FRENCH MYSTERY
COMTE KERMINOFS DEATH FOUR REVOLVER SHOT WOUNDS FOUND IN DECEASED BODY. ' WIDOW ACCUSED OF CRIME, Bv Telegraph.—Pr<*» Assn.—Copyright. Australian am! N7 L Cable Assooiatioa (Received September 14, 5:5 p.m) PARIS*, September: 13v The death of Comte Roger lierottx de Kerminon, a. fortnight ago, at Eaamion, m Brittany,, which seemed a simple affair, has developed- into an extraordinary mystery. The- Comte was- found with four revolver wounds from which he died) and was- buried in' the family vault. The wounds were announced to he the result of- air accident. The Comtesse, who Has since been Hocused, now declares that the Comte'S typist© Madamoiselle Nedelec,. conspired to secure the - Ooiute J s death with two cousins of the victim) in- order to obtain the inheritance. Under examination, yesterday, the Comtesse- maintained, her innocence, ah though the judge- pointed* out that while the Comte might have inflicted one wound himself he could not have •been, responsible for four.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11934, 15 September 1924, Page 7
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157FRENCH MYSTERY New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11934, 15 September 1924, Page 7
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