TRAGIC FATE.
FOOTMAN KILLS A KITCHEN MAID AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. London, May 11. One of England's noblest and wealthiest families is under the shadow of a terrible series of tragedies. A few weeks ago a middle-aged upper footman shot a pretty kitchenmaid and then committed suicide at Bridgewater House, the palatial London residence of the Earl of Ellesmere. Two of Lord Ellesmere's young daughters, who were in the house at the time, were drawn to the scene of the tragedy just as the footman was breathing his last beside the dead body of his victim. Both daughters suffered a frightful shock. One died within ten days, and the other is now in a hopeless condition from brain fever. The Earl himself, overcome, by this accumulation of afflictions, is also gravely ill. Bridgewater House, a magnificent palace in the Italian Renaissance style, stands close to Stafford House and overlooks the park. It contains the most valuable collection of Dutch pictures in the world. The Ellesmere family are great eoalowners and landed proprietors. It is said that the increase to the Earl of Ellesmere's income from his coal mines last year, owing to the high price of coal, was one million dollars.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 152, 9 July 1901, Page 3
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