FAMILY KILLED WITH AXE
POLISH FARMER’S CRIME. (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) WARSAW, December 4. Enraged because his relatives were opposed to his marrying a German girl, a young Polish farmer, living at Kautowitz, killed six out of seven of the members of his family with an axe while they were sleeping. He then cleaned the weapon, and went to a public house, where, after ordering a drink, he casually mentioned that he had killed his family. Everyone thought he was joking. The bodies were found -next morning. The farmer has been arrested.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1929, Page 12
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