LUNATIC ASPHYXIATED.
PARES POLICE METHODS. By Cable— Press Association—Copyright Received 18, 11.20 pjn. • Paris, June 18.
A trial of a new system of disarming barricaded persons proved a success in the case of a mad woman shooting with a revolver at all who approached her flat. Two policemen, armed with steel cuirasses and shields and firemen's smoke helmets, discharged fumes .from the muzzle of a pistol thrust in a hole in the door. The woman was removed unconscious, and taxen to an asylum.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 19 June 1914, Page 5
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83LUNATIC ASPHYXIATED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 19 June 1914, Page 5
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