Show wanted atzis letters very strange is the adventure through which a postman named doldon has juat passed at nimes he had taken a registered letter to one faure a shoemaker and was about to leave the honsa when the man closed the door pulled a revolver oat of his pocket and rushing on bondon threw him down and bound him securely he then informed the terrified postman of his intention to retain him as a hostage until he had received divers letters written to him by the president of the republic and the minister of justice in reply to hia application for the restoration of francs lost in a lawsuit fabre sent a note to the head of the postal department explaining how matters stood and while awaiting an v awer barricades barricaded barrica ded his apary yia wh the police arrived ho called out that he had provisions for a week two revolvers and plenty of ammunition and that if they attempted to force the door he would kill his prisoner the situation waa extremely awkward the affair had become known in the neighborhood and the adjacent streets were soon thronged thron ged with at least of the townspeople A last attempt to parley with the infuriated furia ted shoemaker having proved abortive tho police and gendarmes gen darmes broke into the place fired a few shots to frighten faure and succeeded in securely taking him into custody ere he bad time to carry out his threat they had great difficulty in conducting him to prison as the crowd wanted to lynch him faure is described aa a monomaniac and it appears that when M carnot visited nimes borne time ago he made some curious preparations in order to attract his attention which however were but lost labor aa the president passed down another street paris cor london telegraph |