Widow and Swindler.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2009, 8 October 1906, Page 6

Widow and Swindler.

WO U LD- BE t:0 YERNESB EGJ !- BED OF £2OOO. The widow of a university professor recently inserted an advertisement in several Paris papers explaining her desire to obtain a position as governess in a well-to-do family. She stated that she had saved £2OOO. A man who called himself Kepler called on her in reply to this advertisement, and told the widow that lie thought, iiimscli able to obtain for her the posit ion she desired. He vailed every day fin- some time, and was extremely attentive, but the widow could not understand why the position was never mentioned in actual terms. She mentioned this fact one day, and her visitor fell on his knees, and admitted that he had not told the exact truth. lie declared that he had fallen in love with her, and begged her to marry him. He introduced her to his parents, who were, as he alleged, the owners of a prosperous hotel at Bucharest. This hotel, the generous father said, would be given as a wedding gift to the young couple immediately after the marriage. Kepler informed his future wife that, as French money was of little value in Bucharest, it would be advantageous to her if her savings were exchanged for Roumanian money in Paris. The widow entrusted her money to Kepler. This was the last she saw of him. In her distress she went to consult the parents to whom she had been introduced. They had left without giving an address. Now the widow is waiting while the police are energetically attempting to trace the swindlers who posed as the Kepler family.