Murder and Suicide.
A shocking case of murder and suicide, occurred recently m Paris, m the Rue Pasquier, just m the rear of tne Madeleine. A young married couple named Vinsonneau kept a wine, shop, and m the absence of the husband, an acauaintance of both husband and wife, named Andr6 Baronnat, entered the shop m a state of intoxication. Mdme. Viusonneau was sitting behipd the counter with her little girl, a cild ot four years. According to the account of the little girl, Baronnat asked for a glass of absinthe, which, was refused. Baronnat immediately draw a revolver from his pocket, and fired twice upon Mdme. Vinsonneau. She tell bleeding on the floor. The report of the piste 1 brought the neighbours to the shop, when the murderer fired his weapon into his mouth, killing himself on the spot. Mdme. Vinsonneau was taken to the hospital, and died at nine o'clock.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 154, 8 June 1883, Page 3
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