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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 4368, 12 October 1916, Page 7

MURDERER’S VIGIL — HELPS AT HIS VICTIM’S FT NEPAL. FRENCH SOLDIER' S CRIMES. [ A criminal of uinetoou, guilty of four murders and ail attempt at murder, has been -sentenced to death by the court-martial at Rennes. The young criminal is a Breton soldier, named Pierre -Marie Lagree. | belonging t-o a colonial regiment of infantry. His first murder was committed on December 2, 1915. The body of a soldier ,named Birel, was discovered on the following day in a field near Cherbourg, the man having died from a blow on the skull. Money, watch and everything he carried had been stolen, and there was no trace of the assassin, who was found afterwards to be iLagree. At the time Lagrcc was stationed in the same barracks as Birel, and it was Lagree who, at the funeral of Birel, carried the wreath bought by the dead man’s comrades, and delivered in their name a little funeral oration at the cemetery. A month later, while on leave in his native village of Quessay, in the Cotes du Xorcl Department, Lagree murdered a Madame Mouvieux and her two children, aged eight and two years. A few months later Lagree was arrested, but this was not the end of his exploits On July 14 last, while in the courtyard of the prison. Lagree knocked down with his fist- a young sentry, took the man’s rifle, and plunged the bayonet- into the body of a non-commissioned officer. Before the court-martial , the assassin assumed his cynical, coolness, and admitted all his crimes. Answering a question- by the presiding officer, Lagree related the circumstances of his first- murder. He said that having gone for a walk with his comrade Birel, and knowing that the latter had received from his father five gold pieces, he asked him to lend him a few francs. As he ref.used, he killed him. There was a moment, however, when the criminal in the dock turned pale. It was when the victim’s father came into the witness box and told the judges that Lagree, after the crime, called at his house and said to him, ‘'Your son was my best friend ” and received from the father a little present as a souvenir of Ins victim. Ik : ' IT :V.Jk .-•-•-Vi i. sV (as) i.v. to] f'f fl Ij & |>Li Mother Seigel’s Syrup as a remedy for Indigestion lias proved its value in thousands upon thousands of cases. For over forty years it has been recognised as a thoroughly reliable remedy for a disordered state of the organs of digestion—the stomach, liver and bowels. Mother Scigel’s Syrup is made from the curative extracts of roots, barks and leaves, which have a tonic and strengthening effect upon the stomach, liver and bowels. In this way it promotes good digestion and regular action of the bowels. €k A tcWA ill ;i;i!!!|;i|iiiiß!:iiiK»i;Ui«UiiiMii;»i!ii!;imiTOlUUini!UMlUlliailUfc Don’t Fool with a Cold S BANISH IT! Nothing like Dp. Sheldon’s lew Discovery for Coughs and Colds to reach the spot and end the trouble. It loosens the cough, stops the formation of phlegm in the Throat and Bronchial Tubes and prevents sore throat. Sold Everywhere, 1/6 and 3/-