MURDER IN FRANCE.
HUNTED MAN PREFERS ELECTROCUTION.
Received September 11, 11.35 a.m. PARIS, Sept. 10. A shrivelled, blackened body was discovered dangling from a high tension cable on the Paris-Orleans railway. The victim proved to be a soldier named Simmon, for whom the police had been searching owing to the murder of a taxi driver. Simmon left a letter admitting his crime and then climbed a pole, preferring electrocution to the guillotine.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19300911.2.78
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 245, 11 September 1930, Page 7
Word Count
72MURDER IN FRANCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 245, 11 September 1930, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in