STUDENTS’ BATTLE
GANG HIRED TO FIGHT THEM RICH MAN'S VENGEANCE A riot recalling the faction fights of mediaeval days took place recently outside the Art College of Aix-en-Provence. near Marseilles. Students of the college were returning from a concert when they were attacked by a gang of roughs from the port of Marseilles, armed with stones, iuaded sticks and “knuckle-dusters." Their victims, taken by surprise, beat a basty retreat in the direction of the college, closely pursued by the loughs. The latter were on the point of taking the college gate-house by storm when the police arrived and drove them off. Three of the students are in hospital, while 15 others have had to vereive medical attention. It is stated that the gang had been hired for the purpose of attacking the collegians by a wealthy Marseilles man who had quarrelled with one of them at a dance-hall. The men are alleged to have been paid £1 a head and provided with free refreshment while waiting to attack. The students now threaten vengeance, and propose marching on the apache quarter of Marseilles with sticks and clubs. For the time bei*ng, however, they have been confined to their rooms by the college director, and a strong force of gendarmerie is .watching the premises.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 744, 17 August 1929, Page 30
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212STUDENTS’ BATTLE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 744, 17 August 1929, Page 30
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