Man kills son-in-law to defend daughter

Eugène Dorin, a thirty-three year-old former baker residing in Bois-Guillaume near Rouen, returned home last night at around nine o’clock. Surprised to discover his wife absent, he made his way to a nearby café, where he found and threatened her.

A little later, Mrs Dorin arrived back at the door of her house, accompanied by her father, Mr Poret. The former baker, upon seeing her, rushed towards his wife and attempted to strangle her.

Mr Poret, intending to scare off his son-in-law and defend his daughter, fired his pistol into the air, but the bullet struck Dorin on the left cheek and entered his brain. He died instantly.

Le Petit Parisien, 11 August 1910.