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Show A Murderer's Light Sentence. During the cholera scare in Vienna some months ago a rule was made forbidding for-bidding persons visiting restaurants to squeeze small rolls on the tables to test their freshness. One day an army captain cap-tain went to one table after another, handling the bread before he selected a roll. A master baker, also a visitor, spoke to him about it. The captain gave a haughty answer, waited for the baker outside and stabbed him. The victim died instantly.. The baker's death caused a great commotion. The funeral was attended by many thousands and proved that the people's sympathies were with him. Now the officer has been sentenced to six months' arrest in barracks, and he will be permitted to keep his rank when he has finished his term. One cannot help wondering what the sentence might bave been bad the baker stabbed the officer. Vienna Letter. |