BRAZE IMPUDENCE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 9 January 1912, Page 8

BRAZE IMPUDENCE.

An astounding story of the brazen .mpiidence of' an escaped convict has jeon told iii, Paris. Louis Romeuf, ■Vito was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment during October, escaped torn his gaolers on the day after Jiis .rial, and for nearly a month nothing aas noard of him. Then one morning ic entered a little wineshop- in Paris cept by a widow, Madame Comte, n.rchased a hottlo of wine, and sat lowa, to breakfast. Madame Comte .eft the shop for a few minutes, and lomeuf promptly took the opportunity ,o rifle the till, pocketing about ti .(js. When Madam© Comte returned jo was eating his breakfast. After ,on lug two- more customers the wonan retired again to her kitchen boliad the shop. The two customers nft after they had had their drinks, iml when Madame Comte entered the ihop again Romeuf asked if the men a cio friends of hers. “Why do you islet” she inquired. “Oh, merely localise one of them went behind the .ounter and opened a drawer,” was me cool reply. The woman went to ler till and found that it had been implied. “Come on!” cried Romeuf, ‘lot us run after them and we may catch them.” He and Madame Corate ,-ashed into the street, but could dislOycr no trace of the supposed thieves, md the woman decided to go to the p.'lico, begging Romeuf to accompany icr as a witness of the theft. “Ceriainly,”. .replied the obliging young nan, and Niff "fh’fey went to the near>sf police, station. Madame Comte .old ,hof sad' tale, and her companion corrNboraVcd; it. ’ Asked for his-nain.e mul Address, : lid promptly replied that ie ivh's SJylvhin Dupuis, .residing at 12, university Street; and The police at mco.itfbldpfyonqd •to ~a neighbouring ifiics to verify this' Mfhrhliitidii; (They A'crc astonished ■Dr lcai;n.,.tjp\t Dupuis vas a cripple, and at that moment in >ed. Romeuf , endeavoured to get iway by stating, that ho had urgent msiness to attend to, but he dashed through the wrong door, and was •aught. Apparjrtly confused by a icrcmptory request for his proper lame, he replied. “Romeuf,” and in i very few minutes he was lodged rifely in a ce11.,, ,