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Show A Singular and Shocking Tragedy. Trag-edy. 'I he Cologne Gazelle of January 6th relates a horrid story enacted at Schrimm, in the government of Po-sen Po-sen : A country girl livincr not far from that place had received her inheritance inheri-tance of three hundred tha-lers tha-lers from the authorities there. On her return she pas-ed the night in a village; having no acquaintance there, she "took letuge at the house of the village justice, to whom, in virtue of his position, she gave her whole confidence, confi-dence, and informed him of the ob ject of hrr journey. Ho was ready to take her in, and advi-d her to go to bed with his wife. When all lay in quiet sleep, the covetous host got up, went into the garden and dn; a hole there. He then took a sharp knife, went up to the bed were the two were asleep, and with a steady hand cut the throat of the person lying furthest from the wall, took up his victim and buried bur-ied her in the garden. When he came back he found the bed empty. He had murdered his own wife instead of the stronger. The wife lay close to the wall during the evening, but had afterward moved to the outer side of the bed. The girl had got out of bed after the murder and has tened away with her money. |
