TRIPLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 17

TRIPLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

A domestic tragedy nnder pathetic conditions took place on April 24 at Frankfort. Frau Lueck, wife of a former officer in the army, who now occupies a municipal position in that city, had long suffered from a nervous complaint which appeared to be incurable. She accordingly determined ro take her life, and her only daughter, Emmy, a beautiful girl of 22, decided to die with her mother. The two women also agreed that dummy's brother, Alfred, a bright boy of 12, should not be left behind alone. The plan was well prepared and carried out. The pair contrived to administer sleeping draughts. The husband and son and all retired to rest as usual. Before daybreak the girl arose and woke her mother, and together they carried the sleeping lad into the slttingroom and laid him on a couch. The door was then fastened and the gas turned on full. The penetrating fumes awoke Herr Lueck some time later, and on forcing the door he found his wife and daughter locked in each other's embrace, dead, close to the corpse of the boy Alfred. The efforts of . five doctors proved unavailing. A short note was fouud from the girl, giving the above-mentioned reasons for the tragic step.