OCR Text |
Show A FIENDISH CRIME. A German Farmer Poliona His Five Children Chil-dren and Himself. Berlin, Oct. 28. Another tragedy has been added to the list of horrors which recently occurred in Berlin and vioinity. Today the community was shocked by the discovery of the fiendish fiend-ish work of a poisoner, which is almost without parallel in the history of crime here. A retired farmer named Gast, gave to his children some sweet meats in which he placed a quantity of poison. He then partook of the poisoned sweets himself. The murderer and three children died in great agony; two other children are dying. Physicians say there is no possible chance of saving them. No reason is known for the crime. |