AFTER THE BALL.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 May 1919, Page 3

AFTER THE BALL.

A PARISTfBAGEDY. A sensational crime of the Paris underworld, in which love and romance mingle with fiendish sordidness is to b e dealt with befo»re the Paris Assizes (says the Daily Express). Chichinette, the belle of the squalid Vaugirard quarter of Paris, married too young, forgot her marriage vows, and formed a liaison with a deserter, who lavished money and fine clothes upon his sweetheart. Chichinette, who had a big heart, befriended a penniless girl, Angelina d'Abozics. Angelina, jealous of Chichinette's beauty, formed

' a project to murder Fc-r, while feigning deep affection. ■She enlisted the help of a girl friend and the latter's lover, a dangerous ! character named Carabant. The assas- « sins enticed Chichinette to a ball, after which they adjourned to a secluded cafe. During a. conversation Carabant seized Chichinette by trie throat, threw her to the ground, and tried to strangle her. Chichinette managed to free herself, and sprang on Angelina, who stabbed her benefactress with twenty knife wounds.

The murderers weighted the bloodstained body and threw it into the canal, after removing the tawdry jewellery. The body of poor Chichinette rose to the surface, despite Ihe shackles, and the autopsy showed that s-he lived .in agony for some time. The assassins afterwards proceeded to the victim's room and stole her savings, £()0.