INSANE LOVER'S CRIME.
MURDERS AND SUICIDE. A POSTPONED MARRIAGE. Times. VIENNA. Feb. 13. Obliged to postpone his marriage, as he was 'unable to find an apartment, .Josef. Franz, aged 28 years, decided to asphyxiate with coal gas the inmates of his stepmother's apartment, including his sister, his fiancee, and himself. The attempt failed, but not to be baulked, he armed himself with a razor and almost severed the heads of his stepmother and sweetheart, and mortally wounded his Bister. He then hanged himself to the doorpost.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 7
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86INSANE LOVER'S CRIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 7
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