FRENCH CONVICTS
DRAFT FOR DEVIL’S ISLAND, HERDED IN IRON CAGES. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, February 18. The Paris correspondent of The Times states that the convict ship La Martini fe sailed for Cayenne with 673 prisoners, including 60 murderers, one of whom is aged 16. The comments of the French press leave no doubt that few of theip will ever see France again. The men will be herded below decks in groups of 70 in iron cages. Insubordination is punishable by confinement in a narrow and dark cell, with wrists and ankles chained. The “ bad animal ” stays there until cured. The captain allegedly stated that when a man comes out he is a human rag. The Vessel is equipped with steam hoses for quelling dangerous outbreaks. —Times Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21265, 20 February 1931, Page 9
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131FRENCH CONVICTS Otago Daily Times, Issue 21265, 20 February 1931, Page 9
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