BEATEN TO DEATH.
JEALOUS HUSBAND'S CRIME. VIENNA, August 11. Tagnief, a millionaire owner of oilfields in South Russia, suspected a young engineer earned Baboutof of making love to his wife, and invited a party of friends to his residence at Baku, including the engineer. The latter, on arriving at the house. iwas stripped and tied to a chair, and terribly beaten by Tagnief and his servants till he died. Tagnief's wife was then called and shown the almost unrecognisable body. The woman was seized with a fit, and is Bow insane. Baboutof's relatives have applied for ffagnief's arrest.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 191, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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