MURDER IN GAOL.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN CAIRO. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. CAIRO, April- 3. An extraordinary case of convicts committing one murder and attempting another for the purpose of drawing attention to their alleged ill-treat-ment in prison, occurred when a lorry was carrying 100 convicts to the Delta Gaol. Fandemoniura reigned in the street when three prisoners cut the throat ot a companion. Tho. bystanders’ horror was innreased when, in the ensuing confusion, a number of manacled convicts, succeeded in scrambling to the roadway, and in the subsequent melee, a guard was severely slashed, in the ince. Three assailants used a knife, winch had beeii prearrangpdiy concealed, in a loaf handed to them as the lorry passed the railway station. They were on route tp gaol alter examination in Cairo in connection with the murder of a fellow convict in gaol in order to draw attention to certain alleged grievances.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1926, Page 7
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155MURDER IN GAOL. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1926, Page 7
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