GHASTLY CRIME
HUSBAND MURDERS FAMILY MADDENED BY DIVORCE CASE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 7.50 a.m. ZURICH, Wednesday. On the morning of the day fixed for the hearing of his wife’s petition for divorce on the grounds of drunkenness and cruelty, Jacob Stiefel shot his wife, a daughter aged four, a son aged two, and- two sons of a previous marriage aged seven and eight. He then committed suicide. All the victims are dead except the daughter, who is seriously ill.
A Record Flight.—The German aviator Schnabele, who recently flew for 16 hours at Dessau, has now set up a new record. He flew for 22 hours continuously, and covered 1,690 miles while in the air.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 March 1927, Page 1
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