MURDERED BY HIS MOTHER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1659, 12 November 1887, Page 2

MURDERED BY HIS MOTHER.

All crimes are more or less horrible, but there is something peculiarly shocking in the circumstances under , which a murder has just Tieen committed at Orantava, in Spain; Tears ago, it appears, a young man—:a native of that town —emigrated to*? America, in the hope of making a fortune,'and having to some extent succeeded in his object, he returned to his native place recently, where bis agedparents still resided. He feared the consequence* had he abruptly revealed to them his identity, for they had had no tidings of their absent’ soil for a long time, and possibly thought ho was no longer living. He went, however, to the home of his youthful days, saw his father and mother, who did not recognise him, and after atking hospitality of themV he confided to his molher a purse containing a large sum of money 'as well as other property. The sight of this treasure excited the cupidity of the woman, ■ and induced her to plan ; .a most abominable cri me—namely, the murder of the traveller, whom she lodged beneath her roof; ,She : sought to prevail upon her husband to.- become her accomplice, and failing!in this, determined to murder single 'handed. . She accomplished her intention by means of a hatchet, with which she almost severed her victiln’s head from the body, and—shocking though it seems—when, after she was arrested, she learnt that she. had killed her own child, she displayed neitherregret n-ir remorse, merely observing that he

ought to have revealed his identity To return home after years of absence to be butchered by one’s own mother, is indeed a tragical fate.