| Show HIDEOUS CRIMES OF A KING thanh tha ih thai slowly tortures seven of ufa his wives to death paris paria thanh thil thai king of annam according to stories leaching paris from indo chini chim has again been guilty of such buch atrocities that the brench government gohei ament may be compelled to adopt rigorous disciplinary measures as it did several years ajo ahen hon on nn re ac count of the scandal caused by t the he barbarous torture of the kings per bonal attendants the brench residents at the head 0 of the gendarmerie gendar merie merle en the palace to save the lives of the attendants and restore order tho the in nalla ills now report that in august the king was seized with a homicidal ma nia seven of his ds wives to be executed and looked on with delight as they were acre slowly tortured taitu red to death A few dabs later the king shot down a prince who mho was 70 years old a member of oe the council of the royal family highly esteemed azid OB A the tha last surviving son of king allah mang when tie inie french resident called to remonstrate with thanh ihal ibal the latter declined to permit him to enter the |
