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SOUTH AFRICAN MURDERS.
COUNCILLORS BLOWN UP.
Town Clerk Sentenced.
CAPETOWN. Aug. 17.— One of the
most sensational trials in the history of
South Africa was concluded to-day, when
a man named De Leeuw, town clerk of
a small Orange iFree State town was sen
tenced to death for the murder of three
members of the town council.
The Crown case was that De Leeuw
had prepared an infernal machine by
which he blew up the Town Hall and the
three councillors in order to destroy all
evidence of defalcations in the municipal
moneys. The evidence showed that De
Leeuw had. been warned that if the books
were not in order within a week he wonld
be dismissed. He then- made in-quiries
regarding the power of -dynamite and pet
rol used together.
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