RUSSIAN CRIME
EFFECT OF HOUSING SHORTAGE. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph .—Copy right.) Received February 22, 1 p-m. : MOSCOW, Feb. 21. The housing shortage in Moscow led to a cold-blooded murder, for which two lovers, Mary Bousigina and Ivan Levitas, were each sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, the maximum penalty for a lion-political crime. Ij ie pair were unable to find a room, iho victim invited them to share his, but tho woman desiring privacy, killed him with an axe. She then posted the head to a distant town and left other parts of. the body at the Moscow station. Finger prints oil tho head led to the identification of the murderers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 70, 22 February 1932, Page 2
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113RUSSIAN CRIME Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 70, 22 February 1932, Page 2
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