A SWISS HANGED
FIRST EXECUTION FOR YEARS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received May 4, 0.20 a.m. Berne, May 3. Matthias Muff, who murdered four persons, was guillotined at Lucerne. This was the first execution for many years in Switzerland. Muff refused to sign a petition for pardon, saying, "I cannot live and hear voices. Fifteeii orphans are reproaching me."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 380, 4 May 1910, Page 5
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58A SWISS HANGED Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 380, 4 May 1910, Page 5
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