A MODERN BLUEBEARD.
POISONS TWO WIVES. TRIES TO KTLL A THIRD. /it HEAVTLT INSURED. BERLIN, April 16. Karl Hoff, formerly the world's foils champion, has been arrested at FrankI fort on a charge of poisoning .two wives , and attempting to poison a third. ; A quantity of cyanide of potassium, [ arsenic arid cultures of typhhus and I cholera' bacilli were discovered in acj cused's house. All Hoff's wives were heavily insured, - the third for £4,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1913, Page 5
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74A MODERN BLUEBEARD. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1913, Page 5
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