BOUGHT A WIFE
An Englishman, Paul Cox, who bought a wife for £25 at Zagreb,^ Jugoslavia, and wanted to pay by instalments, has been murdered. The wife of a Croatian friend had fallen in love with him, and after a time he succumbed to her charms. When the hushand, an older man, discovered them together, Cox off ered him £25 for his wife. The husband agreed, and the younger man toolc his "purchase home. But next day, when the money was not forthcoming, the husband hecame angry. Finding the lovers in a cafe, he demanded the money at once. Cox offered £5 down, the remainder by instalments. In reply he received a hlow on the head with a chair which I cracked his skull. Grief-stricken, the ! wife drank poison.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 March 1932, Page 4
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