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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 3

MURDERS IN A FRENCH INN Pari:), February 20. The landlord of a small inn at Langon. hU wife, his servant, and a man named Parrot wore placed on trial at Hoi'deanx. to-day for the murder of a commercial traveller named Mongol, who .stayed at their inn. The .story might bo that of Sweeny T«dd. The husband and l wife. are accused by their servant of] making a regular practice of killing and rubbing the eustomm> at their inn. On February •"> last year Mongol wen! to the inn. left his hieyole there while ho Weill to collect an account in the village. and returned, lie was never seen again alive. The Brancherys had reason to believe that Mongot would have a large .sum of money in his possession, and a lew min-ute-after his return JJranehery and Parrot -attacked linn while he was' warming himself at tlie lire, and -.truck him <m the head with a hammer. They carried their victim to the cellar, and as he was still alive, strangled him. Thev look about ClOll in money »nd a

null! watch from l»' s |><>ukets. Tin- two men ilividi'il tin- «l>oil-., and [lie innkeeper's witV, Mule. Bi'anclierv. at t>iu-i; went to liovileanx, wliciv she paid some I,ills iuul liersvlf an astraclian

Willi the liolp of n siiuiji.l'U'l' iiiimcd (!ii/nl. liraiuOiory :iml Parrot put Mongol 's Imilv into II lilnuki't till' sumo 1 ifflil." unit 11utk it ,nv;iy ill a wlioolliarrov lo tin' Caroiim 1 . Parrot walk oil ulu-ail witli a revolver in liis liaiul. rcaily lo

sliool- (|.iwii anybody wlio should >ciI hem. Tlu-v throw tlio body into the river, mill r<''luniin» to the inn, Imrnetl tin' inuid.'iTil mini's clotlio-s. Hi.sflit months hi tor the body was ri'cnvi'K'd, anil llir lOnli'ssioii of Parrot li'il I'd .lie arrest nf tin- criminals. I'nrrot had 10-ibn to be iiriiti't'lcd from the <-■ i 1 : ■ r |irisoiuT- ill court by four .i;i!mlarni's.

Hill ing (lie Will- ill Soul li mi nnler w;l- i-sllcl Hlilt ;l 11 UK'll nl llu--11i l;111;11nI r.'«iiMi'iils imi>t i-m.-r up Iln>ir itiiil'orm>. as it. was (Ihiiiklil Unit llk'.v niiiili' tun Ktivimi" 1 ;iri.'i'ts fur llii' I'llnni. sir lU'ii'V-i' White, who knew I hat Ihe unicr wnnhl mil i>vnvf |i»|iithir. llnniL'til "I •' t'"* (liHiritlfy. "I.i-t tin-in rovi-r the fi'onl of llicit- itniform-," In.' uiiiil; "Uii> enemy will n eVtM .