TRIPLE SUICIDE
GERMAN SISTERS’ DEED TRAGEDY ON BOARD A DUTCH STEAMER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 27, 9.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 27. Particulars have been received of a triple suicide aboard tho Dutch packet Van Noort between Batavia and bingaporo. Three German sisters named Dericks were amongst the passengers, and they disappeared. Letters found in the cabin stated that they had agreed to commit suiTho eldest was to administer chloroform to tho ether two, throw tho bodies overboard, and then jump into the sea herself. An empty chloroform bottle was discovered. Tho women left their personal belongings to the captain of tho Van Noort.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8366, 28 February 1913, Page 7
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104TRIPLE SUICIDE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8366, 28 February 1913, Page 7
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