NECK BROKEN IN KISS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 97, 1 May 1913, Page 3

NECK BROKEN IN KISS.

ARDENT LOVER’S EMBRACE. A lovei;,-: sprang ashore from the steamer byi which he had returned home, pressed his- sweetheart’s; head in so tight an embrace that he broke her neck. '' ;, >;/ The daughter of, a French officer had awaited at Genoa the arrival of the steamer bringing her lover frdm China. The ship appeared, and the young .man saw his sweetheart waiting for him. He rushed across the gangway, clsped the girl in his arms and suddenly her eyes closed, whilst her form lay heavy in his arms. At first ho thought she had fainted in her joy at seeing him. Several people standing by went to the young man’s assistance, while others ran for a doctor. But the girl was dead. In his eager embrace the young man had pressed her head so tightly that her neck broke. When ho realised that she was dead the distracted lover attempted to jump into the water, and was with great difficulty prevented. The lover was removed to the police station, sobbing; “May the judge be merciful and sentence mo to death, as I do not wish to live.”