A SHOOTING AFFRAY
LONDON, January 3.
Captain Vergoeben, who was a combatant on the Boer Bide in the^war, shot Major Vonschoenebect dead on the lattep'e staircase in the Allenstein Barracks after the major had missed fire- Captain Vergoeben was wearing a mask. The deed was committed -at midnight. 'I' - _•;
Router says that the evidence joints to Major Vonschoenebect's _-wife as- the instigator of the affair. 'She had concealed a mask before hand.
Captain Vergoeben confesses ' that he committed the crime out of friendly love. " ' - ' January '4/
Major Schoenbeck's widow, who is said to have instigated the shooting of her husband, by Captain Vergoeb/n, has Jneen arrested; '"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 19
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106A SHOOTING AFFRAY Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 19
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