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MG-A(G.774.012
21 Apr 1774:11 (1493)
Paris, Jan. 2. A few days ago the following extraordinary
accident happened at St. Denys. A dragoon and the drum-
major of his regiment went to an inn, and after dining and
drinking together, the people of the house were alarmed with
the report of pistols from the room they were in, and upon
going up stairs found them both dead upon the floor, each
with a pistol in his hand. On the table was a piece of six
livres and some papers, which proved to be the will of these
young fellows; the preamble of which was, that as their
lives were a burden to them, they thought they had a right
to take them away; and the rest contained a short
description of the little they had, and the dragoon
particularly bequeathed his sword to a comrade, his intimate
friend. The will was written by the dragoon, and signed by
both of them; and it appears by many circumstances, that
they were young fellows of good education and capacity. The
dragoon was 20 years of age, and the drummer 25, both fine
fellows, and universally beloved.
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