A FAMOUS CRIMINAL
CAPTURE OF GABRIEL MOUREY. CRIMES IN MANY LANDS. Association—By Telegraph— CopyritV. LONDON, October 5. The Daily Chronicle’s Paris correspondent states that the arrest of the bandit Gabriel Mourey after a fierce struggle, which resulted in the serious woundinc of Mourey, brings to light’ a famous criminal character. Mourey was arrested on a charge of stealing Jewelery valued at £25,000 from a millionaire of New York. For murder he was transported to the Devil’s Island, the French convict station, but he made a remarkable escape. He then settled in Venezuela, where he committed many thefts, and next he proceeded to Mexico. In the United States his career has been a series of wonderful episodes, but he always evaded arrest t>v his fine disguises.—A. and N.Z. Cable. "
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18987, 8 October 1923, Page 7
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