A BOLD RASCAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2197, 7 August 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

A BOLD RASCAL.

lUuon* Sot'BKKANT, a well-known financier, was the hero of a diatnatic adventure recently in Paris. As he wan coming down tho ntnircano at the B.inque dea Comptes building an ex-employe of the Fonciere Insurance Company, named Pillot, who had fled from justice after committing a forgery, (stopped him, ami appealed for charity. Touched by the man's miserable) appearance, Baron Smiberant, who is a director of the Fonciero, told him to come upstair*, and took him into the bank bond-room, where lie sat down -and waited to hear his wtory. The doors and walls of the room uro exceptionally thick, of which Pillot neemed well aware, for hardly had they entered when Pillot drew a revolver and pointed it at the Baron, exclaiming : "Throe £2083 drafts on Geneva to my order at once, or I'll blow your brains out. ' He looked so determined that the financier, after vain attempts to disarm his assailant, «aw no help for it and complied. Having examined the drafts and seen that thuy were all in order, Pillot put them in his pocket and backed towards the door, keeping his weapon pointed full on tho Baron. Before the clerks could come to the rescue, he bolted downstairs and escaped. In for mation was immediately given to the police and detectives, and telegrams were sent out in all directions. Pillot took the express for Geneva, and, on his arrival at the station there, was at once arrested by the Swiss police. He now lies in jail, pending the fulfilment of extradition formalities.