More than £10,000 is involved in an amazing {ortune-telling swindle with which the Lyons police are dealing, states the "Daily Telegraph and Morning Post." The victims are a well-known Lyons woman and a wealthy manufacturer.
M. Foex, head of the Lyons police, on Dec. 17, received a visit from the Lyons woman who said she had got in touch with a fortune-teller through an advertisement in a newspaper. She stated:
"I was short of pocket-money. and I went to see this fortune-teller, whose predictions had won my confidence. She told me that she would let me know the winning number of the National Lottery, but I would have to confide to her a considerable sum of money, jewels and furs.
"I took £1,000 from my husband's safe and gave it to her, together with my jewels and furs. She said everything would be all right, and asked me to return the following evening to be told the winning sweepstake umber after she had consulted the stars. When I called at her home the [next day she had vanished.
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