GHOULS IN GAOL.
GRAVE-DIGGERS' THEFTS.
All France has been ' shocked by scandalous revelations in the little town of Levallois. 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 rifling 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 grave-diggers of Levallois were soon in the hands of the police.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19382, 17 July 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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