A MURDER MYSTERY.
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Paris. AuguM lu. I'aris lias again Ix-.-n shocked by a m.vstcri.nis murder in 11n. vcrv heart of tile city in [he .1 i(|<' dll t'auboui'-, St. Ilonorore, tli.- olivet in which arc'the Elysoo and the llriiisli Kmhassv. Tins morning tin- eoneier-e ~l' a house jn (j,., Stleet Wl'llt 1(1 li| ( . |l;)Iic ( . station .1 'lll stilted Unit one <b[ her tenants. u woni a n ol (>7 -.Mile. liiard, a ilea lor in lace--lind not been seen for several (Invs. » As she knocked nt the iloor (his morning Willi her tenants' letters she noticed Mile. Kiard'tt put tortoise was pushing its head under the door of Ihe (lilt. The silence within the flat aud the meiving of a eat, alarmed her, and she asked for a police inquiry. The door was I hen opened, and Mile. liiard was found hill- ~n the threshold of herj dining-room face downwards. The to"toise and the caiwcre on either a ide of licr.
.Her throat had been gashed from ear to ear, and tile drawers of her writingtable and other inrniturc had hcen broken open and the eon I en Is mattered, the whole flat was in great disorder, and a though tin- old maid was believed to have a good deal of money on the premises, .none was found. The murder is believed by tile police t„ have been committed oil Salnvdav or vesterdav The concierge has a. faint recollection that - a man whom she did not know Insight asked her for Mile. liiardV Hat. yesterday morning. i
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 2
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265A MURDER MYSTERY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 2
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