DEATH SENTENCE
ON A WEALTHY WOMAN MURDER OF DAUGHTER-IN-LAW STORY OF AVARICE AND HATRED (By Electrio Teleg'apfl.—GopyrißH i (Australiftn A N.Z. Cable Anooiation.) PARIS, ,30th Oct. A remarkable trial, concluded with the imposition of (lie death sentence upon the wealthy Madame Lefebv're for the murder of her daughter-in-law. The crime revealed a* story of-avarice and hatred. The young wife hesitated before marriage but' consented because she thought it was a good match. After that haggling occurred between the two'families over the marriage settlement, over wedding presents to be given, over the honeymoon, and over the young wife's expenditures. Madame always" hated the girl's family and determined that no offspring of theirs should be a grandchild of hers. When she learned that the young wife was about to become a mother Madame invited the couple to accompany her on a drive, and shot the girl dead with a revolver in a motor car. Doctors refused to pronounce her insane.
A curious feature of the trial was the son's obvious fear of the mother. It seemed that while he was giving evidence he waited for her to prompt him as to what he should; say. His chiefs anxiety when he found his wife was dead was to make sure her jewelled ring was not lost.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 November 1926, Page 5
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213DEATH SENTENCE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 November 1926, Page 5
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