MARRIED IN HOSPITAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2489, 5 October 1922, Page 4

MARRIED IN HOSPITAL.

BRIDE’S DEATH. BULLET IN BODY. In a ward at the Sydney hospital recently a woman, who was in a critical condition,, suffering from a bullet wound in the abdomen, was married. The bride, who had been in the hospital for three days, died the day following the ceremony. This was the remarkable story contained in a report furnished to the coroner by Constable Stinson, concerning the death of Ada Evelyn Seymour, aged 32. The report stated that Mrs Seymour and her husband, Walter Charles Seymour, were at the Rosebery races. Later, at a house in Daceville, Seymour was showing her a revolver, which he picked up outside the racecourse. While they were examining the weapon it exploded," and the bullet entered the woman’s body. She collapsed and was taken to the Sydney hospital, where subsequently peritonitis set in. Sho told the chamber magistrate. Mr Loftus, that the shooting was quite accidental. Father Bond, of St. Mary’s Cathedral, performed the marriage at the hospital, but little hope was held for Mrs Seymour’s recovery.