THE PARIS EMBEZZLEMENTS.
A CAREER OF CRIME. DISCOVERIES BY THE POLICE. Press Association.—Copyright PARIS, Saturday. Ducz (who is charged with defalcations in connection with the liquidation of religious institutions), has confessed to embezzling £20,000 when.he was a solicitor's clerk. Since then he has lost £25,000 on the Stock Exchange. The police raided the house of Duez's mistress, and discovered £BOOO worth of jewellery, .and various shares and bank accounts. They are also searching the house of a woman to whom Duez had arranged to advance £12,000. FURTHER DISCLOSURES. POLITICAL AND PRESS BRIBES. (Rec March 14, 10.40 a.m.) PARIS, Sunday. The examining magistrate who has charge of the Duez case, has discovered that 150 persons belonging to the political world and the press were bribed under a false name by Duez. The latter refuses to disclose their names. Martin, formerly Duez's assistant, has been arrested on a charge of complicity in the liquidation scandals.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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