BURGLAR "GHOST."
FEAST AMONG COFFINS. A gruesotno discovery was recently made at Pinteln, on the Weser, in Germany. For soma time the townspeople had been afraid to go near the cemetery, as they declared tliat ghosts walked there. The chief sexton watched, and late at night saw an old man with a lantern in his hand and a knapsack on his back approach the vault of an aristocratic family. The man opened the iron door with a key and closed it behind him, whereupon the sexton telephoned to the police.
Breaking open the door, tho police found the old man enjoying a luxurious meal, surrounded by six coffins, behind which were bottles of wine, quantities of excellent food, and boxes of cigars and cigarettes. Tho man was an ex-convict. ITe had wandered to Rinteln, where he obtained supplies by committing burglaries. He had lived in luxury for a fortnight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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