A GANG OF ASSASSINS.
MURDERS IN NOUMEA
United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received April 22, 11.45 a.m. Sydney April 22.
A series of crimes were brought to light at Noumea by the trial of a number of persons for the murder of three menjn Nicbhel disttriot. Pouembout and Kone, two of the victims were shot while their grass huts were on fire, and a third was shot on the road. The object was to get possession of money. One of the leaders, who was the chief assassin of the band, was an Arab named Zermauik. He was shot dead by a gendarme. Arrighi, a Corsican, was sentenced to death. Santa Croce, who planned the crimes, and Grimaqui, were sentenced to-... twenty years and ten years, and a woman
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9425, 22 April 1909, Page 5
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129A GANG OF ASSASSINS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9425, 22 April 1909, Page 5
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