MAN SHOOS WIFE
Suicide Follows Long Beacbi Tragedy LONG BEACH (California), July 30. ■ Alfred Codona, of the Flying CodioiUM/j shot and fatally wounded his estrangidi wife Vera Bruce, aged 31, and theni committed suicide. He had met her atj an afctorney's office to discuas herj divoree suit. ; The shooting occurred in the preseneaj ■of the wife's mother. Codona askedj the attorney to leave the room. He thetti lit a eigarette and said: "Vera, l| guess this is the last thing I Can do forj you," and fired. ' ! His wife received an interfocutqryl decrce on June 28. To-day 's property] settlement would involve 50,000 dohj lars. Friends stated that CodOna brooded over his inahility to perform daring . feats since his fall two years ago. jSince then he had bt>eii rolegated tOf i minor roles,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 7
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