INTRIGUE'S FATAL END.
I WIFE SHOOTS HER RIVAL.) ; TRAGEDY AT FRENCH FAIR. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) PAJUS, Feb. 21. A tragedy, the features of which are reminiscent of the plot of II Pagliacci, occurred on a fair ground at Daumesnil. A wrestler, Eugene Chaput, had long neglected his wife in favour of Juliette Francois, the conductress of a shooting gallery who was separated from her hus- ] band. No one dared to interfere in the ; affair as tlio wrestler answered protests with blows. Eecently the man bought Juliette a new caravan and placed it near his own. Madame Chaput and Juliette's husband j went to the fair determined to end the J intrigue. The wrestler flurig Francois down some i steps. Madame Chaput, however, caught a glimpse of her rival through the window of the caravan and shot her dead. The wrestler thereupon took his wife and Francois to the fiolice station.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18950, 23 February 1925, Page 9
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