The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-04-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. The full circumstancea of the suicide of Lucie Duval and his wife, Madeleine Duval, have just been revealed in Halifax, NS., and have caused • great sensation. Several days ago the body of Mrs. Duval was found in the river, and the remains were taken to the home of her husband. The police, suspecting foul play, made a search for Duval, and he was finally discovered In the outskirts of the city, wandering aimlessly about in the woods, quite demented. He was taken in charge, but was unable to make any coherent statement. Expressing a desire to attend the funeral of his wife, he was allowed to do so ; but during the ceremony he eluded his keepers and fled, and on the same even_ „in, his body was found hanging in a stable adjohAng his house. In his pocket was found a letter explaising the circumstance's of the double suicide. It is now slated that Duval, ever since his marriage,had '4 to ascertain his wife's antatedeata Ste . _ et that for parents adopted b.  _._ fact .. endear .... __ _ _ ___ with W._ ___-__ dealing with the subject. 7lie , ~. necessity for taking up the matter ii,..w was increased I She herald! thew notht:tbeyond the parents were ciew. and had by the fact that in future th., e o mod be a great , been _ increase in the number of small allotments I,:zrough. 1 their, www.` - -yibynalb.coneuPlinne anhaviagine &um" did= of dlienneey out the country. , that klis wits wits hie Olen sitter, and both tram so Captain Simmons said in Berkshire they adopted overcome with horror that they decided to kill themthe principle of slaughter and corapensation, and geivea gin. Duval wawa insane, mil rooked out the result was that they kept it within %Tr, of the bow., and tom not semi gala by her laushavd. narrow limits, but they had to be very crroftd, She evidently went directly to the deli and threw,. and only slaughtered when it was absolutely neces- herself in. Duval himseM became demented, tind'- ' „ sary. upon seeing his wife's body at the funeml,could no ' Mr. Carrington Smith believed that the tame had longer control himself, and decided also to die. He come when swine fever would have to leo-scheduled, was buried br the side of Ma wife. but thought the Board of Agriculture should not be sa - - - ~ asked to do it while they were engaged in the difficult task of stamping out other diseases affecting DEATH OF AN AUSTRALIAN STATESMAN cattle. A private cable message from Melbourne announces The report was then ado 't Lord Winchilsea said *Mr the intone reined the death, in his 82nd year, of Sir Francis Murphy. he would alter his resolution as follows: • That the the first of the four Irish Speakers who have preBoard of Agriculture be urged to institete a full sided over the Parliament of Victoria. A native of and searching inquiry into the exact diagnosis and Mr. Parnell's constituency, he studied medicine in proper treatment ofthe disease known as piuk• rye. Trinity College, Dublin, and then crossed the Mr. Williams, in seconding the resolution, said (iia biemme a member of the Royal Cellege it was very important that the farmers of the of LAnden. s,,,,gratiit to Sydney in country should know that influenza and pink-eye 1836, the then Governor Of New South Wslea—a were the same thing, for then they would get a compatriot of his own, Sir Richard Bourkedecided opinion on the matter. ; appointed bins medical officer in charge of the Earl Fortescue supported the resolution. 1 southern district of the colony. There be seized The resolution was carried ty 20 votes to 9., his opportunities, became a successful sheep fanner, Mr. Rowlandson moved the adoption of the Rail- resigned his appointment, and bade good-bye to way Bates Committee report, which was agreed to. , medicine for ever. In 1847 he foresaw the coming