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WIFE MURDERED

CRIME AVENGED FATHER SHOOTS SON-IN-LAW. /United Press Association—By. Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) PARIS, December 7. The trial is proceeding of a Belgian, Lussoir, who waited for nine years to avenge his daughter’s murder. He re charged with killing Albert Van der Vost, his daughter’s husband. Lussoir, in a statement from the dock calmly justified his murder, saying he was completely sane and responsible for his act. , The Judge observed: “But your son-jji-law expiated the crime.” Lussoir rejoined: ‘‘He could only expiate it with his life.” In 1925, Van der Vost shot his wife dead after she had obtained a divorce. He was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, which on appeal, was reduced to seven years. Lussoir vowed vengeance. He made six visits to Paris and finally tracked Van der Vost to a hotel in April. He waited for two clays at the doorway, and shot him dead.

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Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1934, Page 5

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WIFE MURDERED Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1934, Page 5

WIFE MURDERED Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1934, Page 5