AN ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.
An astounding discovery made by a chimney sweeper at Ludenscheld near Bolanzo (Italian Tyrol) has just had its sequel in a number of arrests. In ; a species of crypt six feet deep, even- i vated in the air shaft of a kitchen ' chimney, he found imprisoned a man I Of 45, who had been kept a prisoner there for eight years. The man was I reduced almost to a skeleton, his hands j and feet were powerless, and he was j unable to speak a single word. All he j could do was to cry like a little baby. The police ascertained that relatives wore responsible for this atrocious outrage,- and they have been arrested. In confessing their guilt they said that their victim was a man of violet temper. and that they had kept him a prisoner as the only means of averting bloodshed. |
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Otaki Mail, 14 June 1922, Page 4
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148AN ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. Otaki Mail, 14 June 1922, Page 4
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