MANIAC PUNTER.
Bombs Posted to Famous Horse Owner. BACKED LOSERS. PARIS, June 13. While a postman was sorting mail in the Central Post Office, Paris, a bomt exploded in a package addressed tc Baroness de Rothschild, wife of Baror Henri de Rothschild. The perpetratoj is believed to be a disappointed turj punter with a maniacal turn of mind. The explosion (says the Paris corres pondent of the "News Chronicle") occur red in a room where 200 people wer< working, but all escaped, though everj window was smashed to atoms. A piect of bomb was picked up 40 yards away and another traversed a two-inch wooc plank. The Baroness de Rothschild's husbanc is the famous French turf patron, anc this is the third similar attempt in the last three months on the lives o: famous racing people. The police theorj is that the same man sent all three ir order to revenge himself on the owners of losing horses he backed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 18 June 1930, Page 7
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160MANIAC PUNTER. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 18 June 1930, Page 7
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