilling drama which might be called "The Mystery of the Hidden Hand" are embraced in the case of Almereyda, editor of the anarchist journal, Bonnet Rouge, who was found dead in prison after being charged with receiving £6OOO from German sources (writes the Paris correspondent of the Daily Express). The French press" freely mentions the name of a membeT of the French Government, as well as a late Prime Minister, in connection with the case. There is an increasing belief that Almereyda did hot commit, suicide when he was in pnson awaiting trial. The Oeuvre 'publishes a statement on the authority of a well informed person, that one of the pots of jam sent to accused in Fresnes prison contained a violent poison. It is not yet known what has become of the suspected jam, but it is a fact that it did not reach the prisoner. " Almereyda, who used to b« an anarchist, served several short imprisonment for misdemeanours which were not alway political. He was known to be in exceedingly "poor circumstances, and then one day he suddenly appeared as a rich man. The friend of powerful political personages, he was the editor of the Bonnet Rouge, an evening newspaper that had practically no circulation; nevertheless, Almereyda—or Vigo, as his name was really—owned a private house in the Bois. another house on the outskirts of Paris, several motor cars, and villas in the country an" at the seaside. People wondered how he obtained the funds necessary to keep up so many establishments, but tEey wondered less when they learnt the name of the person wTio was supplying assistance to the Bonnet Rouge, which began a very serious anti-pat-riotic campaign, and was several times seised by the police, A-year ago the police raided Almereyda's viila. in Brittany, as at this time he had a woman companion who was concerned in the drug traffic. It is understood that during this raid certain information came into the hands of the police which showed that the editor of the Bonnet Rouge was in touch with enemy subjects. He afterwards went to Switzerland and hao dealings with certain notorious German bank Tho hands of the police, however, were tied, as Almereyda was protected by a very powerful political personage_ Then M. Clemenceau made a speech in the SenatP which had the effect of reducing the power of the hidden hand, and Almereyda was ar rested. A few days later he was found dead in his cell. The first official statement suggested that -he died a natural death from a complication of diseases -from which he suffered, but a later communication stated that Almereyda committed suicide by strangling himself with his boot-laces. Almereyda's friends have pres'sed for an enquiry into the affair; they have succeeded in obtaining this, Sid within a few days fresh light may disclose further sensational features in this very remarkable drama, which may yet cause serious trouble to the Government. (As a result, the GovernmenT went out of office )

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