"More Sensations Yet ”
RAILWAY WRECKER SENT EDITOR A LETTER. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Following, an attempt •on Monday night to wreck a train near the Mt. Eden station, the editor of the Auckland Star received a letter in print handwriting purporting to be'from the man responsible, who signed himself “Old Black Joe, the Railway Foe.” The writer described how he obstructed the line and telephoned to the police, and asserts that with a number of others he looked on while the obstructibn was being inspected by the police. Further, he alleges that he was responsible for three previous attempts to stop trains, only himself being concerned, and he regrets that he cannot sign his .name. -• ' .• :.• ' ' As ; there were “to be more sensa,tions .yet,” the letter was-handed to the police.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 October 1931, Page 6
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