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GOVERNOR STUNNED—SON SHOT v l' uiwi Press Association —By Electric Telegraph-- Copyright/ MADRID, May 24. After wounding the governor and his son, six gangsters awaiting trial for tite hold-up of Count de liiudoms and his Family, managed to escape from Colmenar Prison. Timing then- dash for liberty with the arrival of a motor lorry, they stunned the Governor with a brick, enveloped his head in a blanket, and shot through the body his son who came to his rescue. Two confederates waiting outside levelled their pistols as the lorry driver and the gang drove off.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1933, Page 5
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98DASH FROM GAOL Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1933, Page 5
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