THE MONTE CARLO MURDER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 17 August 1907, Page 4

THE MONTE CARLO MURDER.

Mrs Goold Confesses. Says her Husband kil.ed Mrs Levin. Paris, August 14. Mrs GooUl, replying to the examining Magistrate, confessed that her husband murdered Mrs Levin with an Indian knife. She was not piescnt when the crime was committed, but on entering the room she saw Mrs Levin lying dead on the floor, and her husband covered with blood. He implored her to aid him in averting all suspicion. Mrs Goold said her husband was too drunk to begin cutting up the remains then, and this was not done till next day. She was unable to explain why her husband killed the woman. Goold Admits Guilt. Murder Committed During fit of Passion. Paris, August 14. Goold has made a confession to the Magistrate. He states that on the day before the murder Mrs Levin asked hint to lend her 500 francs. She came to his villa, and he paid her the money. Mrs Levin then askM for another 500 francs, saying she wanted it for her banker. He refused the request, heated words followed, and in a fit of rage, accentuated by drink — Goold stabbed the woman in the back. He struck only one blow. Mrs Goold did not take any part in the deed. Goold says that he alone cut up the body, and placed the dismembered parts in a valise. Robbery was not the motive for the crime, as Gould says he had ample means on which to live. Ltaer. Reported Suicide of Goold in Prison. London, August 14 The Daily Telegraph’s Marseilles correspondent reports that alter the Magistrate’s departure Goold hanged himself in prison. Paris, August 14. Nobody believes Goold’s statement that he possessed ample means and that the motive of the crime was not robber}'. Marseilles newspapers deny the story of Goold’s suicide. Paris, August 15. The examining Magistrate discovered in an ante-room at the Goolds’ villa at Monte Carlo a tray on which were two used glasses. A third glass was placed upside down on the tray, which was stained with blood. This is interpreted as indicating that Mrs Levin|was attacked soon after she entered the room. The third and unused glass had been placed for her to drink from. A French Magistrate is enquiring into the prisioners’ antecedents in England, Lausanne, and Montreal.