REMARKABLE FRAUDS.
♦ IBy Tele<jbaph.| fOur Own Gorretpondent.J [PEE B.S. TALUNE AT THE BhVVF.'I Melbourne, 16th August. The Adelaide Commiagionor of Polico has given the press a report which discloses some remarkable frauds practised in various parts of the world by a person calling himself Dr. Augustus "VVilhelm Meyers, who stated that he was a resident of Adelaide, & member of the South Australian Legislative Council, and Commissioner for South Australia at the Chicago Exhibition. Meyers was last heard of in Penang. He speaks thirteen different languages, and has a remarkably good address.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1892, Page 2
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91REMARKABLE FRAUDS. Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1892, Page 2
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