Evening star., 1934-03-15
Wife and Servants QueS-
toned, but Fail to Give
Police Clues.
PARIS BELIEVED GOAL
OF UTILITIES MAGNATE
Government Had Previously Or.
dered American to Leave
at Once.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, March l5.-Samuel In
sull sr.. wanted in Chicago on charges
OF embezzlement and grand larceny,
fled from his apartment home early
today and it was believed he was on
his way to Paris.
After hours of official silence and
dozens of conflicting unofficial rumors,
the government, through the depart
ment Of alien control, admitted off,
cially the 74-year -old former utilities
car had escaped.
insult apparently made his escape
through a police Gordon that sur
rounded his home, where he has been
in refuge from American authorities
more than a year.
Reported CARRIED as Woman.
The tale was told that he left
dressed as woman.
1t was said that when insult left
his home in feminine guise he was
accompanied by woman, that the
couple entered an automobile, and de-
parted to board the express train for
Paris
Mrs. insult was taken into custody
and questioned by the police They
also Quizzed Nine. Kuyemdioglu. the
Greek wife of a Bagdad date mer-
chant, close friend of Mr.. and Mrs.
insult. Personal servants also were
questioned.
Mrs. insult told the police her hus-
band had left but, she said, she had
no idea of where he had gone.
insults sudden disappearance came
while high government authorities
were declaring he positively would
leave the country tonight, in COM
pliance with the official order that he
had 10 quit Greece before midnight.
Possible Refuge Debated.
The news that he had escaped the
surveillance of the authorities hummed
through Athens like a flash. People
gathered everywhere to discuss the
once powerful industrial magnate who
had foiled their country's regulations.
Some believed he might have fed IN
the darkness before dawn on a small
boat to one Of the thousands OF is
lands of the Aegean Sea. some OF
and some to Turkey.
The barren hillsides surrounding
Athens do not present much chance
of a hiding place, but to the north
west he might find a haven in the
mountains of Albania, where bitter
feuds rage between the fierce hill
men. one of whose clans might pro-
tect him against the whole world if
it were worth their while.
The consensus was, however, that
insult had Paris in mind.
Officers were said to have been un-
aware that their unwelcome visitor
had flown until hours later.
Previously Greek government oftic-
ials had declared insult had to leave
Greece before midnight, despite an
earlier official intimation that the
expulsion might not be carried out
today John MetaXaS, minister Of
the interior, had declared shortly
after noon that insult would be forced
to leave if he does not go voluntarily.
Il have told you insult will go
Thursday" the minister told the As
sociated Press Il have nothing to
add to that. If insult fails to go,
1 will send him by force"
When asked if insult had visa
permitting him to travel, Metaxas
replied: Il am not his personal
servant"
The minister's statement followed
an announcement by the department
of alien control that no visa was
obtainable for insult and that, as a
result, indications presaged a delay
in the former Chicago utility opera
tors expulsion.
D. Maximos, minister for foreign
affairs, later declared: Mr.. insult
will leave this evening either in one
way or another"
The alien control department an
nounced its agents had been turned
down by every legation approached
in regard to obtaining a visa for the
former Chicagoan.
Morning newspapers had asserted
insult probably would be permitted
to remain until tomorrow at least,
while the government sought to pro-
cure visas for his laiSsez-passer on
which no destination was indicated.
insult refused yesterday to accept an
American consular travel document.
1t had been issued as a gesture of
American cooperation with the
Greek foreign office, and good for six
months.
FOUGHT MANY MONTHS.