LATE BANDIT’S HEAD
TROPHY FOR AMERICA. THIEVES MUTILATE BODY. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The head of Francisco Villa, the once famous Mexican bandit, was stolen from the grave on February 5, and is now on its way to Chicago to be .examined by scientists with regard to its pathological interest. An eccentric millionaire, who is interested in criminology, paid a band of robbers, who broke open Villa’s tomb and decapitated the remains. Dr. Orlando Scott, the famous specialist, announces that the head will arrive in a few days.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3282, 27 February 1926, Page 7
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87LATE BANDIT’S HEAD Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3282, 27 February 1926, Page 7
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