FRENCH CONVICT SHIP.
SAILS FOR CAYENNE,
INHUMAN, REPRESSIVE MEASURES.
STEAM PIPES AND MANACLES.
United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Feb. 19, 9.30 "a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18.
The Times Paris correspondent states the convict ship Le Martinife sailed for Cayenne with 673 prisoners, including 60 murderers, one of whom was aged 16. The comments of the French press' leave no doubt that few will ever see France again. The men will be herded below decks in groups of 70 in iron cages, and insubordination will be punishable by confinement in a narrow cell, entirely dark, with their wrists and ankles chained.
A “ bad animal stays there until he is cured,” the captain allegedly stated, and when the man comes out he is a human rag. The vessel is equipped with steam hoses for quelling dangerous outbreaks.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18257, 19 February 1931, Page 7
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