BRUTAL MURDER.
Belgian Prima Donna Done To Death. ARMED POLE ARRESTED. Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 10 a.m.) BRUSSELS, July 20. A well-known prima donna, Madame Evelyne Brelia, who had a European reputation, was found dead at Charleroi in circumstances recalling the murder of an Englishwoman on the links at Le Touquet. Her husband, M. Quinet, who is the director of the Charleroi Conservatoire, went for a swim. When he returned he found his wife had gone to pick flowers. When she did not return he organised a search, which lasted all night. Madame Brelia's body was found hidden in the undergrowth 50 yards from her home. She had been strangled and some of her clothing was stuffed in her mouth. There was every evidence of a terrible struggle. The' murderer had tried to burn the body. The dead woman's jewellery had not been taken. As a result of the search an armed Pole was found in a ditch near Madame Brelia's house and was arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 9
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