THE MONTE CARLO MUSDER.
Paris, August 16. Since confessing to the murder of Mrs Levin at Monte Carlo, Goold is more composed. He Sleeps well, ! and hopes that the authorities will favorably consider his 1 plea that he acted on impulse. in a heated altercation, and while |under the influence of drink. , . As Mre Levin has been proved to have been possessed of ample means 1 , the Magistrate at Monte Carlo describes Gdbld'* confession as a tissue of lies. . , The Goolds were married through a matrimonial agency. The wife accepted .Goold as a man of title. Received August 17, 4.53 p.m. Paris, August 17. Prisoners have been placed in Goold'a- cell since the moment of his arrest wtth the view of drawing him out in conversation and reporting to the authorities any admission. A similar procedure is taken in the case of Mrs Goold. ! London, August 17. Router's Marseilles correspondent reports that Goold baa taken a sudden turn for the worse. The public Prosecutor is informed that he is seized with night delirium and a nightmare of crime, screaming tnat his legs have been cut off and removed in a bag. He attacked hie cell compahidns tearing tneir clothes and raining blows on the head. Mis excited condition is attii bated besides the view of the impression of the murder, to the sudden stoppage of whiskey which he absorbed inordinately. , , . , v His wife's counsel asked for th<» appointment of a receiver for bis estate on the grounds that he is insane
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Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12017, 19 August 1907, Page 3
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251THE MONTE CARLO MUSDER. Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12017, 19 August 1907, Page 3
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