A CONVICTS' FEAST.
EXECUTIONER POISONED.
By Telegraph.—Pre3s Association.Copyright. St. Petersburg, April 15. Several ex-convicts at Riga invited the executioner Klepoff to a' feast. The executioner, who was flattered, accepted the invitation. At the table he was given a glass of wine which contained strychnine, and he died in agony while his hosts were drinking his health.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14347, 18 April 1910, Page 5
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56A CONVICTS' FEAST. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14347, 18 April 1910, Page 5
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