DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN MELBOURNE.
SUICIDE BY A MARRIED JOUI'LE.
CHLOROFORM AND CHARCOAL FUMES".
[United Press Association.] MELBOURNE, April 2), A young married couple named Rissen have been found dead in bed, the circumstances pointing to a double suicide. All means of ventilation had been stopped up, and empty bottles that had contained chloroform , and a tub with burning obarcoal, were found in tho room. The couple had been married about ten months. Letters addressed to tho French and Swiss consuls were found in the room. This Day. Tho Russers left letters indicating that they had committed suicide in consequence of destitution. Tbey had pawned all their jewellery, llnsser came to Melbourne with Losna, the Frenoh cyolist, as his trainer.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 25 April 1898, Page 2
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119DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN MELBOURNE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 25 April 1898, Page 2
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