ROBBED BY RELATIONS.
BOUND AND DESERTED. AGED SAILOR VICTIMISED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) PARIS. Foo. W. M. Auguste Deculoux, aged 83 years, a retired ship's captain, was found bound in the bedroom of his residence at Villetaneuse, a village 7£ miles, north of Paris. Recently, despite his protests, his son-in-law, aged 67, his daughter, aged 63, and his grand-daughter insisted upon residing with and sponging on him. Later they demanded all his money. When he refused they bound his hands and feet and decamped with 7000 francs and many valuables. &. . *■ ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 7
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94ROBBED BY RELATIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 7
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