MURDER AND SUICIDE.
AOROBAT SHOOTS WIFE. LAST THING HE COULD DO. SEQUEL TO DOMESTIC TROUBLES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright NEW YORK, August 1. Alfred Codona, a member of the acrobatic troupe “ The Flying Codonas,” who visited New Zealand some years ago, shot and fatally wounded his estranged wife, Vera Bruce, aged 31, and then committed suicide. The woman died after a series of blood transfusions without regaining consciousness. Codona had met his wife at an attorney's office to discuss her divorce suit. The shooting occurred in the presence of his wife’s mother. Codona asked the attorney to leave the room, lighted a cigarette and said: “ Vera, I guess this is the last thing I can do for you,” and fired. The wife had received an interlocutory decree three day-s ago, and today’s property settlement involved 50,000 dollars. Friends stated that Codona had brooded over his inability to perform daring feats since a fall two years ago, after which he was relegated to minor roles.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20262, 3 August 1937, Page 7
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165MURDER AND SUICIDE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20262, 3 August 1937, Page 7
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