A MURDER
MAN SHOOTS WIFE
(By Telegraph— Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 9
Henry John Widen, aged 39, a fanner, of Pakuranga, .shot liis wife, Hilda Millen, aged 35 years. Milieu then shot himself. The tragedies occurred in Howick township this morning. The couple, who had one son, had been living apart The wile hac! been living with her sister-in-law in Howick. The husband arrived about nine o’clock in a car, and be talked to Ins wife on the verandah. Millen then went to liis car, and took out a shot gun. His wife, ‘on seeing the gun, started to run away, but the man caught her up. He fired the gun, but once it misfired. Milieu, however, fired again, and shot his wife through the heart. The mail then took off his coat and overcoat, reloaded the gun in both barrels, bumped the gun in the roadway ,and fell dead. A little girl of thirteen witnessed the whole tragedy. Millen had owned trotting horses, the best known of which was Lord Roberts.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1930, Page 6
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