NEGRO’S CRIME
RUNS AMOK WITH KNIFE Dnlted Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph —Copyright (Received January 22, 7.40 p.m.) PARIS, January 21. A negro named Debats, infuriated because his master, Deschamps, a former colonial official attempted to dissuade him from marrying, allegedly ran amok with a knife, killing the wife of Deschamps and seriously injuring Deschamps. The negro barricaded himself in Deschamps chateau, took down poisoned arrows from walls, with which he kept the gendarmes at distance, until struck down by a bullet wound in the leg. The peasants attempted to lynch Debats, whom the police rescued. Debats was seriously injured.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20014, 23 January 1935, Page 9
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