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Show MURDERED BV MISTAKE. An EatraorUnary btcry of a Father 7Su "Hilled Ills Son For Another. An extraordinary story is reported lrom Tamopol, in Galicia. A peasant named Adam Gawrydo, whose property f s in a small village near Zbaraz, is Galicia, out his own son's thro it with a kitchen knife by mistake. Sox 10 week ago a Hebrew merchant, Salomon Barb, bought old Gawrydo's stock of honey tnd paid 50 florins in advance to makt the bargain valid. When the time fox delivering the honey came, tho peasan declared that he could not keep his word and was prepared to pay any damage to the merchant that the rabbi noigb.4 decide. They both went to the rabbi, who said the peasant must pay the merchant 10 floiins damages. This be did moafl willingly, and both went away together On tho way homo they stopped at. a way ride inn and did not leave it till night It began to rain, and the peasant asked the merchant to pass the night in his house. The merchant accepted, and mey went home together. The peasant prepared a bed of stjaw in the barn, and when tho merchant had laid down went lo his own room after carefully locking tho barn door. This frightened sho merchant so much that he gob np felt his way about until ho found a second sec-ond door, which was bolted from the Inside, left the barn and started to walk back to tho inn. In the meantime the son of the peasant peas-ant returned homo half drunk, and finding find-ing tho barn door open walked in and dropped on the bed of straw prepared for tho stronger. He was soon fast asleep. The merchant on his way to thu Inn met a gendarme, who asked him where he was going so late. Barb told him all that had happened, and tho gendarme, gen-darme, thinking he had a dangerous man beforo him who was lying to avoid uspiciou, asked him to go with him tc fcho peasant's house. There they found Sawrydo in the aot of washing hi hands, which were stained with blood. When he saw them he eiclaimed, "Surely "Sure-ly I killed you an instant agoP' The gendarme searched tho house and in tho barn found the son of tho peasant doad, witn his throiit cut. Tho peasant was Jrnmediately arrested. Vienna Ooa Uwdon N6WS. |