GHOULS IN GAOL.
GRAVE-DIGGERS’ THEFTS. All France has been shocked by scandalous revelation's in the little town of Levallos. Five grave-diggers were formerly to be employed at the municipal cemetery there, but lately their work got in arrear, and the council appointed a sixth man to help in the digging. This appointment caused great embarrassment to the five old hands, for they had long been in the habit of shamelessly rilling the graves of jewels, reliquaries, crucifixes, and so forth, and disposing of them to dealers in stolen goods. After some hesitation the newcomer was taken into the conspiracy, and the six men might have continued their nefarious work if the latest arrival had not discovered that his comrades were keeping more than their fair share of the plunder. In a rage he informed the municipality, and all the gravediggers of Levallois were soon in the hands of the police.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 200, 24 July 1926, Page 11
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150GHOULS IN GAOL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 200, 24 July 1926, Page 11
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