PARIS FRAUD SENSATION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 533, 10 December 1928, Page 9

PARIS FRAUD SENSATION

WOMAN’S AMAZING CAREER ONCE WORTH £640,000 (Australian and X.Z„ Press Association) PARIS, Saturday, A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pierre Audibert, editor of Le Gazette du Franc. It has not yet been executed because he is suffering from critical trouble. The police are guarding his house. Madame Marthe Hanau retains the self-assurance which has made her one of the most remarkable women in France, When investigators talk about her total liabilities the woman calmly insists that they must separate the balance sheet of each company. She even threatens that, if her views are ignored, she will wash her hands of the whole affair. <. Reputed on<?e to have been worth £640,000 Madame tlanau, who successively conducted perfumery and soap businesses, started Le Gazette des Nations in 1925 as a pacifist paper. Later she started Le Gazette du Franc, and used articles and interviews with public men in all countries in order to give confidence to her subscribers. Although the woman was a keen worker she loved pleasure. She rose at 7 a.m. and motored to her office, but at 11 p.m. she could be seen in Montmartre, whore she frequented two night establishments, also a bar in the Rue Fontaine where she was known ns ••Madame Marthe. the generous spender." Paul Hersent. legal adviser to Bo Gazette du Franc, has been arrested in connection with the case.