COUNTERFEIT MONEY
<* PAYMENT' FOB DIAMONDS. PROSPECTORS TURN BANDITS . RIO,' DE'.',JANIER6, Aug. .14..,.The/diamond regions In the States ' o£ IVEaittogrpsseJand Goyaz have beenf thrown *i»tor.(an /-uproar by rioting pro'gpectors. <•• ; Several " towns have been ■' looted and a number of murders have been committed by the enraged natives, -who claim' -they have been paid by grubstakers ,in counterfeit raomiy.' Many prospectors have turfted" bandits, and started an .'ntansive \ search for the persons who cheated with fake money.' . . Fights have occurred between the bandits and the police and ■■ soldiers. The bandits number several hundred.. One police commander and several soldiers hav e been killed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 17, 15 August 1928, Page 5
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