SWIFT JUSTICE.
MOTOR THIEF SHOT. GENDARME I>OES*P'T WAIT. PARIS, August 23. When a gendarme named Bergier saw Bereange, a well-known motor thief, driving off with a stolen car, he leaped on to the footboard and ordered him to drive to a police station. Seizing a spanner, Bersange struck the gendarme a violent blow on the head. Though dazed by the blow, Bergier drew his revolver and shot the thief, who, died a_t the wheel. The car then rushed down a slope into I canal and crashed into a barge, where it brought up with its gruesome freight. (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 200, 24 August 1926, Page 7
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100SWIFT JUSTICE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 200, 24 August 1926, Page 7
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