FOUR "LOVERS" SHOT.

Evening Star, Issue 14628, 26 July 1911, Page 3

FOUR "LOVERS" SHOT.

I While t.ryi:;;: to enforce a curious ;ii;:! aticienl Ktvi.-j rustnm four young £wis? in<h were shut in ihe village of Vex, Canton <<l Yahiis, two boir..,' seriously injured and tiansportcd n bas'e to the hospital at Siors. : while the two oilier? wore; slightly wounded, 'the custom, which still exists in too Alprc.e . hamlets and villages, permits young men, after their dav's work, to visit. :i family and , ask to -sec" ihe daughter—after she has: reached the age of 18. which is the marriage- j aide age in thii country—antl the visit is generally considered as a compliment, to the girl, and is welcomed by the parents, for the vming men, who are called "lovers," come : v.e.li provided with wines and foci, and :». pleasant evening—sometimes a happy nw-j r.aye—results. In this case, however, thj j custom liarl a more tragic issue. The four j " iovers " were refined entrance to the house j by the angry father, and on attempting to j enter by force ho took his rifle and shot, j them down. The man has been arretted, j and the villagers are very indignant, as (lie ; victims are honorable young men. —' Daily j Chronicle.' i