Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 1 | Gypsies Admit Killing, Eating Dozen Persons

Gypsies Admit Killing Eating Dozen Persons PRAGUE Czecho Slovakia April 27 AP AP-A AP A case of cannibalism cannibalism can can- by nineteen gypsies gypsies' s' s has been reported by the authorities au au- au of Slova Slovakia ia The gyp gypsies es including two women women women wo wo- wo- wo men were stated fo to have confessed confessed con con- to killing and and- eating a a dozen persons r So shocking were the lie that the attorney general genera rejected them as beyond belief but soon convinced himself by byan byan byan an official investigation at the scenes of the crimes that the statements were true We thought t rt t first that the gypsies were following their traditional tendency to exaggerate ate and boast boat by accusing themselves themselves themselves them them- selves of eating human beings the attorney general said But when we found pieces of unde unde- human flesh and bones on the spot where the gypsies said they had their cannibalistic feasts with tra traces es of teeth marks upon them there was was' no room for doubt I