SOME FULLER DETAILS.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17169, 28 March 1927, Page 5

SOME FULLER DETAILS.

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LONDON, March 27. Reports from Paris affirm that Countess Dejanza shot de Trafford just before the train was due to depart, and then turned the revolver on herself. According to the police, the Countess, who is believed' to be separated from her husband, went to the station for the purpose of farewelling de Trafford and was so affected by the parting, that she decided to kill both de Trafford -and1 herself. De Trafford was found in a sec-ond-class compartment and the Countess in a first. The wounded couple were taken to the hospital in the same ambuiance. The Countess immediately asked': "Where is my dog? F.or pity's sake give me an injection I'm in such pain." De Trafford had only strength to stagger out of the compartment. He collapsed 011 the platform. The shooting caused a panic at the station which was crowded with j passengers going to London. It is stated that the Countess's two children are at present in charge of the Count. The carriage doors were heing slammed when the shots rang out. Those who rushed to the aid of the Countess yrere confronted hy a big German | sheep dog which barked and dared j them to approach. The French police state that the i Countess was not possessed of a passport nor a railway ticket. Passengers** arriving at London. talked of nothing else but1 the tragedy. One said he was about to enter the compartment when he saw a well dressed woman fire a revolver at a man. A moment later ha heard1 another shot. De Trafford was well known in London and Paris where he entertained freely. When in this country he started , his career in the Grenadier Guards? v Later he went to Kenya farming. Recently he had increased his holding there by twenty thousand acres. He owned a heautiful flat in London and was a member of six clubs.