BURNED TO DEATH.
SWISS FRONTIER FAMILY.
SUPPOSED ACT OF REVENGE.
A and N.Z.
LONDON. Nov. 7.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that a grim drama happened in a farming district on tho Swiss frontier.
Madam Sarrazin, a widow, 68 years of age, her son Louis, and her 28-year-old daughter, Martha, had a wealthy neighbour named Chevillot, who was an invalid, and lived alone on a farm next to theirs. Firos broke out in both houses. When the firemen searched the ruins they found the body of Louis Sarrazin, but were unable to identify other charred remains. In a chest of drawers in Chevillot's house was a letter saying he hated the Sarrazins, and desired to take a "ferocious vengeance." The note continued: "But I am a coward, so our bones will burn together, mine aufi theirs. lam going to die."
The police believe that Chevillot murdered the Sarrazin family, and then set fire to the two houses. They do not believe he is dead and aro diligently searching for him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18862, 10 November 1924, Page 7
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