The County Gaoler of Amarillo (U.S.A.) was puzzled to know how prisoners in solitary confinement were able to obtain cigarettes. One of the prisoners showed the gaoler a cockroach crossing the floor with a cigarette tied to its back.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 May 1938, Page 8
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39The County Gaoler of Amarillo (U.S.A.) was puzzled to know how prisoners in solitary confinement were able to obtain cigarettes. One of the prisoners showed the gaoler a cockroach crossing the floor with a cigarette tied to its back. Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 May 1938, Page 8
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