A DESPERATE SUITOR.
. SEEKS SAFETY IN, A STEEPLB. / AFTER A DRAMATIC DISPLAY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Budapest, June 8. A farm laborer named Tomsic killed a farmer named Krauser and <liis wife, in revenge for their refusal to consent to his engagement to their daughter. Tomsio also wounded the-daughter. He then took refuge in a church steeple and wounded three of his pursuers. Gendarmes liave surrounded the church and Tomsic is withstanding a siege. THE BATTLE OVER. Received 8, 12.40 a.m. Budapest, June 0. Tomsic" renewed his firing at daybreak. The police repeatedly fired volleys. Tomsic, armed with a Browning revolver, had three hundred cartridges. He killed three and wounded nineteen, ; and then yielded on the priest's appeal to him to surrender. ' The firing destroyed the altar and ; many pictures in the church.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 17, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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132A DESPERATE SUITOR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 17, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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