GRIM DRAMA
SWISS FRONTIER TRAGEDY. MYSTERY OF TWO FIRES. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, November 7. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that a grim drama, recalling a chapter from Balzac, happened at Arnrageslebourgh, on the Swiss frontier. Madame Sarrazin, a widow, aged 68, her son Louis, and her 28-year-old daughter, had a wealthy neighbour, Chevillot, who was an invalid and lived alone on a farm next to the Sarrazins. Fires broke out in both houses, and when the firemen searched the ruins they found the body of Louis Sarrazin, but were unable to identify the other charred remains. In a chest of drawers in Chevillot’s house was a letter saying: “I have hated the Sarrazins, and desired ferocious vengeance, but I am a coward. So our bones will burn together, mine and theirs. I am going to die a criminal.” The police believe that Chevillot murdered the Sarrazin family and then set fire to the premises; but they do not believe that he is dead, and they are diligently searching for him.
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Southland Times, Issue 19396, 10 November 1924, Page 5
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174GRIM DRAMA Southland Times, Issue 19396, 10 November 1924, Page 5
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