AT THE GUILLOTINE.
UNRULY FRENCH MOB. PARIS, May 17. Griffaut, a Corsican, who, with confederates, attacked and killed a bank messenger, was guillotined to-day at Marseilles. Over a thousand policemen and troops were necessary to control the crowd who witnessed the beheading. The fire brigade hosed the people from trees and roofs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 145, 19 May 1930, Page 7
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52AT THE GUILLOTINE. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 145, 19 May 1930, Page 7
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