A MODERN BLUEBEARD
A MODERN BLUEBEARD
.United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright]. (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct, 1. . r .;V The miraculous escape of Blue- $ beard’s eighth wife as told in the b" fairy tale, was re-enacted in real life. % A man named Kuioxides was arrested on the eve of his eighth wedding :T and charged with the murder of his y seven wives. The police entered the y house at the height of the merry- , making. The bride, a rich widow, who made over Her property to Kulaxides, was so distracted that she became insane and was sent to an asylum. The fate of six women lias y, : not been .solved. The body of the seventh has only been discovered in a ravine in Macedonia, terribly dis figuied. The long immunity enjoyed ' by Kulaxides was the result of his changing liis name and domicile. A detective investigating the death of his seventh wife, saw the prisoner shortly before tire tragedy, and recognised him again in Athene, and then discovered that before the dis- ; appearance of each wife, Kulaxides y iourned abroad with his wife, rind re- b turned alone. T
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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193A MODERN BLUEBEARD Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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