:39:00
therefore officially confirms
his escape from prison.
:39:02
Ports, airports, highways, and railway
stations are now under surveillance...
:39:07
and it appears impossible
that Simon the Swiss...
:39:09
will be able to escape police.
:39:12
Oddly enough, prison authorities
rated Simon a model prisoner.
:39:15
He was even being considered
for parole at the time of his breakout.
:39:19
Evidently, he felt the wheels
of justice were turning too slowly...
:39:22
and took matters into his own hands.
:39:25
Originally sentenced to 20 years
for the kidnapping of Daniel Gallois...
:39:28
Simon Duroc, alias Simon the Swiss...
:39:31
was the only member
of the gang ever apprehended.
:39:34
The identity of his accomplices
was never discovered.
:39:36
However, the police are confident
that his daring escape...
:39:39
will eventually lead them
to the arrest of the entire gang.
:39:43
Far from being disheartened...
:39:44
it seems law enforcement officials
are in high spirits.
:40:05
At 6:35 p.m., just moments ago,
we received word...
:40:09
that Simon the Swiss was spotted
at Montparnasse station...
:40:12
getting off a train which had just pulled in.
:40:15
He managed to shake off his pursuers...
:40:17
who chased him into the streets.
:40:19
They lost him in a crowd
just outside two movie theaters.
:40:21
He is believed to have slipped
into one of them.
:40:23
If so, Simon the Swiss has
an ironic choice of films:
:40:26
The Confession and The Gangster.
:40:28
Simon would be true to form
if he were to have chosen The Gangster...
:40:31
the new musical based on the high jinks
of a small-time gangster.
:40:34
I hope he saw The Confession,
but I am being partial.
:40:38
And to capture Simon the Swiss...
:40:40
police must follow better clues
than my own personal taste in movies.
:40:46
Orchestra.
:40:47
THE GANGSTER - ORCHESTRA - BALCONY
:40:49
Thank you.