ANARCHIST BRUTALITY.
TORTURING A VICTIM. By Telegraph.—l'rcss Association.—Copyrieiit Paris, Monday. The particulars of the murder o f an anarchist named Ducret by a fellowanarchist named Lacombe show that the atter submitted Ducret and his wife to amaz : ng torture. Lacombe entered Ducret's chamber and taunted him with betraying him to the police. He announced that he would kill both Ducret and his wife also their child. The murderer compelled Ducret and his wife to go to bed where, he said, it would be more convenient to kill them. Meanwhile Lacombe sang snatches of ribald songs, and forced Ducret to toss a coin, adding, "If it's tails will kill you immediately; if it's heads I will kill you at dawn." The coin turned head up. Throughoutthe night Lacombe terrorised the couple with a revolver. At six o'clock he fired a fusMlade, and the discharge extinguished the lamp. Shots struck Ducret in the throat and chest. His wife fell flat on the floor and eventually escaped. Lacombe left the house and has r.ot yet been captured.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 525, 11 December 1912, Page 5
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174ANARCHIST BRUTALITY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 525, 11 December 1912, Page 5
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