POLISH PATRICK MAHON
WIFE'S BODY IN TRAVELLING BAG. UNSUCCESSFULLY SOUGHT DIVORCE. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.) [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 7 p.m.) WARSAW. December 17. A Polish Patrick Mahon, named Kasprzak, justifies the murdering and dismembering of his wife on the ground that he wanted to show what a man can bo driven to if he is refused a divorce. Kasprzak, who is a well-known surgeon, was accidentally discovered by detectives with parts of a dismembered woman in a travelling bag. As his professional explanations were not conclusive, the police instituted inquiries and found his wife was missing. The marriage had been unhappy and Kasprzak, having sought a divorce and lost the case, accordingly killed his wife with a hatchet and was takng the dismembered body to Warsaw for disposal in a similar manner to that adopted by Mahon, when he was discovered. The police had merely boarded tbe train to examine passengers luggage for contraband and had not. the least suspicion of the crime. Kasprzak, at the trial, pleaded not guilty, saying the Divorce Court was responsible. He was sentenced to penal servitude, for life.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2562, 20 December 1924, Page 9
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