FOOTMAN KILLS SQUIRE.
ACT OF TREACHERY. •v V- • : ' ' ■ '» y iLONDON, f May 6 Although Bela Marffy, a -wealthy Hungarian squire, was found hanged five years ago. his- mother would ; not : accept the theory that he had. committed' suicide, says a message from Buda Pest. Recently the mother discovered ■ thai her son took a imager -to describe a suicide's sensations, and arranged with « footman to cut i£e rope at the critical moment. Instead, the footman tightened the rope and strangled Marffy, aftei which he decamped with a large • sum ©! money. " •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 9
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89FOOTMAN KILLS SQUIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 9
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