GIRL WIFE MURDERED

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1905, Page 13

GIRL WIFE MURDERED

dohdok; -— s a^lC, lSU[trß?efl|es f>l meaulngless jealousy, yet another- na S to be adaea in a. nnMcr oommitted on Wednesday Msbt , g VOlting circumstances in a nou.se m saouia-ham-street, London. xne '">use is lot out.to lodgers. aM on tne top floor lived Mrs Sarah Allcock with Her two.chlldren. uunn- tlle pas[ m . cc she had been visited by her niece, a gin of 17, who. iv spite or nor tender age, was a wife of a years standing. *, e r name was Nellie Gwendolin Kingham and fe-he lived with her nusbana, *ranfc Kingham, a labourer, at Ketherwooa-roaa, Shepherd's Bnsh. The girl-wife was extremely pretty, and Kingham, who was nine years older, was, it is said, exceedingly jealous of her on account of the attention she attracted. The visit to Mrs Allcocfc uad been maae the occasion of much "joUUicaUon," wrncu was at ite height on Wednesday mgm. when Mrs Kingnam, her niotncr, her aunt, her husband, aud tfome mends were nsscmbled in the rooms on the top noor of the Shouldhani-street house. Earlier in the evening Kingham and his wife had been seeir to enter tae house apparently on the most friendly terms, but when in ; Mrs AUcock's rooms nngry words passed between them. At about ten o'clock Kingham rose as if to take his leave. Suddenly, however, he approached nis wire, put one arm affectionately round her neck, from behind, and before anyone could jfues-s his intention he had drawn a razor across the poor girl - s neck, from which the blood flowed in a terrible stream. Almost without a moan the girl sank to the floor, and on the instant Kingham turned the razor against himself. The horrified spectators, however, caught his hand before he could complete his purpose of selfa wonnfl which partially severed tie windpipe. Immediately cries of alarm filled the bouse. Some of the tenants rushed upstairs, while others summoned the police and medical assistance. When the otncers entered the room they were eonrroutcd with a pitiable scene. .Prone on tne floor lay the young wife, dead, while on a couch iv the room was her husband, bleeding badly from his self-inflicted injnries. The room resounded with the moans of the wounded man, the waning of women, and the frightened cries or Mra Allcock's little children, who now looked on at the dread tragedy.