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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 302, 24 December 1907, Page 4

BURGLAR WHO MADE £ls 000 A YEAR. -NOBLEMAN, AUTHOR, BEAU, AND DIPLOMAT. Berlin, October 211. The most amazing cracksman in Eur ope, the eiLai't prototype 111 real life •_)' Raffles," lias been arrested ut Munich alter a series of burglaries probably unequalled iji modem criminal history by 011 c man.

He is a Swede, (.arlLxm by name, who prepared himself for his career as a burglar by serving an upnreAticeshin as a locksmith.

fsince then he bus posed as a nobleni;in, ail author, millionaire, and a diplomat. with consummate skill, living in princely style in Berlin, Munich. Paris, \ ienna and other cities under different names and iu different disguises. All the time he has lived by the most daring burglaries, usually at hotels, although he was not averse from looting the private residence of a millionaire or an art connoisseur. ITe bas changed his role and address according to necessity, and avoided arrest with great skill, although the best detectives in l-.urope have been searching for him for months.

Carllson is described as a man of "very gentlemanly" appearance, and pronounced artistic ana literary inclinations. He was a great favourite among women, who were charmed by his ex ipiisife manners. Carllson was noted for his taste In dress, and while living in Vienna in the guise of a diplomat 011 leave, he is said to have Inaugurated a new fashion in neckties. hen a nested, Carllson was staying at the most fashionable hotel in Munich, where he occupied an expensive suite, and posed as a Danish nobleman of great wealth. The police found £2500 in his possession in addition to jewellery valued at £3OOO. It is estimated that bis annual income from burglaries averaged £15,000 during the past ten years. Carllson took'his arrest philosophi?adv. and threatens to write his memoirs while In prison.