WILD SCENES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 November 1933, Page 5

WILD SCENES

(Press Assn. —

MURDERERS LYNCHED . » - t .. •- •.TTZ . , ; t , CROWD STpRMS GAOjL DRAGGED THROUGH STREETS Wild s.cen.es of mob j.ustice wero seen in San Francis.co wben axi angry. -crpwtf of 6QQQ storjned the San Jose g.aol, dragged .put Thurmondl and Holmes, ^twp self-con-fessed murderers, apd hanged them from the trees in a n,earby park. The tyro men lrad confesse^i to1 kidnapping • Mr. Brooke Hart, ihe son of a Californian millipnaire and wantonly murdering him before demanding a large ransom from his father. T.he news that the young man's battered, hody had heen recovered' ' infuriated the crowd and drove them to storm 'the prison.

By Telegraph — Copyright).

(Rec. Nov. 27, .7.50 p.m.) San Francisco, Nov. 27 The body of Mr. Brooke Hart was found by two duck-shooters in the bay to-day badly battered' and mutilated. It was identiffed by the clothing. State .officials expect that the finding of the remains will make an ironclad case against the kidnappers. The officials have ordered extra guards for the gaol in order to prev.ent p.ossible mob actionMr. Brooke Hart, the son of a Californian millionaire, was kidnapped in the open street by two men in a motor car. He was battered and thrown into the water and the miscreants afterwards demanded a ransom of 40,000 dollar s from his father. However, foul play was snspected and apparently the two men have heen arrested.