HUNCHBACK'S SWINDLE.
DUPES AT MONTE CARLO. A list linn m>n \.z Cnble 'VRsociHtion. (Received February 5, 9.45 a.m.) "PARIS. Fob. 4. The death at Monte Carlo of one of its most famous figures, the hunchback Giovanni Pisotti, discloses a colossal swindle. He amassed a fortune from a shop where he sold to those trying to win fortunes at the tables post-cards and charms supposed to have been made lucky by touching his hump. After death it was discovered that the hump was composed of cardboard made in Germany. Pisotti bequeathed a fortune of many thousands sterling to the Church.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19240205.2.27
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16349, 5 February 1924, Page 3
Word Count
99HUNCHBACK'S SWINDLE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16349, 5 February 1924, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in