FROM PRAYER TO MURDER

Shannon News, 19 January 1926, Page 4

FROM PRAYER TO MURDER

. , ■ jf —. — '— . An oW woman's jealousy of her son's young wife had led to a terrible crime. \ ..'''. Mme. Andre Lpfe'bre, the daughter of a wealthy Rpubaix brewer and the wife of th e son of ,a notary of Journe's near Lille, was shot by her mother, in-law in the presence of her husband iloung M. Lefebre, who succeeded to his father's business on the latter's. retirement, had only married to Antoinette Mulie 18 months. Accustomed as she was to bring the 'master" of her own house, the old lady could not bear to • see her son coming under any other inflence than her own, soon began to interfere, in the private affairs of the 'young couple. Relations naturally became strained between Antoinette and her mother-in-law.' A few weeks Andre endeav. oured to effect a reconciliation between his mother and his wife, pointing out that a grandchild was expected. Mrnc. Lefebre wrote to ner son suggesting a motor trip to Loos to pray in the famous church there fot the recovery of his father from an illness. In the letter she added, "Please don't forget to bring Antoinette, as 1 want her to meet acquaintance The '"new acquaintance," in fact, • was a., revolver which Mme. Lefebre baa brought some months before, and which her son had showed her how to use. As arranged, Antoinette accampanled her husband in his liniousine to Lille: The WjOmen kissed each other. v Peace seemed to be restored. They all three went to Loos, ana after say, ing their prayers in the church the party returned to Lille. On the way back Mme, Lefebre, who was in the back seat with her daughter-in-law, suddenly asked her sen to stop. He did so, and a shot immediately rang out. l Turning round he' saw Iris young wife callapse on the seat with a bullet wound in Iter head, and, the smoking revolver clasped in his mother's hand , The frantic husband drove at i full speed" to Lille Hospital, but his wife was already dead on his arrival. / When arrested, th e woman said to the police :->— "I killed my daughter-in-law be, \;ause 1 am very fond of my son, ana this woman' made his life a misery. t have done what I felt. I ought to do. Do anything you like with mo."