He bought coffee for the captain hunting himSourced
His pursuer sat in a café.
He paid the man's coffee bill.
In 1945, anti-Franco guerrilla Marcelino Massana visited a café frequented by a Civil Guard captain who had vowed to kill him. Unrecognised, he paid for both his own coffee and the captain's. The prank later spread as local gossip.
A daring cup
from the hunted man.
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