SISTERS FIGHT A DUEL.
Two -sisters fought a duel with pistols-at Poitiers'.rocently,'and one' of them was so / 'badly, wounded. that she. is not expected to recover. . ...,y . Alphonsinb Bachelier, v.'ho'is'only.itwentyfour, was violently jealous of her sister ■ Marie, who, although she is thirty-three, : : had won tho affections of the yinng 'mair to ' ; whom Alphonsi'ne had heon engaged.. : : A iilucl was: decided on, and tho girls' .fired;three-shots at. each other..' Mdrie was ' ,badly.iypunded in tlie' jiead. ' - 7 '' ■ 'Wlieif/Mario fell,:,;her .-sister • Alphon'sine . turiiod-, the;, revolver. against herself.:'-; and fired,-'lint a whalebone 'in' her' corsets '' de- • *:• .ilocted the bullet, a'lid hcrr. 'wbund . is' not 1 • serious. :. She was, arrested.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 15
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105SISTERS FIGHT A DUEL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 15
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