A FRENCH MARTYR
News has been received indirectly in Paris from Bruseelp, via Holland, •which unfortunately confirms tbe re-
port that a Frenchwoman, Madame Moresse, ha 3 almo3t oertamly suffered the same fate as Nurse Edith Gavel!, and probably at almost the game date last February, Madame Moresse Jived in Brussels, having married a Belgian journalist. Her sister and brother-in-law a"8 in Paris. Their little girl was staying with Madame M.Tessa in Brussels when war broke out, and is presumed to be still there, 'They received the other day a letter irom a friend in Hollmd, sayicig : As M. Morrts e ia umble to commanioate with you, ho asks me to say that his wife d ; ed tragically on February 28 last a maityr of patriotism.” The dead lady’s father, who ia in Paris, has had further confirmation. _He says: “1 foresaw her fate. My •daughter was frauk and feaiießS. She (did her duty as a Frenchwoman. iSSomething must have happened which i rrevolted her feelings and she must ■ fhave spoken out, and for that been aenfc to execution. 1 feac very much that my unhappy eon-in-law will have shared the same fate.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1917, Page 3
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193A FRENCH MARTYR Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1917, Page 3
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