SURPRISE FUR JOKERS
DOCTOR TURNS TABLES CAPETOWN, Jan. 1. —Three young men in a North Natal town who had amused themselves playing pranks on parked' ears, got a shock when they opened a saloon door of a ear. A.t‘"the~wli&eFJwa.s seated a skeleton dressed in a white shirt and a felt hat. One of the youths collapsed, one .stood petrified, and the third gave a terrified shriek. Then they were pounced on by the irate owner ef the car, a, doctor who had become tired of finding his tyres eMSfted, • the ear.- • seats turned " over-; and other parts of. the ear tampered with. He had taken a skeleton v from his study, dressed Jit' (ip and placed it with its bony hands on .the wheel'.' He let the three would-be.' jokers go free after making them sign a confession. His car has not been tampgr-r ed'^utliTsino* I ’.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 160, 20 March 1939, Page 4
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146SURPRISE FUR JOKERS Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 160, 20 March 1939, Page 4
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