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THE GHOULISH GOOLDS.

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TRAGEDY. THE YICTIAI’S JEWELLERY. Received 11.35 p.m. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 9. (jo6ld first told a railway employee to send the trunk- to Lyons bv express then changed his nund, ordering it to bo sent to London by slow tr Isabella Girodon, Goold’s niece, states that when she returned to'tho flat on Sunday evening she noticed Geo Id looked very queer, and was Shivering. Her aunt Bald lie had been vomiting blood, and she ..I 11 "’ tended to take him to a Marseilles specialist. The niece added she noticed nothing unjtsual about the house until the Goold’s left, when she saw blood stains on the walls and tub in the bathroom. She attributed these to her uncle’s hemorrhage. Received 11.25 p.m.

LONDON, August 9. The Gookls asked tho victim, whose name was Emma Leven, not Levy, to tea on Sunday, the sth. She remarked to a friend that it was funny how fond they were getting, literally smothering me .with kindness. I can’t help thinking they must have some motive.” Airs. Levin was . a beautiful widow of a Swedish engineer, and enjoyed an income of £IoUU. She possessed much valuable jewellery which she almost always wore. The jewels found in Madame Goold’s possession were, worth £2oU£, mostly marked until the initials E.L/. The card found asking for repayment of a thousand francs did not refer to the Goolds, but a lady of somewhat similar name. The magistrate at Alarseilles called the Goolds assassins, and urged them to confess they first stunned and then stabbed Airs. Leven for the sake of her jewels. Goold is reticent and Ins wife wildly '''Booker, whom the Goolds accused of the murder, has not been traced. The police believe he does not exist. Couargeres, the servant girl at Goold’s flat, states that she die ard a ■lobe like a stru —le about 5 o clock on Sunday in Goold’s rooms, followed upstairs"and listened, and hearing no oiore thought it a family dispute, and returned to her work. Received 11.38 p.m. ADELAIDE, August 9. In connection with the Monte Carlo tragedy, it has been ascertained that Sir dames Stephens Goold, known at Gladstone as Mr. Goold, has resided in Gladstone for the past 20 years, employed by the railway department. He is a widower, with six children. Goold is working on the permanent wav, and is strongly averse to publishing family derails until he sees the papers. He stated he had not seen his brother Vere for 45 years. Sir James received a cable from the London Standard to-day, asking for information about liimself, but not reply.

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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2155, 10 August 1907, Page 2

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THE GHOULISH GOOLDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2155, 10 August 1907, Page 2

THE GHOULISH GOOLDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2155, 10 August 1907, Page 2

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