AN AESTHETIC YOUTH.
DEATH OF SIR FREDERICK WILLIAMS. A REAIARKABLE STORY. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] (Received October 6, 7.5 p.m.) PARIS, Oct. 6. Sir Frederick Williams died of aii overdose of ether in an expensivelyfurnished 1 flat at Montmartre. The flat was decorated with rare flowers and incense burners. Sir Frederick was the fourth holder of the title. Ten years ago he inherited an immense fortune and forsook the country and led a Bohemian life in London. He became the centre of a group of aesthetic youths whose eccentricities were notorious. They frequented an apartment in Kensington upholstered in black and with a coffin in the centre, beside which incense was burned in front of a human sic nil. Annoyed at the attentions aroused by these fantastic rites, Sir Frederick Williams went to Paris.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3456, 7 October 1913, Page 5
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133AN AESTHETIC YOUTH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3456, 7 October 1913, Page 5
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