KOEPENICK DETECTIVE

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11657, 12 June 1912, Page 2

KOEPENICK DETECTIVE

Another trick in the style of -the famous captain Koepcnick has (says the Pan's correspondent- oi' the Dady Telegraph on April 22) just been played. "This tine it was at Don-.oiit, in the Sc-hie-et-Oi.se, to the mystification for an on lire week of the inhabitants of the place. A stranger alighted at one' of the hotels, and informed the landlord, with much show of mystery, that he had come in search of Bonnet, tlif; bandit, who, as the Criminal Detective Department believed, was hiding with a woman representing herseif as the widow, of a Swiss official, but was in reality a Russian Nihilist princess. The two wore said to dwell in a villa in the district, tin l ec'hrs cf -which wore specially fit ted np for the shelter of anarchists. The landlord, whe was particularly enjoined not to reveal this sensational' visit to the gendarmes —For. terrible to relate, there Yverc l evolutionists ever, among the latter —-.wis so proud of th honor paid to ld« mil h\ the detective's patronage thai be introduced him to several of his friend-, mid when the great man made excursions in quest of the Rus-

sian iady's villa and her refugee :io lunched at one house and dined at another. ■ Tnlimite'd -credit was allowed him bv the local tradesmen., and nhen. af;ei lie had regaled the company with stories of his 'marvellous professional adventures, he was asked how he had the courage io tackle such an fiwkward customer "as the motor brigand singlehanded, he replied significantly, 'T am not alone here. Ei cry precaution has iifui taken. You have only to look roe-ad." Or, the strength of this hint, even tramps were regarded by the simple, souls of Domout as being detectives in disguise, and received such, marks of respect that, fancving that somoiTine: of a sinister character might k-.":,,,-1.-iMO behind this politeness, they :i,d I'nun"'the place. Finally this ad-'-'•niurc came 1» 'he cars of th" ee'-Hhirmos, at whom the eounti". folk h-:n1 !,(■.-••■, luucriiir.g ,in their sleeves. Tho\ instituted an investicalion-. widen iod'lo vhe arrest- of this imitation of The eio.iiin of Koepcnick. The man, who i- about -if) years oi" age saya rh-t he is a bootmaker by trade, and <iml- he was driven by niter starvation to ihi<-- device, adding thai he had an uncommonly good time while it lasteu