Paris Adventure
Written by
Leslie Charteris
Copyright 1934
First published in The American Magazine (Jan. 1934) and illustrated by Samual N. Abbott, then The Strand Magazine (Apr. 1934) and illustrated by Albert Bailey and in Suspense (UK - Sep. 1958). Also published in the anthology Best Crime Stories (1934).
While he is in Paris, Simon Templar reads in a newspaper about his misdeeds and decides to leave false clues for Scotland Yard who are after him.