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A SONG ON THE GALLOWS

Singing a sentimental student song, John Kaupen, the murderer of 22 persons, was hanged in the forest near Mitau, Latvia, at two o’clock in the morning. For two years Kaupen terrorised the countryside in the vicinity of Mitau, committing more than 200 robberies. After a long search the police captured the sentimental bandit by watching his numerous lovers. Jacob Pebalg, Kaupen’s companion in several murders, was hanged with him. As a last-request both men asked to be buried in a cemetery, but the military authorities who superintended the execution refused, pointing to the open graves waiting for the condemned men’s coffins near the gallows.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270716.2.170

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 24

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Tapeke kupu
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A SONG ON THE GALLOWS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 24

A SONG ON THE GALLOWS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 24

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