MURDERED IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 141, 13 February 1886, Page 4

MURDERED IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

A Prefect of the Department of Eure, in France, was assassinated in a railway carriage, and his body was thrown from the train whilst it was in motion. The name of the murdered Prefect was M. Barreme. Ho came to Paris to receive instructions from M.Sarrien, the new Minister of the Interior, and was returning to Evreux, the capital of Department of Eure, when he was assassinated. His corpse was found with his eye 3 bandaged and his skull smashed in. Tho body laj between tho rails on a bridge, and it is evident that the murderers intended to throw him into the Seine. M. Barreme's pocket-book, loose money, and watch were gone. A number of tho most experienced detectives in Paris have been detailed to work up the case, but their search so far has resulted in finding no clue, except that just prior to the starting of the train a gentleman inquired of the guards whether M. Barreme was aboard. On being answered in the affirmative, he purchased a ticket and boarded the same train. M. Barreme was the father of a large family, and was an excellent administrator. Marious membera of the Government have sent despatches of condolence to

his widow. The murder is the sole topic of the day. It is now known that he had a large sum of money in his possession. It is supposed that the murderers were disturbed in their operation of rifling the clothes of the dead man, and overlooked a pocket containing 537 francs. The doctors who examined the body express the opinion that M. Barreme was murdered with a bludgeon, and that the first blow killed him.