ELEVEN MEN ESCAPE
FROM DEVIL’S ISLAND. (United Press Association—By EleetrU Telegraph—Copyright). PARIS, August 17. Eleven life sentence prisoners recently escaped from the French penal settlement on Devil’s Island. They managed to obtain a sailing boat at the outset, and they made a desperate hid for freedom. They sailed safely for six days. Then a storm capsized their boat. Two of the men were immediately dragged down and killed by sharks. The others righted the boat and scrambled back. They have just reached Trinidad, but they will not be safe unless the French authorities refrain from extradition proceedings for three months.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1930, Page 2
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