A HORRIBLE CRIME.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1485, 10 January 1882, Page 3

A HORRIBLE CRIME.

A telegram dated Pesth, October 24th, says :— A horrible crime, that is certain to end in the deatli of nine persons, was committed at Varpolata, in Hungary, on Saturday last, the murderers being unknown. It appears that they must have made their way by night into the house of a family named Gold, consisting of seven members. The alarm was first given by the neighbours, who were surprised to see that the house remained closed all day on Saturday, and who ultimately forced in the door, a frightful spectacle boing disclosed. In the kitchen lay the body of Mary Nemes, a servant, and of the nurse, lying in their blood with their hands bound, but &till showing signs of life. In the next room were four corpses. Caspar Gold, the father of the family, lay with his hands bound and his head cut open, his features being horribly mutilated. Next him lay his wife, Avho was not yet quite dead. On the bed lay the daughter, a girl of 14, with her skull crushed in, and in the cradle a child of 18 months was almost cut to pieces, and had also its skull smashed. In another room lay the body of Moses Gold, the grandfather, with traces of strangulation on his neck. Next him lay his grandson, still living, but no hopes of their recovery are entertained. The nurse was able to speak a few words to the effect that two welldressed men had entered, armed with pistols and hatchets. They had carried off all the ready-money they could find, but left many jewels and other valuable things untouched. A Vienna telegram of October 26th says : — The principal accomplice in the recent wholesale murders at VarpoLita, in Hungary, has been arrested, and has been identified by one of the wounded servant girls. When the miscreant was captured the infuriated mob attempted to wrest him from the grasp of the police, and lynch him on the nearest lamp-post. This, however, the police prevented, but as the piisoner was being carried off he was hit by several stones thrown by the crowd. The fellow, whose name is Hoster, is a veritable giant in size. He is a released convict, though only 2o years of age. After the perpetratian of the crime Hoster, in a quarrel about the sharings of the booty, shot one of his accomplices. The third man is still at large. At the inquest Hoster was terrified when he found that some of his intended victims were alive to identify him. He thought they were all dead. The public indignation and horror are extreme, because, besides the robbery and murders, other nameless crimes were perpetrated by the wretches on their victims. The baby was killed by wi inging its neck.