SHOT DEAD IN COURT.
HUSBAND'S ACT. While they were waiting to appear before an examining magistrate at the Antwerp Law Courts in connection with divorce proceedings instituted by the woman, Albert Van de Vorst, 24, fired seven revolver shots at his 22-years-old wife, killing her instantly. The husband surrendered, saying that he shot his wife because he despaired of a reconciliation. M. Van de Vorst's father, a lawyer, was in London for some time during the war. The noise of the shots caused a momentary panic in the corridors of the court, and a young barrister dashed into a small room and bolted the door. He had been seen by a gendarme, who, thinking he was the murderer, raised the alarm. Other gendarmes were quickly on the scene, and the barricaded man was summoned in the name of the law to open the door. He refused; the door was forced and the terrified barrister was arrested and taken before a magistrate, where the incident finished in laughter.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 37, 13 February 1926, Page 30
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