DOUBLE SUICIDE EUSTON SQUARE.
'The. Fall Mall Gazette says that many people harp thought that Shakespeare f trained probability u little too far; in the incident* which oloie the tragedy of. “ Borneo : and Juliet.*' A cage inreitigated belore the oprener for Central Middlesex on Wednesday shows that similar incidents actually occur in real life. .An elderly Frenchman,.separated from.bis wife, took a young French lady vocalist into his house at Easton Square as his mistress. On Tuesday morning, early, the man swallowed poison and Appeared to : be dying. His mistress, terrified at being left alone in the world id a discredited' position,; seized.the poison bottle and'drank a.deadly draught. She. died. The man recovered, and discovered to his. horror that his Juliet was dead. After trying m.vain to resuoitate her he seized a revolver and shot himself through the heart. This occurred, not in the tombs di the Oapuletsin the ancient city of Yerona, in the middle ages, but in 12 Euston square on a recent Tuesday morning. Borneo’s name was Ernest Goslin and Juliet’s Jane Hurts. 1
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1681, 3 January 1888, Page 4
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176DOUBLE SUICIDE EUSTON SQUARE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1681, 3 January 1888, Page 4
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