A SEVEN-FOLD MURDER.
SHOCKING AFFAIR AT A VILLA. I Press Association— Copyright.] (Received May 15. 9.15 P.m.) St Petersburg, May 15. A seven-fold murder is reported from the Rusaian village of Soroki. Four masked men broke into a villa occupied by a wealthy man named Schvastok, and butchered with axes two lady guests and three maids. Schvastok then appeared and was killed, and finally his wife waff murdered . When they plundered the house the murderers found a man-servant hiding behind a partition. They bound him hand and foot, rendered him unconscious, and decamped. When the villagers noticed the silence about the house they broke the door and discovered the tragedy.
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13107, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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110A SEVEN-FOLD MURDER. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13107, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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