FRENCHWOMAN'S DEATH.
SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY. SUPPOSED" VICTIM OF OBIENTAL CULT. (Australian Press Assn. and Sun.) (Received This Day, 8.50 a.m.) ' PARIS, Jan. 17. A Lyon* message states that a myaj,, iQry ia dfeye]<iping concerning Madame, -Marguerite Hodoyer whose naked body was found in the River Rhone, with a ihiti cord tightly drawn round the Jieck. Sho was "an enthusiastic member of cult centred at Saigon, Cochin China, which has many riisciplea in Lyons. Following a post-mortem, which did aaofc justify the belief that death was due to strangulation,, the police are investigating the theory that Madame Hodoyer was the victim of a strange Indo-t'hincsc ritual murder.
It appears that Mme. Hodoycr was decoyed from her home on November 9th by a false story that her husband was the victim of a motor accident.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 January 1929, Page 5
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