TRAGIC SHOOTING
HUSBAND DEAD, WIFE WOUNDED AMSTERDAM SENSATION By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, Tuesday. A message from Amsterdam says a sensation was created in Stock Exchange and society circles there by the news of a tragic shooting affair. Madame Van Eeghen, a niece of Sir Henri Deterding, director-general of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, the only woman member of the Stock Exchange, was found in her home with a bullet in her head. The bullet was extracted, but her condition is critical. Madame Van Eeghen’s husband, a prominent rubber merchant, was found fatally shot with a revolver. Sir Henri was interviewed at his home, Sunninghill Park, Ascot, late to-night, but he was unaware of the occurrence. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 315, 28 March 1928, Page 11
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120TRAGIC SHOOTING Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 315, 28 March 1928, Page 11
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