MADE NO MISTAKE.
DETERMINED TO DIE. fßy Electric telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Lina. and N.Z. Cable Assn.l Received November -t, at 12.1j5.-a.ni. PARIS, November 1. An. extraordinary suicide is reported of a soldier who was accused of stealing bacon from the Army Store at Chateau Thierry. He persuaded his wife to die with him. They collected 170 gelignite cartridges, weighing 281b5., and exploded them. Portions of the bodies were picked w> hall' a mile away. The united age of the pair was iVu'tv years.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13904, 4 November 1919, Page 8
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84MADE NO MISTAKE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13904, 4 November 1919, Page 8
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