Another visit to the cemetery next to the Medieval church in Västerhaninge. Tragedy struck during the Easter celebrations 1914 in the Fors village near Västerhaninge. Twenty-one year old Ida Olsson lived with her family in a little house by the stream. Her fiancée, the 27-year old peasant August Karlsson from Skarplöt (I visited the farm last year), arrived to Fors to pick up Ida as they were going out to a dance. But he was too drunk, and fell asleep on the kitchen sofa. Later that same evening he wakes up, and still drunk, he decides to find Ida. When he does, she's with a female friend. The very jealous Karlsson hits his girlfriend so that she falls over. But she is soon up on her feet, and runs away. A couple of hours later he finds her again, and continues the physical abuse, but yet again, she manages to get away from him, according to several witnesses. The next morning her grandmother discovers her dead body outside of their home at Fors. A little later the body of her boyfriend, August Karlsson is found dead, hanging from a tree nearby.
Facts from my friend Sune Nilsson.
Taphophile Tragics.
9 comments:
Tragic indeed- some people are barely human...
A tragic story that continues today.
I can't imagine what he might have done had he found her with another man!
Such a sad and tragic story.
How sad and senseless...
Thank you to your friend, Sune, for this details, Steffe.
I agree that this is a tale still being played out today in towns and cities all over the globe.
Possession and alcohol ...
Oh my gosh Steffe that really is tragic! People can make fatal mistakes in their choice of relationships, then, now and forever!
iieeekk!
something similar here, recently. only he jumped off a bridge.
..... could have been turned in to a film....!
I guess the story has all what it needs.
Tragic happened in the old days too.
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