A SYDNEY SENSATION
SYDNEY, June 5. A man dressed in naval uniform, accompanied by a young woman, hired a motor car in the city. When near Dural, on some pretext the man got the driver to examine the tank, and when the driver sought to remount presented a revolver and declared himself an escaped German prisoner, and that he had no intention of being caught. He and the woman drove away at full speed. The driver reported the matter to the police, who have failed to find any trace of the fugitives.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 24
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92A SYDNEY SENSATION Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 24
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