Off to Devil's Island
CONVICTS GIVEN NO CHANCE TO MUTINY. LONDON, Oct. 1. A La Rochelle message states that Prance’s hell-ship Le 'Martiniere sailed to-night with a load of 070 caged convicts, bound for Devil’s Island. It was rumoured that the convicts intended to mutiny prior to embarkation, so they were relieved of their shoes and made to walk in clogs to the quayside, escorted by troops with fixed bayonets. One murderer, Boyer, had been literally within minutes of death. Tho morning that he was due to bo guillotined, the news came of President Doumer’s assassination. The new President could not eousidcr a petition for commutation of the sentence without a new trial, and Boyer was given the benefit of the doubt and sent to Guiana.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 9
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126Off to Devil's Island Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 9
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