A Frightful Tragedy.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1504, 12 November 1885, Page 2

A Frightful Tragedy.

' The* village 6f : Clfchy* hair I Mf the scene o£ ial frightftiL tragedy arising out of a quarrel m a wine : shop, which reads more like\one of the "free fights of ■an Amerioan city than- an incident of French life. Four young men, .named Bftfd6i • Hafelj,- GousinV an<f 'DeVauxj'were drinking m a place of the kind kept by one Turqnet. SomeAltercatioin arising withfa,waitrea3,Bardo struck her m the face, and the girl, m her passionate resentment, aimed such a. blow at his head witha wine jug as.tQ frastare bissKull. Six jtahans, wW were.seaied at fandther table, espoused the cause of the girl, and a general conflict ensued. The . landlord ■hustled them dut of the House, afterwards tiring his. revolver at them several t times, and- then " barricading the door. The Right was Irene wed <m the : street, re vol vers were drawn, knives unsheathed, and the combatantsy mad with passion, commenced: shooting :and hinging at each other with deadly effect; When the police .arrived upon jbhe scene, the four yoiitig men who had commenced - the* quarrel were found- stretched upon the. ground quite insensible and bathed int blood. ; Bardo's head Was crushed and! he had a ball m his back, Cousin had received three bul[ets iii his thighj Devaux: had been stabbed several times m hi* back and had two bullets m his cheat* and Hare! had also, been shot twice m the same . #aee.^ the i conditiou of the tinst two,' acoording ; to the last accounts, was hoDelesSj - and that of their two companions was extremely critical. The police are on the track of the Italians.