FAMILY'S SUICIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 167, 13 July 1912, Page 17

FAMILY'S SUICIDE.

DEATH BEFORE POVEKTY. Prom P.ucharest is reported a ten-rbl" in stance of col-PC-ive _-ui'-i_e. involvinc the extinction of an entire family, including the father and mother, their nine chililrem at.d the latter' grandmother. The case is pro ___.-__ v unique as. although i*. is by no __.!-__.. rare for a husband and wife to a_trce to d.c together, it -vould be hard to find a parallel for tbe voluntary deaih of all the n_e__->er« of a family _tu__t;..rir.c rwelve. Hitherto the family had lived in ct_-forta-ble circumstance's. The father. You I-lipovici. was -3 years of ace. They were ail supported by the energies of the eldest son. Nikola, aged I*6. -who bad opened an office uiid.-r the style of the "British Oriental Export Ajtenery." In connection with this business he also published a newspaper, .-ailed the *'!'..:____. Oriental Herald." A- firs; the business was very prosperous, i.nt recently _m..n.iai embarrassments supervened. Losjas courage at s "cine tbe efforts of his lifetime brought to ruin. Nikola and a younger brother resolved ro commit suicide. Their death had a crushing effect upon the rest of the family, who. -..tanks to their efforts, had been living in com. .-..alive atffluence. ' A family council was he-Id. and it -was decided that they should seek confiliation for their troubles in the crave Prink and the charcoal pan were the means selected. An evening or two azo. FT.ipoviei and his wife. the grandmother, two crown-up daughters, and five sons, th» youngest being 1- years of ace. first sirtpefie-d --homselvc.with beer, then retired t.. res; in a garret, wbe-e they slept under the influence of two pans of charcoal. Next morning th"v were all found . rriTo.:,-..--d. The partveti. j story of th"ir death was toy. in the follow-: -iter letter, written by the .unrest boy: | "I. Ajpx_r_-.r FiUp-.v'. ;. ;i sr__l] -boy of 12. j in the f.-.r-h • ■'._-_- < -' th- prbl'rf- si-boo:. should have finished th •= year with the s.hCK.I an.l .■:•-_..-- e-r,-.--._ _ !::_-.e- s'b.'O-l or gone into trrie. However, a.- .;.-d wills that we .lie. there '.' not__-___- to be done ! -ti__.il we be- frnm ri-h. ir,:*. people? Rathe- die -lan endure their mock inc. . Therefore we .tall all <."—seven hr-orb. .-=. ! tw-o sisters, fiitlier. mother, and grandmother. And so farewell to yo-.. t?>zr.e'i Alexander Fr.lrto.-i " ': appear, that Nikola Fiilpr.ri. 1 formerly lived in Y.i"__.. b-,t r----i:"ve, :,t 11-c.-ti-u-i—;. where lie founded a business for de,-.-..,; it, F.Ds'ish fabrics. i