MONTE CARLO MURDER.
MRS. .GOOLD. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. BY TELEGRAPH— PIIBS3 ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rec. Fob. 12, 10.14 p.m.) Monte Carlo, February 12. The death seutenco passed on Mrs. Goold for the murder .of Mrs. Levin has boen commuted to penal; servitude for life, FRENCH COMMUTATIONS/ The commutation of' the sentence of death' passed oil .Mrs. Goold cannot be said to bo. unexpected. The reprieve that, was granted to -a child-murderer liko Solleilland would •scarcely bo withheld from a woman; even though sho was Mrs. Goold. At the same time, tlio commutations. Of . death sentence continuo 'to- arouse much opposition 1 in France. M, Goliier writes'in tho "Matin": "There is no possible happiness or security; for, private peoplo or - 10. tho' community at' large if pernicious germs and ; individuals are not destroyed. As a matter o.f fact,. this debauch, of .homaiiitarianisiu.*,''' 'riot-' of very good omen". Tho .eighteenth Century made n ; prodigious consumption'-of soiitlmentality with tho only result of niassacres on d large scale. We oro in our turn sentimontal. It will end badly." V Mrs. Goold's husband was sentenced to imprisonment for life for his share in tho murder." < flio body of ! tho' victim was 'subsequently dissected ■' arid packed in a ■ trunk. ■ Drink, gambling, and robbery wore tho main factors in tho tragedy. / . . i,'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 7
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