CONVICT SHIP
DEPARTURE FOR DEVIL’S ISLAND C 73 PRISONERS ON BOARD (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 19th February, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 18th February. “The Times” Paris correspondent states "that the convict ship La Martinique sailed for Cayenne with 073 prisoners, including sixty murderers, one of whom is aged 10 years. Comments in the French press leave no doubt that few will ever see France again. The men will be herded below decks in groups of seventy in iron cages. Insubordination is punishable by confinement in a narrow cell entirely dark with wrists and ankles chained. The “bad animal” stays there until cured. The captain allegedly stated that when a man comes out he is a human rag. The vessel is equipped with steam hoses for quelling dangerous outbreaks.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19310219.2.47
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 February 1931, Page 7
Word Count
129CONVICT SHIP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 February 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.