A TRAGEDY IN VIENNA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 49, 16 January 1869, Page 5

A TRAGEDY IN VIENNA.

The of »'■ d<jmeft^e taragedy in Vienna^ effected during tha rinadneMF ofr deepair .pw^ duc^d by |k>veT^Ve» froin^H* Vlenaa of being turned puijzi her home, col-^ locked " uoimd ier ..W 1 mo*n«r f C<i*«ri» "©ufanale, her four cßtftxfe, %he «a«Bt"ojC w^dßr Info'l&e • y^art, and the yptragest ftrar of age: day ' die. Is- it not better that -we should ill die togetW, find put an end at onoe to our Wretched existence ?' All assented except Albion, the youngest. She then prepared some tea, in which shd njixed prussic acid; she poured it out, and all drank except the ' child of four years, who obstinately refused to drink, About eight o'clock the neighbours heard his loud and prolonged -sobs. They knocked at the door. The poor child opened it; and the following spectacle presented itself i— The dead bodies of the widow Kaiser and her son Ghistave, were found in the door, Rodolph was dead in his bed; the grandmother lay lifeless on the carpet *, and at her feet was a. little, girl just breathing, but from whom life soon passed away altogether. Among the .neighbours who were attracted to the spot was the sculptor Earl Nowron, who said that he would take charge of Albion. Two letters were found in the chamber — one explaining the reason which led to this terrible deed of despair ; the other was an application to a' female friend for a few florins, with ; a request that, if they were to be of any use, they must be sent at once. This letter, however, was never sent The event has produced a deep impression in 3Tienna." Dunedin - Advertisement