Castres, 11 August - A bar owner by the name of Fargues stabbed his wife to death after an argument. Fargues then hanged himself. The couple had been quarrelling for several days.

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Toulon, 11 August - Mr. Laurent Mamino, a bar owner in Saint-Maxim, shot his wife with a rifle in a fit of jealousy, hitting her on the right flank. The murderous husband then blew his brains out with the same weapon.

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Versailles - Burglars last night broke into the apartment of Mr Curat, a man of private means, at 21 Rue Saint-Honoré. Mrs Curat, awakened by the noise, called out to her husband and the thieves fled empty-handed.

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Businessman Mr. Henri Beaufils, of Boulevard Saint-Antoine, discovered yesterday morning that thieves had stolen his bicycle during the night.


Le Petit Journal, 12 August 1910