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MURDER AND SUICIDE.

DISAPPOINTED BRIDEGROOM. COULDN’T FIND A BOOM. Electric Telegraph—Press Association Copyright. (Australian-N Z. Cable (Received this day, at 10.55 a.m.) Vienna, February 13. Obliged to postpone his marriage as ho was unable to find an apartment, Josef Franz, aged 28, decided to asphyxiate with coal gas th© inmates of his stepmother’s apartment, including his sister, fiancee, and himself.

The attempt failed, but not to be baulked, he armed himself with a razor, and almost severed the heads of his stepmother and sweetheart, and also mortally wounded his sister. Ho then hanged himself to the doorpost.

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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31385, 14 February 1923, Page 5

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MURDER AND SUICIDE. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31385, 14 February 1923, Page 5

MURDER AND SUICIDE. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31385, 14 February 1923, Page 5