EXPERIENCED EXECUTIONER
BEHEADS HIS OWN WIFE GAINED SKILL IN RUSSIA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, November 29. An Armenian shoemaker named Manghikian, after a quarrel with his wife, beheaded her and was arrested. The police were impressed by the .skilful nature o-f the job and made inquiries. They found among his possessions a letter from General Antremick, who said that he was proud to attest that Manghikian had been attached to tho Russian armies and “skilfully, to my knowledge, rendered justice by execution 304 times. ’’
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 6
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86EXPERIENCED EXECUTIONER New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 6
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