CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 13

CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

AN AMOBOtrS OCTOGESAKIAX. ] A enrioos tnstaace at jealousy bas occur- j red in. I*mdshut, Bavaxia, where an o^d! woman of seventy-six, rm innia.te of the j loau asytuin for aged persons, was found | hangfpg to a beam almost dead. She had j determined (says tie "Telegraph's" Ber-! Un correspondent) "to commit stricide be- • I cause her hnabaad, a. gay yonug fellow I cf eighty, Uati bees sbowtng marked attention to several ladies aC nia own age Uvtae j as pensioners in the same Institution. He j ■" is heartily ashamed cf and p*oI mieea ameodsest. r i r i HaNE23ioojsr mystksy. 1 I r - Ivan BraoEsteiii, a well-kaown phyi sieian, of Munich, been arrested on a t citarse of poisooins his wife under pecui j liar drcTimstances. After his marriage - I early in the year with a wealthy youns i I lady from HaJle. the newly-wedded pair I • J started for Italy on their ttoaeymoon. Fran : r J Bra-unstein died on this journey, and it ia , ? j now alleged that her husband mixed poi- i s son in ncr food at various hotels ia sucii j i a way that her death was gradual. H;s i t j object, it is stated, waa to obtain sole pcs- j 5 I session of his wife's wealth. z t ~ ; j RAILWAY IHSASTEB rS ITALT. > i A collision occurrred on the morning of - December CO on the Rome-Naples line, between tne stations of Coprauo and I'oti. • resetting in many persons being injured, 1 six of them seriously. The accident ap- | pears to have been caused by the slowing 1 down of a train from Naples to Rome, which finally came to a standstill. A ■ train frwm Roccaseeea, which was fallowing i-i minutes behind, overto.Jk the Na.pte3 train and crashed into it. The last <"oaei)! ' of the ■ Naples train was The ! employees with the Naples train hari sis-' nalied to the Eoccasecca miia to stop, but j the latter failed to observe the signal j J owing to a curve ia the line. A relief train left Rome as eoou as possible with doctors and nuraes and a number of Government and railway officials. ' Considerable damage waa doae to the rolling stock and the permanent way. No I English people were among- the injured. TORTURED SEEYIAN SOLDIERS. > j A trial just coacla<ii?d at tsas " bronght -co Ugiit iiicieous forms cf ponlsii■inent practised h» wnv>Hy upon clumsy ; Servian conscripts. 1 i Dashiojj a pail of boiling vs-ar.sr <w?r the ■ r feet U a fa.voerii;e method of '"icstrni;- j T tioa.' , A aergeairt meM GeorssTics ad- I E nitted that he had m-eted our. this torture .far years. . I It was pro-red that bastinado on tag ' . seles of the f°et is inflicted oftiriy every - j. Some aoldirH-s iisve h-ad their toe- j j nsfls torn oil: rhe arms of oth-pra ar<? j trai]ap!eix»<i with m-M£ sfce— -while st>m-e , cEfortnuate wretPhi'j are ke-pr for lengthy j pertexis j«sppa<i<?d by their fe>»T.. J The "trton- bed" is inflicted for minor " foffeoces. On thi» soldJer'3 ffiartr»ss .iro 3 i'laid rows of Qiuts. ar» covered with ; a. sh«.*;. aci on this tiie v'etiin Is *or»"f<i % to He. his blaafcn: bein- a (khir. bejs-j i . e&oagh to press the flirrts Into hi;! body. [ t Ir. is co wonder rh.it deaprtkwis are Tre- ; ocsnt, end that whole i»mt>aaiss ' 1 times crocs the borlere of Ma<*ptiO3ia in.! • Bulsaria. ; j P-AEiS GIRL I 3 j Th<» pareacs of a fascinating yoaag lady I J of Iβ summers, living in t.!if! Peubooij" 1 Montmartrii. Paris, terve plunged mii to despair by the successful atopempat of their iiaus , hci*r with a. rvticm j she me-c a short time wiiile soinij to ; piico lessoad. It was a case of iovc- at ! rtrst Hl?ht. Tie captor of Mile. Mariner- I lie's he-.jrt. a yucas gearti»rtra.n ! ti> tbe of Parisian society, ani heir 'aj s. lanre fortnni*. lost co tirao in her parents' uoiwnt for h*r hand aad heart. but the parents refused on tin? sronntl I that their daa;hter was too vouag for ! iiEiirrtaje. : I The yoGa~ lady was never allo-wed to t ! leave the honaa save wh<«n acrotapanied bj • a clsa-peron. as elilsrly ir>ai<l from Brittany. > Whil* ou' waiiins, -bo-werer, her pretty . charge scdtiecly became aungry and iirvitt ed her chaperon to so Inrto a confectioner's shop -srsd pureitase some cakes for her. This the grrileleas and docile matron at ooce liiii. and came oat of the esnrbiisljment Just in time to see a. snuut electric eutoTuohlle tarn the corner and go off with ' 'ier youthful ctaqre as an occu-p-an-t under ' ithe care cf the ardent lover. I In the asTterroan the parents raceived a J telegram from their daog-hter eaying: "My ■ dear parect3,—Consi<i>*rlng suicide cvw- ■ jitrdly, [ prefer Eight. Perhaps some diy you will be happy to see mc again and pariiou res.—Marj-aerite." The police Uaw b»;en seised to track the toTees. TRIAL FOR THE MURDEE OF A SON. • I Dctrtng th? of a man named LafaiHe Jat the Hantes Assizes on Tueaday, for the murder oi his , son Feraand. a remarkable letter was rrs.d . wticHi sbow-ed that the boy had expected to be sailed. Tho crime was etimrnittetf in August of ISO 3 -at , wbexe I/afaQle had a farm. Ever since his I second marriage Lafailie appears to hiva shown an eatraorrliirary natrod for tn<? only , child oC hia first wife, and it was stated • also th-at the bny would benefited to , J the extent of £60(X) on thfl death of iild , I father. In his fetter the boy described how his father and etepmotuier had systematically , I starved and perseiruted him ia the bope ,of proccrtns his death and saving the m-oney for their own children. Having novr learnt that his father vraa about to ! till htm, he desired taat aii its possessed should go to the dangister of a neighbour- ', ing farmer, and i: was his, wish that hs sh-oaid not be buried in the family varnlL J Wtaxesaes ax the trial described tiie trajsedy as the werk of a momeat. Tie prisoosr, acc&mpaaied by the eisht-year-alii daughter of his second wife, m«t bis son Feraind in the street. "Ah, you ara stiii alrve, Lhea?" he eidaimed. "Yea." the son replied. "I must kiil you," the prisoner responded, to which the youth answered. "Do it. then." Tl*o father took a revolver from nis pocket and flred tliras times Jit the youth, every bn-lle: effect. "My lather ha-s killed mc." Llie yoaxh gosp«d as he iay on the pavement. [where he fell at the first sho-c. Be di»d s. jfevf aoars later. Tie prisoner shonvcil no remorse whatever for .his crime. On Wednesday the jury found prisoner '. "Guilty" with eiteauaitnj circnnistances, ■ -and the judge, to the general srtrprlse, re- ; |iiaced the customary lite senxeaee w> one o» ■ 13 years' psnal sarvitTide.