BRAVE PRIEST HONOURED
A special goid medal voted by Congress has been presented by President licosevelt to the llev. Francis X. Quinn. _lt was given in recognition of tho priest's feat in talking into surrender a New York gangster—who was holding the police at bay by using an elderly couplo as his hostages and shield. The priest argued with tho gangster for an hour while tho gangster covered him and tho couple with a pistol.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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75BRAVE PRIEST HONOURED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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