The Assassin Madame Weiss

The Assassin Madame Weiss
News of the Times Episode 53 | 1840
In 1891 The international papers were fascinated by the story of Madame Weiss and the murderous love triangle in which she took centre stage.
Madame Weiss, married to ex-army soldier M Weiss and with two children, falls passionately in love with visiting engineer M Roque.  Their torrid romance becomes known to her husband who forgives her and shoulders some of the blame for his wife’s deception.
M Roque, a man of strong passion and strong ideas, commands Madame Weiss to kill her husband.  There was talk in the press that she had been hypnotised to become her husband’s assassin at the behest of her lover.
The evidence that she had been poisoning her husband became known from a torn-up letter pieced together by a friend who was suspicious.  But the realisation of her treachery is only the start of this dramatic story filled with twists and turns.
We take a look at the background, the buildup, the crime, the capture and aftermath of Madame Weiss, the assassin in today’s episode of Murderous Mondays.
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