A MADMAN'S FREAK.
AN IMPRISONED FAMILY.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright) (Received' July 16, 2 p.m.) HOME, July 15. A demented.- Italian . ..wine merchant named Rea confined his wife and 11 children for the last, five yeflrs m twelvo separate rooms m a counting house near Naples. He guarded his prisoners with the. utmost vigilance, feeding them on maize, potatoes, eggs, and poultry. Finally he allowed' two sons to go for a short walk m the neighborhood. .They informed the police, , and Rea was arrested. The mother luid not seen her children for five years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12200, 16 July 1910, Page 6
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95A MADMAN'S FREAK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12200, 16 July 1910, Page 6
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