FRANCE: Young Wife; Old Wife

As the message ticked in over the wire last week Paris newshawks laid fingers to noses and looked extremely wise. Ah ha said they, "Voila un autré!" The message.

"Mme Marguerite Henriot, 19-year-old cousin of Deputy Philippe Henriot, was found murdered in her garden at Lorient Police suspect a passing tramp."

This could mean only one thing STAVISKY. It was Deputy Henriot's accusations in the Chamber following the collapse of the Bayonne municipal pawnshop that started the Stavisky scandal. This young girl must have known things. Or perhaps the murder was a warning to...

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