DYING IN THE DOCK
A SENSATIONAL TRIAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 7, 10.15 p.m. Berlin, May 7. There were extraordinary scenes at the trial of Trenkler. Fashionable women flocked to the court. Trenkler is in an advanced state of consumption, and is dying. He presented a pitiable figure. Despite the presence of paper parcels containing the skulls of his victims, he narrated how he felled his wife. He was escaping when the girl entered. She clung to him until he felled her with a jemmy. He was driven to the murders by an irresistible longing for gold and jewels. An attack of hemorrhage necessiated an adjournment of the court.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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109DYING IN THE DOCK Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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