MYSTERY OF THE RED CAR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 60, 1 September 1911, Page 6

MYSTERY OF THE RED CAR

VEILED WOMAN AND TWO MASKED MEN. Paris, July 9. A sensational and mysterious incident occurred early yesterday morning near Toulon in the quarters of the torpedo station near the Carraques Battery. It is from this station that the "wires are laid for the purpose of exploding by electricity the submarine mines which defend Toulon harbor. Late on Friday night a quartermaster named Kergueveii saw that a dooi* leading into the electric room of the station was open. As a rule the door is kept looked. He was pushing his way in when two men sprang out at him and, striking him in the face, rushed off in the darkness. He shouted tor help, and, with one of his comrades, rushed off after the two men, whom they caught up a few yards away. But the men. who were masked, quickly outstripped their pursuers, who were joined by other men from the station. A large red motor car in which a veiled woman was seated, was standing some distance from the station. The woman stood up in excitement at the sound of the approaching men and shouted to her friends to hurry. The masked men leaped into the car, the engine of which was running, and dashed off towards the town. The men from the station then ran back and telephoned to Toulon, where a look-out was kept for the red motor ear, but no news of it was received. Information has been given at the Sonrete. and the police arc looking for the mysterious men and their companion. There are twenty-eight torpedoes and mines in the harbor, and it is not known whether an attempt was being made to (ire them or whether it was intended to cut the wires. The latter theory caused considerable excitement in Toulon yesterday.