PARISIAN PARASITE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14026, 7 April 1920, Page 3

PARISIAN PARASITE.

Mine. Mart he Kegnier. the actress, has just recovered, ihrougli the action of the police, a magnificent sapphire ring valued at £2OOO, which had_ been -tolett by a young man named Vanor. whom she counted as one of her oldest and most intimate friends. ; The votins; man took advantage of I the old friendship when shown up to ! the actres.,' boudoir early in the morn- [ it"-' before she was able to receive him, ' atnl pock-et.'d the ring, which had been left in the room. . -Jfme. Kegnier ' entered her boudoir Inter and looked for the ring, and not finding it. she playfully accused her "friend" of having "taken it as a joke. He. however, indignantly denied it, and" the matt- r then dropped. The police were advised of the loss, and in the examination of the boudoir some cigarette ash was noticed near the table where the ring had been I placed bv the actress. Tile police ar- ' rested Vanor. who eventually confessed 1 to the theft, and gave a jeweller's ad- ! dress where he had disposed ot the j rins for £l2n. . Inquiries bv the police further revealerl that Yanor's mode ot living was that of a fashionable man about town, staving in the best- hotels and cultivating the best society. He was alw.ivs perfectly dressed, and was M-areelv ».-ver seen in the. streets except in a luxurious limousine and decorated with various French and fororrfrrs. .ill ot* which he adnuttecx were false. , Attliough the actress has withdrawn the charge of theft, the police are proceeding with the