CAUGHT AT LAST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23145, 17 September 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)

CAUGHT AT LAST

NEW "ARSENE LUPIN" THIEF'S ALLEGED EXPLOITS SENSATIONAL ESCAPE STORY "Arsene Lupin the Second!" This was the name, recalling the romantic 0110 of fiction, by which Franco knew a man who has at last been arrested at Marseilles. Tho man in custody, Kaoul Saeorotti, established a reputation by a series of alleged thefts and burglaries over a long period in the Grenoble district. About 400 housebreaking exploits were believed to Ijo his work, and Sacorotti was known to have distributed considerable sums from the proceeds among charitable institutions. Sacorotti's arrest was tho result of a smart piece of work by n young guardsman named Bfotte, who, although usually on duty at Grenoble, was serving in Marseilles. He was 011 a tramcar when he first saw tho man ho suspected of being Sacorotti. and, summoning assistance, he trailed the suspect for a while, and finally effected tho arrest. Sacorotti had been extraordinarily clever in his previous escapes from tho clutches of the police. A few months ago he oscaped from a police officer and clambered over scores of housetops to safety.

Sacorotti is believed to have returned recently from Barcelona. He had a Spanish identity card, and at tho time of his arrest he was carrying two revolvers and a cudgel.