TERRIBLE DISCOVERY AFTER A HERDER.
VtKN.VA. March 22.—A highly romantic tragedy is reported from a little country town in Hungary. A few days ago a poorlyclad mi!! knocked at the door of a woman residing alone, and begged for shelter lor the night. Tor. l Led by his forlorn appearance, the wnivun took biro into the house and gave him a room. Uefore retiring the tramp handed the hostess a small package, requesting her to keep it for hint until next morning. The woman took the package end promised to pi; i- safely away, but when the strange visitor was ash ep her ''urio-dty getting the better of i:-r scruples sue opened the packaye. To her surprise she found ii contained a number of banknotes of large denominations, 'the sigh: of so much wealth tired lor cupidity and finally led. her to the murder of 'he sleeping man with a hatchet. Then she determined to remove the body in order to conceal the evidence of her crime, bat on npproachh g the corpse she made ( horrible discovery. In the cotintenaiue of the dead man she recognised for the first time the features of her own husband, "ho had left the country to seek his fortune in America some years ac,o.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11644, 4 May 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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