FRENCH MYSTERY
DEATH FROM REVOLVER WOUNDS.
COMPTESSE - ARRESTED. BY CABLE—PEXBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT PARIS, Sept. 13. The death of the Compte Roger Leroux de Kerminon a fortnight ago at Lannion, in Brittany, Avhich seemed a simple affair,-has dev r eloped into an extraordinary mystery. The compte Avas found Avitli four revolver Avounds, from Avhich. he died and vvas buried in the family vault, the wounds being announced as the result of an accident.- The comptesse, who has since -been accused, uoav declares that the compte’s typiste, Mademoiselle Nedelec, conspired to secure the compte’s death Avith tAvo cousins of the victim in. order to obtain an inheritance. . ’
Under examination yesterday the comptesse maintained ' her innocence, although the judge pointed out that while the compte might have inflicted one 'wound himself he could not have been responsible for four.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 September 1924, Page 5
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