A TALE OF THE COMMUNE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 988, 25 March 1881, Page 3

A TALE OF THE COMMUNE.

The Daily Telegraph’s Paris Cor respondent,, in a recent letter, says : “A suicide under very, painful circumstances occurred in the express train running between Havre and Eoueu. On opening the door of a carriage at the latter station, one of the employes perceived a man lying on the door, bathed in blood, quite dead, and with a revolver at his head. The corpse was immediately home to a private room, and inquiries were instituted, which led to the knowledge that the deceased was M. Warenhorst, a wealthy Havre merchant. The family were immediately communicated with, and, from what has since transpired, it appears that M. Warenhorst, who is 55 years of age, married a few years ago a widow whoso husband was supposed to have been Id led during the Commune. A child was bom, and the happiness of the marriage was complete, when, to the horror of everyone, it was found that one of the amnestied Communists who had returned in the Navarin was this identical man, who was believed to have met with a far different fate, and who now re appeared in this disgraceful character. The shock was too giva L ; M. Wareuhorst’s brain was unable to bear it ■ and it was while under the influence of bis first impulse of grief and shame that he put an,end to his own life.”