SHAM PRINCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 July 1936, Page 12

SHAM PRINCE

SOCIETY WOMAN ROBBED

- ■ " ‘ ~ ~£ARtS, May 23. The - astonishing career of a. man .who, whi|e-posing as "Prince Jalida olT'Patiala,” robbed French society women'of' many hundreds of pounds, was~T , eveale<r in Paris following the arrest in Geneva of Bacha Oured. Cured ’wenj. to Geneva and pretended ,to "Ke oCfiie ''Emperor of Abyssinia. "With the assistance of two accomplices, _he_ iyas trying to. establish ?*!drplpniafic -relations” with the" Italian delegation at-Geueya whenthe police arrested him. '•■■ in the most fashioncentres of Paris and at Deau-. ville and Monte Carlo prove him to be a-master in the art-of d|S£u|ser and a'brillidnt impersonator. - " • In- Paris he was'seen driving about in —a magnificent— cream-coloured-saloon car which bore the initials of ; the Diplomatic .Cftrph. - Well-knpwn Paris'families were charmed with the company of this “wealthy foreign Prince'.’ wjio seemed to fling money about with gay abandon. From time to time, when his income became diminished, he would single out. bile of the ever-growing circle of women adinirers and' calmly remove a ring from her finger or walk away with her handbag (provided it was well filled with valuables). When the protested, the “Prince” would raise his hands and say ‘‘it is just a little joke I have.” Neither the handbag hor the money por the jewellery ypjiW be seen’again. ■ ' - .I ..