MUSEUM BOMB HOAX
(Received 13th February, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 12th February. • In connection with the British Museum bomb hoax, the defendant, Frank Biggs, was fined £20, with the alternative of two months in gaol. I A dummy bomb, found to contain fireworks and putty, created a scare as to an outrage in tho British Museum. It appeared that the man concerned in placing the bomb in the Indian sectioa intended a hoax to obtain money from a Sunday newspaj)er for the iuformaJ tiou. Frank Biggs reported to Scotland Yard that ho was reading in the India Eoom when he looked down and saw tho bomb. He notified the officials.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 37, 13 February 1930, Page 10
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109MUSEUM BOMB HOAX Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 37, 13 February 1930, Page 10
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