DUTCHMAN’S FEUD

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1925, Page 5

DUTCHMAN’S FEUD

DIAN AND AVIFE KILLED. (Australian aud N.Z. Cable Association.) HAGUE, June 24.' A remarkable story is associated with the arrest of Gerrit Varenhorst, the son of wealthy parents, on a charge of uiUrderibg =»•' 'compatriot, llelwd and his wife. '■ Varenhorst; while studying at fcdhi don, became involved hr pa ~- srnaa't circle, and. then drifted ihte a hotel business ' .He was suspected -of-spar-ticipation in the ivhite .slave- ’traffic, and finally was deported'- 116 return* ctl in 1916, and was again':.deported.' , He Fetiirne'd, ih.1917, and;was searching for the Delwds; whom he-. Accused! of taking the' proceeds from his ; . hotel; A r arenhorst attempted: to . asphyxiate the pair by inserting a gas pipe-in their bedroom, and for, this lie; W.as sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.-. He served seveii years, and then .renewed his search for the Delwds,- visit ing America and England, ail'd finally Holland, where he located them’. Ho broke into their house, and it, is alleged he murdered them. He did not attempt to escap'ehyM , - LATER — -v . Varenhorst,- it is alleged, Awakened his victims at their boariling..house at Schevcningen, in order -that they should realise-’ vengeances was at hand, then he cut their tfirdats. ,