Strange Death of the Painter Guillaumet.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)

Strange Death of the Painter Guillaumet.

A correstoxdent reports a strange story current anent the death of .the French, painter Guillaumefc. ?His demise was a'b-: tributed to peritonitis ; but this, it is said, was produced in a tragical manner w:hich recalls the melancholy circumstances attending the death of Gambetta. M. Guillaumet, -who was only 46, and very wealthy, had become, it is said, infatuated with a lady who was his senior by many years. Owing to this unfortunate attachment he was separated from his wife, who lived with her son in another part of Paris. A few weeks ago M. Gillaumet had a scene with his mistress, after which he put a revolver to his heart and fired. The bullet lodged in his intestines, and he lingered from that moment in the agonies of a painful illness, terminated by death. His last words after the bullet had entered his body. were for his wife and son, who, on being informed of the tragical occurrence, came and nursed him until his death. The painter died in his studio, whibhor he was parried at his own request. He wanted to see his Oriental'skctches for the last time.