TALE OF HORROR.
A revolting discovery was made at Leeds, England, some time ago. The people occupying houses around a dwelling at Bridgate had for some days noticed an overpowering odor, which threatened, if not abated, to spread fever. The sanitary authorities , made the necessary investigation, and soon discovered its cause. In an attic they found an elderly man in a state of delirium tremens, and totally unconscions of his surroundings. The room contained not a particle of food or furniture : but huddled up in one corner was the dead body of the drunkard’s wife. At the inquest it was learned that the deceased had been confined a week previous, and her husband had failed to pay the necessary attention to the poor woman, who died two days after, in the presence of her seven-year-old daughter.
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Patea Mail, 24 February 1882, Page 3
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