DUPING A GAOLER.
BERLIN, December 24,
When two brothers named Will were arrested in Bavaria on a charge of obtaining large sums by false pretences a third brother induced the gaoler to liberate them, promising him a reward of £17,500 and £IOO,OOO a year later on. His representation was that the prisoners were really the Austrian Crown Prince and a brother.
The gaoler has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The Wills; who were re-arrested, have been sentenced to long terms.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8319, 27 December 1906, Page 5
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81DUPING A GAOLER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8319, 27 December 1906, Page 5
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