Hankow, Nov. 21.
The mysterious disappearance of an old lady of seventy has led to the discovery of a specially revolting crime. This Lady married when very young and was left a childless widow before she was twenty years old, She had a small competency and so, when she-was twenty years! old, adopted a baby boy as-her son. This-son had been -married twice, bat when nearly fifty found himself a widower for the second time. He then took as his third wife a young, woman of idle habits and the two decided to live on the income which the old Lady til had. To this the Iedy objected and constant unpleasantness. followed.
For a. short time past, the neigh-ours have missed the old lady, and, as none of them had any' standing to investigate, a message was sent to her sister, suggesting, that she should come and demand to see her. The adopted son then announced that his mother had died suddenly of cholera and that there at night demanded that she be taken to the grave. This the son refused to do, so his aunt communicated with the police and the sordid story of the strangling of the poor old lady became known,
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