A TERRIBLE DEATH.
Few have adopted a more original remedy for unrequited love than Carl Hnssa, of Mecklenburg. He had been from home for some time on his return, found his brother engaged to his lady-love- She would have nothing more to do with Carl. “ I will put au end to myself, said he, at length “if you treat me thus.” She laughed, telling him, as she tripped off, that she did not believe he had the courage to put an end to him self. The method he adopted was at once terrible and grotesque He prepared a slow match, tied himself firmly and securely to a young horse on the farm, and then put the lighted match securely into the horse’s ear. The poor animal, maddened with pain, rushed violently and frantically about the farm, dragging the unfortunate CatTafter him. It must have been a terrible spectacle. At length, frenzied with the torture of the lighted match, the horse dashed into the ing river, where the water was deep and the current rapid. Both horse were found drowned there.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 368, 31 March 1881, Page 2
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180A TERRIBLE DEATH. Temuka Leader, Issue 368, 31 March 1881, Page 2
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