JOAN OF ARC EPISODE.
A young woman named Butaud entered a church at Lyons, and etood for a few minutes near the baptismal font. While unobserved she produced a bottle of potroleum from' under her cloak, and poured thejiquid over her clothing. Then sho iot light to her oil-feoaked garments, and in a fow seconds was a niaEi of flames. Several persons rushed towards her, but woro urmblo to oxtinguish the lire, and tho woman speedily, oxpired. It appears that her mind had boon unhingod for .somo time, and 6hc recently stated that sho was tmro sho would, die as Joan of Arc had died.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 11
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105JOAN OF ARC EPISODE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 11
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