FATE AND THE BURGLAR
• , £ I!\ a. maa ln a New so«th Wales gaol who bitterly realises that fate can inflict greater punishment on a wrongdoer than any man-made law. One mght m October he was found lying on tlm footpath outside a suburban hotel Ihe manager of the hotel had heard a window being forced, then an explosion, <uid later had seen the prostrate man Ihe police were called and found a jemmy and other house-breaking ma terial in the .man's possession. His, right hand had been blown off, and his left eye destroyed. Seduced to a Jfr - dmiUed tH ft WS l injUries> the ™™ I ,lf tl ,theSS had been the result of the explosion of a dynamite cap ho was carrying with a plug o f Ke i? P nite. Records showed that the man hid previous convictions, and waT even then out on license in regard to an un expired sentence.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 11
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154FATE AND THE BURGLAR Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 11
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