A THIEF IN BROADCLOTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXI, 13 November 1897, Page 656

A THIEF IN BROADCLOTH.

A tenant of one of the finest apartment houses of the Rue de la Bienfaisance. noticed that the door leading to the rooms occupied by a wellknown Paris club man—M. Mage—was open, although he knew that his neighbour had left town to be gone for some time. He entered and saw a man in faultless attire, a white flower in his buttonhole. busy opening bureau drawers and putting in his pockets all portable valuables he could find. The observer called the janitor, and the well-dressed burglar was taken in the act. At the police station he gave his name, that of a noble Polish family, and claimed as his residence a house in the Avenue des Champs Elysees. in the most fashionable quarter of Paris. In the elegant rooms which he occupied a full kit of burglar’s tools were found, and. among other things, there was a complete list of wealthy Parisians, club members and families, who at the present time are away from town, and whose houses furnished an excellent field of operation for the welldressed burglai