TRAGEDY OF A FEAST.
GIRL SHOT' BECAUSE DINNER COULD NB^P ME PAID FOR. A August 16. Lack of money to pay for a dinner a); a oountry inn resulted m a terrible Atragedy at *Mierow.it»,' near Olmutz. A young Olmutz .photographer named Eduard Klitsch took his sweetheart, Marie Friedrich' for an excursion. Tliey had diimer at a small inn, and finding that their joint, morieys were not sufficient to pay for the meal they ran. away to escape payment;" '* The waiters pursued tliem, overtaking tho couple just'^tA'a wayside crucifix. Unable to face th-a Af'disgrace pf being aiTested for swindling, . Marie/ Friedrioh begged her loyer'to^snoot her. : Klitsch; drew ' Jhi^' /revolver and. fired one shot j . woundirig^her fatally. Then he tried to shoot /liimself' but -.was prevented. , /;;''* /: •'". -j.'A' . Piiedrich begged thati a priest miglrt be summoned, but died before her wnsh could be fulfilled. //iClitsch was arrested;
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19121002.2.80
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 9
Word Count
145TRAGEDY OF A FEAST. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 9
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.