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Mysterious affair in Béziers, 1930. 'La Mystérieuse Affaire De Béziers'. Dr Laget, accused of attempting to poison his sister, is brought face-to-face with her. Pierre Laget, a dentist in Béziers in southern France, was accused of poisoning both his first and second wives with arsenic, and of attempting to poison his sister Marie-Louise. He was found guilty and condemned to death, but was pardoned by the president, Paul Doumer, and exiled to Cayenne. He committed suicide in 1944, by swallowing poison. Front cover of "Le Petit Journal Illustré". [France, 9 March 1930]