Show THIS GON CON MAN PROVES VERSATILE I w Weird Tales and Magic Ways Prove Undoing II I I I I BERLIN Dec 3 A A scenario for tor a Charlie Chaplin film was vaa unfolded here I at the trial of ot Richard swindler knew the psychology psychology psychology I of ot his people and and sp speculated j t that at the glory of of the German Gennan military I uniform was not so sa pale but what it still has potency I In all parts of tho the country he used the uniform he wore as fly paper to catch dupes I His last stunt was rather strong strong- Arriving at Dortmund near the Rhine he informed the noted hated proprietor in tho highest confidence that he was the secret agent of ot tho the German government government government gov gov- and had ben to Dortmund Dort mund to transport all men in military age between 18 and 45 into the interior of tho the country because the French Frerich and British were about ready to occupy Dortmund The hotel proprietor proprietor proprietor pro pro- set the best of ot wines and food before the the secret agent of the government government government gov gov- and was only too willing to advance some money until the courier with the government funds funds arrives Incidentally he leaked the high se secret secret secret se- se I cret which in a few hours came to I Ithe the ears of the authorities in Dort Dort- mund They came and ana an had a look at atthe the tho secret agent of the government i were not sufficiently Impressed and interned him in a room on the tho fourth I floor of the hotel pending a telephone call to Berlin promptly I I tied bed sheets pillow cases and quilts and blankets together He lie had lowered lowered low low- ered himself two stories when a soldIer soldier soldier sol sol- dier on the second floor saw him and cut the life line Une with a knife knite Don Don- was picked up bruised and with a broken arm In the hospital he amused the attendants with his sleight of hand tricks and posed as a a. a magician One evening after he ho was all but recovered he gave a magic soiree He lIe asked for all the watches of ot those present promising to turn them into canary birds stepped into nto the next room No birds coming out the door to the room was vas opened The bird had flown and the watches with him In Muenster he was mistaken for l Lenin nin of Moscow who was then variously reported in Germany A lively exchange of shots but he escaped to Berlin To be arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested as matrimonial swindler and three years ears in prison was the end |