LOVER'S DOUBLE LIFE.
Josephine Leclerc, a lady's maid ir. the service of a family in die Rue du Chateau d'Kau. Paris, lias been submitted to a tenibc ordeal. Recently her ma-tcr moved to a fresh fiat., and having to accompany the young daughter of tli c family to a mu.ic lesson, Josephine went upsfairs to the sixth iioor—which is the servant-' flat—to dress. She had just entered the room when a masked man sprang out from the wardrobe and seized her by the throat. She scriJimtL'd fbr htelp, whereupon the burglar, in fear that he would be discovered, took up a heavy candle stick and struck the girl repeatedly until she -wooned. But the neighbors had heard her screams, and went to Iter assistance. The burglar was found hiding in another room and was taken to the po'.ice station. Ju-ephiue went there with the object of identifying her assailant.
In the prisoner she recognised her sweetheart, liaptistc Rcssier. whom -he had known for two years as a locksmith and who was to lead her to the altar shortly. Rcssier. who appears to have attacked the woman in ignorance of her identity, is said to be a notorious criminal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81894, 26 November 1906, Page 4
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198LOVER'S DOUBLE LIFE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81894, 26 November 1906, Page 4
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