THREATENING HIS UNCLE.
DEMAND. FOR £500. Fy Telegraph—Press Association—OoprngM (Rec. November 18, 8.15 p.m.) Melbourne, November 18. Arthur Gilbert Vial, aged 23, has been remanded cu a chargo of sending a threatening letter to: Mr. Hill (chairman of the Geelong Harbour Trust) which read: "I need £500. Unless this •is lodged at the General Post Office, Melbourne, before next Tuosday, I am going to shoot 3 - ou. I want money for clothing and medical.assistance, and to help mo generally, ' If given a chance I shall distinguish myself as one of the greatest statesmen of . modern times." Viol nloaded that the letter was only "bluff." Hill is Viol's uncle.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1910, 19 November 1913, Page 7
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108THREATENING HIS UNCLE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1910, 19 November 1913, Page 7
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