ARREST RESENTED
MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM DEVIL’S ISLAND. CHARGED WITH LOITERING AT EPSOM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. £ LONDON. May 28. Thomas Edward Guerin (Eddie Guerin), aged 77, who achieved notoriety 34 years ago as the first man to escape from Devil's Island, pleaded not guilty to a charge of frequenting Epsom Downs with the intention of committing a felony. Guerin said: “I escaped from Devil’s Island but why should that follow me all' my life? I- have been straight for two years.” Guerin was remanded.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 1939, Page 6
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84ARREST RESENTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 1939, Page 6
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