CONVICTS AS ROBBERS
For a long time the townsfolk of Victoria, capital of the Britishi. Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, have been terrified by a mysterious and elusive band of nocturnal robbers till the police discovered that tha thieves were hone other than the convicts of Victoria Prison- The corrugated iron roof of the prison dormitory, was converted into a trap door by the inmates. Nearby a long rope was hidden. In the dead Of night the convicts crept out of their cells,.slid down the rope, and plundered the town. Bydawn they would be back with their booty. Apparently the prison cook led the robber-convicts, for many stolen articles were found in the kitchen.
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Evening Post, Issue 73, 23 September 1936, Page 13
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115CONVICTS AS ROBBERS Evening Post, Issue 73, 23 September 1936, Page 13
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