A DOSE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9503, 28 May 1913, Page 5

A DOSE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.

"KOPENICKED." FINED BY SHAM OFFICERS. (Bi Euotbio Tklbojupb—Copibioht.) (Pib Pbmi Amocutioh.) BERLIN,. May 27. Germany is laughing at a misadventure which has befallen Wilhelm Voigt, the famous cobbler of Kopenick. Yoigt, it will be remembered, attired as a oaptain in the army, and accompanied by soldiers whom his apparent rank had deceived, in 1906 took the Mayor of KopenicK prisoner on a fictitious charge of having falsified accounts, and absconded with a considerable sum of municipal money. Voigt, who was arrested and tentenoed to imprisonment, and afterwards released and sent into exile, has been living in Luxemburg. A few days ago he secretly crossed the frontier into Germany at Goesir. The famous adventurer, however, was 6oon stopped by two men dressed in uniform, who demanded £l4 from him as a fine, for re-entering Germany. On being threatened with imprisonment, Voigt paid £6, and telegraphed the balance. He then left Germany hurriedly. Afterwards Voigt. discovered that he had been duped, and that the men were not officials.