ABYSSINIA: Poisoned Mother-in-law

Sons-in-law are incessantly reported vexed about their mothers-in-law. But rarely are they reported trying to poison them. Even in Abyssinia, small country in the northeast of Africa, where it is easy to poison people because they take so much red pepper at dinner that they can taste nothing else, sons-in-law have rarely been reported trying to poison their mothers-in-law. But last fortnight, an Abyssinian actually was accused of wanting to poison his Abyssinian mother-in-law. Further, he was accused of having succeeded.

Further, he is Ras Taffari, Regent of Abyssinia. His mother-in-law is dead. His accuser is Armenian Dr. Alexander Garabedian,...

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