ZENO TAXES FLIGHT.

NZ Truth, Issue 89, 2 March 1907, Page 8

ZENO TAXES FLIGHT.

On Monday morning last, the dupes .Of : Ze.np rolled, up to his Forbes-street mansiph to syriipa*thise' with him, the villainous, .attack by John Nor-' ton.- In cabs ! and % carriages and on,, j foot they made their pilgrimage of sympathy. But alas for. their hopes. Zeoib's,.- shingle had disappeared. The "Jan" gent had vanished as-com-pletely. as if the, Father of -Magic had cast- his net and claimed his own. [The house and . .; furniture are .still there, but where is Zeno and his asr, Isistant? So that his dupes may be ;no longer m doubt, as to the ■whereabouts of . . THEIR BELOVED MASTER^ . "Truth" will -tell' them. Zeno has cleared away to the city of his form- • ler triumphs, Melbourne. He; passed through Albury on Thursday morning and was as large as i life;; in the Vic-' torian capital on. Thursday night. The keys of his mansion ' are ' With - Mr' Solomon, m Thompson-street, and there, for the present, Mrs Zeno is residing, while "hubby" is : away T getting the . strength- of thirfgs.. Will Zeno return to the practice of . his quackery m Sydney ?' He may,: He has gall enough for anything.

The action of the police, or their inaction, m: reference to Zeno is amazing. Here was a fellow whom they knew had done three: months' gaol for exhibiting indecent pictures systematically defrauding the public, rich and poor 'alike, by his pretended thought reading. The "brains" of the force seem to be capable of no greater effort than running m a drunken woman, oar watching

THROUGH THE KEYHOLE of a publican's side door on a Sabbath, A. gigantic swindler of? the Zeno type appears to win their reverence and respect ; they touch their helmets to him and humbly pass him by. Sydney's farce should pat them-, selves .on the back ; their inaction certainly does 'em proud. .

It, behoves the New Zealand police, to. keep - careful watch that, this villainous, swiiidler does not pitch his tent m this country and chouse the guileless, natives. Thai New, Zealand diers are "dead easy" triarKs for fe^ ligious and other ; charlatans is only too well known. And they need protecting from themselves and the "Zenos" and Worthingtoiis who find them such soft snaps. ;