HIDDEN 21 YEARS.
THOUGHT HE WAB DEBERTER. PARDONED LONG TIME AGO. DRAMA OF THE GREAT WAR. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 2, 3.15 p.m.) PARIS, August 1. “ You were pardoned years ago, when the amnesty was proclaimed,” was the police reply to Louis Delcourt, of Beaumont, who had hidden himself 21 years ago in the house of his mother, who kept his presence secret. Delcourt fought In the trenches for two years during the war, returning several times after being wounded. Eventually he overstayed his leave, and feared to surrender himself.
His mother having recently died he gave himself up as a deserter.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20261, 2 August 1937, Page 8
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105HIDDEN 21 YEARS. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20261, 2 August 1937, Page 8
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