Extraordinary Tragedy.
A tekkitsle domestic drama is reported from Nice. It happened in the family of a person named Martini, described. as a painter, -who lived with his sister-in-law and four children, in the Ruelle du Roman. The eldest son of Martini, aged 17, had frequent quarrels with his aunt, who put ■poison in his cup of coffee the other morning. The boy saw her throw the strange substance into bis drink, and wibhc^it saying a word, pub some of the stuff secretly inoo the cups of all the members of the family. The aunt was the first to succumb to the effects of the poison. The boy died next, having declared to the doctor that he knew his aunt bad long wanted to poison him, and that, not caring to die alone, he had shared the deleterious substance placed in his cup of coflee with all the members of his family, _ of whom only the head and one of the children are now alive. Martini and his surviving child are expected to recover.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 6
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174Extraordinary Tragedy. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 6
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