SHOT HER HUSBAND

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 129, 13 March 1931, Page 5

SHOT HER HUSBAND

FAMOUS BEAUTY’S ACT. ACT OF SELF-DEFENCE ALLEGED. THE OUTCOME OF JEALOUSY. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 1.45 p.m.) ’LONDON, March 12. Charlotte Nirdlinger, Avho won the title at the Miss St. Louis Beauty Competition in 1923, and is famed for her dimples, which Avere insured for a large sum before her marriage, stated at Nice: “My husband frequently accused me of unfaithfulness, and threatened to kill me, so I bought a small revolver, which 1 had loaded under by pillow. Last night my husband was drinking heavily. I Avas reading an Italipn paper," when my husband came in and asked if I A\-ere learning the Italian language because I loved Gigolo. I did not reply, but A\ent to my bedroom, Aindressed, and AAent to bed. “M|y husband continued drink|ingj but later came in and repeated his accusations. He tried to strangle me. “Finding I was being overpowered, I reached for the re\ r ol\ T er. My husband’s fingers AA’ere still on my throat when I fired five shots. My husband reeled from the bedside and collapsed, with one bullet in his head and another in his heart.” Doctors agree that bruises on the widow’s throat Avere due to an effort to strangle her. Tavo babies, aged 34 and l-i- years, were not aAvakenecl.