MULTI-MILLIONAIRE
SENTENCED TO DEVIL’S ISLAND. MURDER OF HIS MISTRESS. (United Press Association.—J3y Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) PARIS, November 11. Jean Houyet, a young multi-mil-lionaire bachelor was sentenced to twelve years at Devil’s Island, followed by twenty years banishment, for murdering Paulette Robida, Ids mistress, in a taxi cab in a fit of jealousy. t Houyat gave evidence that the jolting of the ear had prevented lifs taking his own life. He added confidentially to the Judge: “You have no idea hohard it is to shoot oneaejfi™"
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1931, Page 6
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90MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1931, Page 6
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