Terrible Domestic Tragedy in France.
At Niincs a: man of 75 years 'of age murdered'hia' wife aiid son. ■ He'! liad six children, anjd .to set them-up in the world he liad- been some years ago' prevailed on by his wife anclchildrenltj solfaihouse. He soon regretted having i done "so, and gradually fell into a morbid-state .of mind. ; i[o dined with his .wife anil one of his sons on Sunday, and, blioivgcl a good deal of ill-' will towards them.: ' Shortly, after Tdinner the old man, whose name is Crespo, followed them2,1-" and without Eayirig a word 'stabbed hiß.wifeto tho heart with "d- knife. Shefelldeadp'n'tfiesjjot' The s'onsprang up to. interfere; but he, too, w.jis^'struct down; dead with/a "blow from the- same; weapon. This cold-blooded double' murder committed, Crespe' was arrested. Far from expressing sorrow .or rep'eritanco, he told'- the police commifesary he] could nob feel "satisfied Because h"d:had only -killed his wife and one of his .children,' and- what he wanted Mas to kill all his.family, ~,
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 194, 18 August 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)
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