DOUBLE SUICIDE
TRAGEDY OF AUSTRIAN POET. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-r-Copyright). VIENNA, July 10. Hugo Von Hofmanstahl, the wellknown Austrian poet, who wrote Lib-, •retto for Strauss’s, opera, “ RosenkavaHer,” as well as for other .Strauss operas, died in most, tragic circumstances on returning from the funer
of his son, Franz, who in his early twenties, suicided by. shooting him.self on Saturday, because he was unable to find a congenial job. The father Hugo’s death is attributed to apoplexy, but suicide is suspected.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1929, Page 6
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82DOUBLE SUICIDE Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1929, Page 6
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