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4UBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. absconder caught. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 9. Lieut Brown, who absconded with 120,000 dollars of naval funds, was captured by the police who found him apparently deranged, lying in a park roadway. A physician declared he was feigning insanity. The police found 1200 dollars in his clothing and placed him under observation because lie was acting violontlv and irrationally. CHESS). NEW YORK, April 0.
Th" World Chess Tournament has entered oil its final week with l)r Lasker (Germany) leading, witli five games won, one- lost (to Capnhlanea) and five drawn. Capahlanea (Cuha) is in second place, with five won, one lost and seven drawn. Yates (Britain) is faring hadlv and is-last. He has won two games, lost seven and drawn three. FOUL I’LAY SUSPECTED. NEW YORK, April 8. In his lucid moments before death Richardson declared that l:e- had been drugged. The polico who are investigating the ease, believe lie was somehow the victim of foul play, but they expect great difficulty in proving this in view of the deceased's condition.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1924, Page 3
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183AMERICAN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1924, Page 3
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