A POACHER'S REVENGE.
KILLS JUS INFORMERS. A CALLOUS FARMER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 17, 5.5 p.m. Paris, December 16. Courmier, a peasant, was imprisoned for twenty years for poaching. After his release, armed with a gun and a razor, he went to the families responsible for his conviction, shut the husband and wife of one family in a room and cut their throats. He then rowed to the other house, shot and killed a boy of sixteen and his mother, and seriously wounded the father. After eating a hearty meal, he cycled to the police station and asked to be arrested as the murderer.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 18 December 1911, Page 5
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104A POACHER'S REVENGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 18 December 1911, Page 5
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