EXECUTIONS IN FRANCE
AX EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 10, 10.30 p.m. Paris, August 10. Two sailors were executed at the Toulon rifle range for stabbing a comrade forty-three times at Ajaccio in January, and stealing from him three halfpence. The murderers were unchained and tied to stakes, and their eyes bandaged, the presence of thousands requiring 3000 soldiers and sailors to keep the crowd M order. When the order to fire was given anti-militarists in the crowd attempted a demonstration. The gendarmes intervened, and violent scuffles followed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 42, 11 August 1911, Page 5
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89EXECUTIONS IN FRANCE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 42, 11 August 1911, Page 5
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