NAMELESS TERROR
WRECKS FRENCH HOMES
CHARGE AGAINST WIDOW
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.)
LONDON, 13th March,
Tho "Daily News" Paris correspondent states that tho police havo arrested Julienne Lo Faui'o, a widow, aged 40 years, on a chargo of writing a thousand anonymous letters diving tho last four years, so terrorising tTHj "village of Cinsognat. Tho letters wrecked homes, provented marriages, sundered friendships, and caused many to emigrate. Letters were found daily on window-sills, on church benches, in hor.so troughs, under burhes, or pushed undor doors at dusk. One farmer was threatened unless he deposited 1000 francs at tho base of an oak tree. Ho refused, after which liis farmhouse was burned down. Another farmer was warned to leave tho village. Ho refused, after which his children received poisoned sweets. Later his cattle, sheep, and poultry wore poisoned. The farmer bolted. Tho plague of letters increased, and more farms wore burned and stock poisoned. Since the woman's arrest tho letters havo ceased.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1927, Page 9
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163NAMELESS TERROR Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1927, Page 9
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