FRENCH FORGERS
DISCOVERY OF A DEN. SEARCH FOR THE LEADER. (Preai Association- By Telegraph—Copyright ) PARIS, January 26. (Received Jan. 27, at 11 p.m.) The police have unearthed a veritable forgers’ den in a lonely villa at Vitry-Sur-Seine. master forger, Andre Vila, fled, but his description has been circulated throughout the country, and his arrest is only a matter of time. Andre took elaborate precautions to hide his identity, and built up three different personalities by means of false papers Among the discoveries made in the den were 50 forged Bank of England £5 notes, a great number of French 501 and American and Venezuelan notes, together with acids, dyes, and engraving toolss The raid was a sequel to the arrest of two men in Rheims in the act of changing false notes. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20318, 28 January 1928, Page 11
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