Show HIDEOUS CRIMES OF A KING thanh thai slowly tortures seven of his wives to death paris thanh that king of annam according to stories reaching paris from indo china has again been guilty of such that the french government may be compelled to adopt rigorous disciplinary measures as it did several ears ago when on ac count of the scandal caused by the barbarous torture of the kings per bonal attendants the french residents at the head of the gendarmerie en the palace to save the lives of the attendants and restore order the malls now report that in august the king was seized with a homicidal ma nia ordered seven of his wives to be executed and looked on with delight as they were slowly tortured to death A few days later the king shot down a prince who was 70 years old a member of the council of the royal family highly esteemed and the last surviving son of king minh mang when tie french resident called to remonstrate with thanh thai the lat ter declined to permit him to enter the palace |