TRAGEDY AT WELLINGTON

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2362, 1 December 1921, Page 2

TRAGEDY AT WELLINGTON

MURDER AND SUICIDE. AA’ellington, Nov. 29,

About 25 minutes past five o’clock this evening some little children were playing ball. Climbing a big elm (roe in front of the grounds of a large, empty house in Abel Smith Street, one of them glanced towards the side of the house. A horrible sight met his gaze. lie ran away, screaming , followed by the others, and told some by-slanders. The alarm was quickly given, and the police were soon on the spot. Lying almost side by side on the lawn were the bodies of a young man and a young woman, both dea.d. The body of the woman, which was still warm, was lying on its right side, with the body stretched out, but not quite stiff. The head was bent lo the grass. There was a small pool of blood under the neck. The man was lying on his back, and there were a few spots of blood on bis face. Near the body was a hatchet, such as is used by firemen, stained with blood. Alongside the body was a bottle supposed to contain poison. The unfortunate woman was identified as Jean Foreman, formerly Bews, who was employed as a clerk in an advertising agency. The man was identified as Edward Alfred Foreman, a young but dangerous criminal, who was released from gaol a year ago, after serving a sentence of,several years for jewel robberies. AVhile in prison his first wife divorced him, and after his release he married his present wife. She was an attractive girl, and was always fond of Foreman.

For some time pa's I Foreman had been working on the wharf. It is said that he was very jealous of the. woman,-and lately had several quarrels. The girl, who said he had illtreated her, was about to sue for a separation order. It is presumed that Foreman met his-wife by appointment, enticed her to the lawn of the unoccupied residence, killed her with the weapon, and then took poison.