DETERMINED SUICIDE.
Fkom a village near Angora an extraordinary suicide is reported. A peasant named Bordereau waa working in a field with his wife and brother-in-law, when a trilling dispute took place. Bordereau left the field, and roturned to his cottage, whither his wife soon followed him. As she was about to enter tho house her husband called to her to remain outside, and a moment afterwards tliero was a tremendous explosion, which sent all tho glass flying and filled the air with smoke. Tho neighbours rushed to the spot and promptly extingui.-hed the flames that were bursting out of tho cottage. Then, entering Bordereau's room, they found him lying lifeless on tho shattered bed, bis body fearfully mutilated, while the walls were smeared with blood. Ho had undressed and laid on the bed, plating' at his side a shell which he had brought home with him on his return from military service. lie had then ignited the ehell and blown his body to atoms. Bordereau, though still young, was in very bad health, and when ho wended his way to the cottage his wifo had a prcsoniimout of some approaching disaster.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2570, 29 December 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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192DETERMINED SUICIDE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2570, 29 December 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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