GRIM SEQUEL TO A MURDER.
A striking" illustration of the saying that murderers are generally impelled . cvr iosity to revisit the scene of their crimes has .iust occurred near Lund, in the south of Sweden. On Christmas Day, two years ago, an ostler named Andersson had an altercation with a stable companion named Widrikkson, whom he brutally stabbed to death, and all the endeavours of the police to discover the whereabouts of t he murderer have hitherto proved unavailing. On the Gth ult, however, Andersson's body was found hanging from a tree in a dense forest, in the immediate vicinity of the spot where his crime of two years a go was perpetrated. It appears that, hunted by detectives and haunted by remorse, Andersson decided to commit suicide almost in the very place* where his victim had been discovered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 26 January 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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139GRIM SEQUEL TO A MURDER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 26 January 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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