DESPERATE FIGHT.
CONVICTS AND POLICE. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE.. . . <IY CABLE-PEEKS ASSOCIATION —COPYEIGHT. Received Sept. 23, 10 a.m. WARSAW, Sept. 22. Eighty convicts in a gaol on St. Cross Mountain, Southern Poland, where a number of Communists were serving ]ong sentences, broke into the guardroom, disarmed the guard ‘and seized their rifles and ammunition. They were, however, unable to escape, owing to the vigilance of the other guard. A detachment of police arrived and a desperate struggle followed. Six prisoners and two police were killed, and 20 prisoners and four police were wounded, before order was restored. — Reuter. •_
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 September 1925, Page 5
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