SEEN AFTER HIS FUNERAL
GERMAN’S FRAUD DETECTED LONDON, Nov. 10. After relatives and friends had attended his funeral, Fritz Saffron, the owner of a large furniture factory at Rastenburg, Prussia,.was found alive, was arrested and charged with defrauding insurance conipanl.es, arson and murder. . . Saffron inherited his father-in-laws furniture business, which he ruined through reckless living. He then Planned to shut himself up in the. factory and set it on lire. Fmulein Augustin, his pretty secretary, however, persuaded him that ne need not die, and pointed out that a corpse from the cemetery would serve his purpose better, “While everybody is deploring your death,”, she said, “you could begin a new life in another country.” , i \ The woman.added that she was willing to accompany him .to Brazil. Saffron agreed. . „ The plan worked out. successful y and the insurance claims were duly 'paid.' While, however, Saffron was 1 travelling to Hamburg to board a ship for Brazil he was recognised by an acquaintance who had attended the funeral, and was arrested*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 12
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169SEEN AFTER HIS FUNERAL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 12
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