MUTINOUS SAILOR
ATTEMPT TO ROB SAFE Tli£ most fantastic hold-up in the history of . American crime was that attempted recently by a sailor of the U.S.S. California, the flagship of Admiral Lansing, Commander-in-Chief. While the ship was several hundred miles at sea, and over a thousand men were on duty or sleeping aboard, hp crept aft from his bunk at 3 a.m. to tho room of the supply officer, thrust a revolver in the officer's face, forced him to dress and lead him to the safe. Finding it locked, the officer agreed to march at the point of the sailor's gun, to the storekeeper's room. Catching the man momentarily off guard, the officer grappled with him, and the sound of the scuffle brought marines, who ended the one-man mutiny, for which the sailor was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 28 (Supplement)
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