Husband Poisoning Extraordinary
husbands of about a half of their number. The whole of the prisoners are natives of a village named Melencse, which is inhabited by a Servian population. If what is stated be true, it lutf been the practice for many years of the woman of the locality to' get rid of obnoxious husbands by poisoning them, the drugs used for the purpose being all obtained from twe old women who had a local reputation as fortune-tellers. These mysterious deaths of unpopular husbands have been going on for the last seven years.
k murder trial which for magni. tud« and horror could scarcely be matthed in the criminal annals of any country is about to begin at Chrofs-Besdherek, in Hungary. Ihe accused, who number no less than •ighty, are" all women, and they are •nargidt •ither as principals or ftgocjforiei:. witb poisonUf tke „ ..." * I"''-" '
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 February 1890, Page 3
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146Husband Poisoning Extraordinary Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 February 1890, Page 3
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