FATAL ALTERCATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 April 1928, Page 6

FATAL ALTERCATION

TRAGEDY AT GENEVA

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,\n ;i)u-i i ation arose hi tin- Bellevue Villa oi' Bin on I’anl »le Heivesy. the Hungarian reprefeniative in 11 11* Leajrno i Nations. Between the lisrmi s lialf-i-asto neom ehauffenr. .lolm I‘nates, ami an Hungarian Imtler. Charles S/.ahn, pa vs* tin' (‘■(•nova rnrresnnnileiit of the

"Dailv Xi'ws." Szaho toli.l ('(Mitt's to refer ilu* dispute to Baron do llervesy in his room. Coal os was about to knock when Szaho flung open the. door and dealt him several blows with a cudgel, which wouid have been fatal bill for the negro's thick skull and woolly hair. Coates rushed to his own room and seized a revolver. He fired four shots at S/.abo. one lodging below the heart. Szaho died on the way to hospital, t 'oales was arrested, but Baron do Her vesv, whose lawver is defending him. says that lie may ho released if it is proved that he acted in self-defence. The a Hair has placed the baron in an awkward predicament. He was at the theatre when Szaho died. He said i<>dav : ".My footman is dead, my chauffeur is imprisoned, the chambermaid is m hospital, file cook's knees are On tremulous to stand, and tin* gardener is incapable of work.’ Tlic iI la nibci ilia el. I be! c- a It. dha ill llier a"cd .'ll) v sutlering tl>>m sine It -p.ti ell! i V tie! liretei cm e tv*l t O.tieS inwired Szaho. v. h* i v.a. tall amt band I soilie. He del ell m lie, t to M|iiare nr counts with a lead weighted life pro server. Tile girl, hearing shots, rushed up the stairs, and met Szaho l descending. armed with a revolver. It is not dear whether (’nates fired all the shots.