FRENCH DROWNING MYSTERY
» — Tub body of a young woman, very prettily and fashionably dressed, was discovered floating in the Loire at St. Etienne. In the region of the heart was a wound which might have been caused by a dagger. A reticule found on the bank contained letters in French and English, bearing Paris and London postmarks, addressed to Mile. Bertlie Giraud, Hotel Regina, Paris. A sum of £30 was also found in the reticule, and beside it was a phial which had held a mixture of chloroform and laudanum. Nothing is known at the Hotel Regina concerning the young lady, and the police are at- a loss to decide whether the death is due to crime or suicide.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12070, 13 September 1902, Page 6 (Supplement)
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