HIDDEN 21 YEARS
DRAMA OF WAR-TIME. OVERSTAYED HIS LEAVE. PARDONED BEFORE FOUND. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received August 2, 11.35 a.m. PARIS, Aug. 1. "You were pardoned years ago when the amnesty was proclaimed,” was the police reply to Louis Delcourt, of Beaumont, Siene et Oise, who had hid : den himself 21 years ago in the house of his mother, who had kept his presence secret. «
Delcourt fought in the trenches for two years during the war time, returning several times after being wounded and eventually overstaying his leave. He feared to surrender. himself.
His mother having recently died, he gave himself up as a deserter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 7
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107HIDDEN 21 YEARS Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 7
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