VILLAGE TERRORISED
BY RUSSIAN “HATTER.” TRAGIC SEQUEL. (Aus. & NZ. Cable Assn.) (Received October 5 at 9 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 5. The inhabitants of a bush village, Nowendoc, near Walcha, New South Wales, have lately been terrorised by the doings of a Russian, Alexander Ilarrast, who was camped in the hills, and was possessed of firearms. He eluded the local police for a long time. Ilarrast, however, to-day. met his fate at the hands of Constable James Gilroy, who pursued him on horseback, and called on him to surrender. Harrast refused. He began to 'attack the constable with a stick, and he was finally shot dead.
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Grey River Argus, 6 October 1934, Page 5
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105VILLAGE TERRORISED Grey River Argus, 6 October 1934, Page 5
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