CONDEMNED MURDERER.
FORGOTTEN FOR IS MONTHS.
• •'•' *;V.>•'•>■ l>:'; 'w.T'~v'v PARIS, Oct. 10. Felix ,'■ Gueydan, "the :, foigottenf criminal," who, for eighteen months ky in the death-house, of the prison at Aix-en-Provence while a Judge forgot to order. his execution, has been guillotined. ; His cell-mate, who shared . the aarao suspei.se. had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment; ■'■-'■' . ," : ' ■■■r - ; >»-,;">■- L ?Gueydan who was twice sentenced to death for murder, was quite; forgotten by the French public, when, suddenly, a month ago, he returned to the. limelight, < when he addressed "to the *: ProcureurGeneral a letter from his cell stating that he did not care whether he died or not, but -did* wish to know What his fata; was to be. The criminal; rnet death calmly, refusing all aid, - and walked firra'y on to the platform. ; .' *; -' , » •■..■■"•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18563, 22 November 1923, Page 9
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131CONDEMNED MURDERER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18563, 22 November 1923, Page 9
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