"TALK FRENCH!"
ENGLISHMAN SHOT IN PARIS. (BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYMQHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) , (Received January 16th, 7.5 p.m.) PARIS, January 16. An Englishman, believed to be William Brown, a mechanio from Newcastle, was killed in a 'Montmartre boulevard at midnight because he spoke French with a foreign accent. Brown was talking to a woman when a passer-by exclaimed, "Talk French, not a foreign language." The foreigner retorted, "Mind your own business," whereupon the passerby whipped out a revolver, shot Brown, and escaped.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18902, 18 January 1927, Page 7
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84"TALK FRENCH!" Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18902, 18 January 1927, Page 7
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