HINGED BY FAMILY.
HUNGARIAN MAN'S FATE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received September 10, 7.45 p.m.) BUDAPEST, Sept. 18, An extraordinary case of murder is reported.
A grocer named Rzaho living in the village of Kecskemet declared that ho had worked long enough and that the members of his family were old enough to fend for themselves. He informed them he was about to sell his business and retire.
The family held a council of war and the youngest daughter, a prize debater, harangued the grocer on family responsibilities.
Szabo retorted that his wife had become a shrew and (lis children ungrateful. He: said be had given them the best years of his life.
Thereupon the family condemned the xnan to death and hanged him ton beam in his shop. The prospective buyer of the business tiext morning was confronted by the dead body. , When tho police arrived the family endeavoured to justify their act.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 20 September 1929, Page 13
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