Stanislaus Smolkovski, twenty-yoar-old professional thief, crept at midnight recently into a circus at Myslowitz, Poland, near the German frontier, to stea] the day's takings. He tip-toed past the tents and cages, but not quietly enough. As he felt liis way in the dark along a lion's cage, he awoke the lion. A 'second later Smolkovski was crushed againat the bars. His shrielcs started the other animals in the circus roaring. Circus liands freed Smolkovski, who was taken to hospital.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 124, 11 June 1937, Page 9
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