The Archive · 1921

Arrested on the Gangway

Just as she was stepping aboard the C.P.0.S. liner Empress of Japan last week, to sail to the Orient, Adele Verge was taken by the Vancouver police and held ai the central police station on the request of the San Francisco Police. Some time ago, it is stated, she was in trouble in San Francisco over the attempted shooting of one Alfred Kohl, and as a result was deported to France. She next appeared in Montreal, and then came across Canada take the boat for the Far East. After being arrested she complained to the police that she had been trailed by detectives ever since she came into Canada, that is, from Atlantic to Pacific. She is now on her way south.

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