MAD SCHOOL TEACHER.
?■ " ' SENT TO AN ASYLU.tf* \ By Ttk'crflpU'-l'rcsF Association—Gocyrielll Berlin,. February 4. Wagner, tlio insano teaelior, .suffered'' from tho mania «1 persecution when lm' committed tlio murders, and lias b.ecivsent to an asjluni,. In. September last. Wagner, after fatally stabbing his iv.ifo aiid foiir children, went to Jluhllutusen, where lie set fire to several house?, and killed several persons and w<nmded ■ot'lier's., as they rushed from the burning bflfldiiigs. lie l:a<i: previously, riven no evidence of mental disturbance. Ho ignited several bars and houses beloro he ivas detected. Tiro villagers attempted to capture him, believing him to bo a brigand, as lie was wearing a m ask and vc.il. Carrying two-. army revolvers and 2o!) cartridges, Wagnor 'fftfickiy fatally shot .people, aiul. iVoufided twenty-three.; Ho finally look refuge iii a cowshed, and' killed a bullock with his last bullet. Host •' of ('ho villagers fled pftnic-sMpketi, but p. few, armed ivith pitchforks and seylliee, cut him down.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 7
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157MAD SCHOOL TEACHER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 7
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